Date: 10 May 2010
Partnership seals new era for bus services in South Tyneside
Go North East will be launching its new South Tyneside Bus Network on Sunday, 13 June in partnership with Nexus, which has co-ordinated plans for a new ‘unified’ bus network for the borough. We are proud to be working with Nexus to deliver an improved bus services to South Tyneside.
The highlights for our services are :
- A new high frequency ‘turn up and go’ Crusader service 27 running every 10 minutes during the day and every 30 minutes in the evenings and on Sundays between South Shields and Newcastle via Jarrow, Hebburn, Monkton Lane and Heworth.
- An improved ‘South Tyne’ service 88 running every 15 minutes during the daytime, and every 30 minutes during the evenings and on Sundays. A new, fast service 16 running every 30 minutes from Lukes Lane, Monkton Lane, Hartleyburn, Hebburn and Jarrow direct to South Tyneside District Hospital - dropping you right at the door. The bus also provides a service between the hospital and Harton Nook, Horsley Hill and Marsden and South Shields.
- Showstopper service 9 now offers a direct service to Sunderland every 15 minutes from Jarrow, Primrose, Hedworth and The Boldons
- Our successful Laser service 35 offers a frequent ‘turn up and go’ service every 10 minutes from South Shields via Harton and Cleadon to Sunderland then on to the Royal Infirmary and Houghton-le-Spring.
Full details of all of our new services are shown below, with links to new timetable on service number heading where changes apply.
5 South Shields-Westoe-Chichester-South Tyneside Hospital-Whiteleas-Boldon ASDA-Fellgate-Kirkstone Avenue-Jarrow
Replaces 57A between South Shields and Fellgate and 87 between Fellgate and Jarrow. Provides new links to Westoe and Whiteleas
9 Sunderland-Boldons-Jarrow
Service 9 will have a new timetable from 13 June, with many journeys being retimed by up to six minutes.
12
This Saturday morning service will be operated by Stagecoach
16 Lukes Lane-Monkton Lane-Hartleyburn Estate-Hebburn-Caledonian Street-Black Road-Jarrow-Tyne Dock-South Tyneside Hospital-Harton Nook-Horsley Hill-Marsden Inn-Lakes Estate-Seafront-The Lawe-South Shields
New direct link from Jarrow to South Tyneside Hospital. Replaces 87 between Lukes Lane and Jarrow, 88/89 between Monkton Lane, Hartleyburn Estate and Jarrow and Veolia operated service 500 between Lakes Estate and South Shields.
26 Sunderland-Castletown-Hylton Castle-Boldon ASDA-Wardley-Fellgate-Heworth
Rerouted between Boldon ASDA and White Mare Pool via Fellgate Estate (south) replacing service 57A
27 Newcastle-Gateshead-Sunderland Road-Heworth-Monkton Lane Estate-Hebburn-Jarrow-Chichester-Westoe-South Shields
Improved to operate every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime, now running via Hebburn Shops and Hedgeley Road
27A
Replaced by improved service 27 and new service 16
30
This evening and Sunday service will be operated by Stagecoach
35 South Shields-Westoe-Harton Nook-Cleadon-Sunderland-Silksworth-Houghton le Spring-Hetton/Low Moorsley
NO CHANGE
50 South Shields-Chichester-Boldon ASDA-Nissan-Concord-Washington Galleries-Chester le Street-Durham
Will observe all stops in South Tyneside.
50A
Replaced by extra journeys on service 50
57A
Replaced by new service 5 between Fellgate and South Shields, and service 26 between Boldon Asda, Fellgate and Heworth.
57B
Replaced by new service 5 between Fellgate and South Shields, improved service 88 between Robin Hood, Newcastle Road, South Leam and South Shields. Stagecoach service X20 also operates between Fellgate and South Shields
87
Replaced by new services 5 and 16. Veolia service 15 will also operate in the Hebburn area providing some of the links no longer provided by service 87.
88 South Shields-Chichester-South Tyneside Hospital-Simonside-South Leam-Primrose-Jarrow
South Shields to Jarrow improved to operate every 15 minutes, Monkton Lane/Hebburn-Jarrow replaced by improved 27 & new 16;
89
Replaced by improved services 27 and 88, and new service 16.
Working in partnership to bring the best services
Go North East has been working in partnership with Nexus and South Tyneside Council to review your bus network. The review included giving local people the opportunity to have their say on how they would like to see their bus services improved. Taking these comments into account, Go North East, supported by Nexus and South Tyneside Council, is now ready to deliver the new bus network which will offer improved frequency in many of the most popular areas, make sure there are more buses at the times you want to travel and bring you some brand new fare offers.
