West Durham Swift

West Durham Swift X30 and X31 buses run hourly each from Lanchester to Gateshead and Newcastle, serving Stanley, Sunniside and Lobley Hill.

West Durham Swift X70, 70, X71 buses run hourly from Consett to Gateshead and Newcastle, serving Burnopfield, Sunniside and Lobley Hill.

Combined there is a Monday to Saturday daytime frequency of every 15 mins from Sunniside to Newcastle.

MoneySaver fares

We've some great deals and offers to help you get the best value for money on your bus travel.

Our MoneySaver guide gives you through all of the fares and tickets that are available for travel on our services so you can get the best deal for your journey.

If an employer buys your ticket for you, you could save even more money on the price of individual 28 day tickets - contact us for full details.

On the route

Newcastle City Centre

Eldon Square, Northumberland Street, Monument Mall, Central Arcade, Grainger Market and Eldon Gardens are a shoppers' paradise, with a vast array of high stores and smaller specialist retailers.

For a totally thrilling experience, make a visit to the International Centre for Life, or for top class entertainment there's the Theatre Royal, while St James' Park is home to Newcastle United Football Club.

Metrocentre

Easy connections can be made at Gateshead Interchange and Eldon Square Bus Station with frequent buses to and from Metrocentre.

With more than 300 shops all under one roof, Metrocentre has something for everyone, including major names like Debenhams, House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer.

There are many smaller independent shops in themed areas such as The Forum, The Studio and Garden Court.

Help and Advice

We want you to enjoy using our services and are working hard to make sure you find them easy and reliable to use.

You can speak to Geoff Cook (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the West Durham Swift routes, who will be out and about on the buses.

Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail 

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Cleaner buses - Our Kite Mark explained

Go North East has one of the cleanest bus fleets of its size in the country and to make it even easier for you to see how well your bus is doing to help look after the environment, we have introduced a new ‘kite mark’ on our buses.

Using simple illustrations based on a red kite bird taking flight, each symbol lets you see at-a-glance how each of our buses meet European standards on emissions. Find out more about cleaner engines.