Changes to bus services in North Tyneside and
South East Northumberland starting on Sunday 30 March 2008
From Sunday 30 March, some services in North Tyneside and South Northumberland will be revised. This co-incides with a large cash investment in new buses, enhanced frequencies and improved routes in the area. This newsletter gives you information on how we are making bus travel in the area better for everyone !
We are changing the numbers on many of our services from three digits to two. We believe this makes the numbers easier to see as buses approach and makes them easier to remember.
Go North East and Northumbria Buses services 9, 9A, Route 19, 331, 332, 333, 391, 392, X42 and X43 will continue to run unchanged.
Hadrian Park – Battle Hill Drive – High Farm (evenings only) – Coast Road –
Newcastle City Centre – Gateshead – Deckham – Felling Square –
Leam Lane Estate – Heworth
Citylink service 58 is a new service with its own special branding. The sleek, new Mercedes buses will offer passengers the highest level of comfort with climate control, low floors and powered ramps for easy access. They’re kind to the environment too, operating with EuroV engines which keep emissions to a minimum.
Citylink will provide direct links to Newcastle City Centre and Gateshead and frequent services will operate from early morning until early evening on Monday
to Saturday.
Late evening buses will run every half an hour. All evening buses run daily and also serve King’s Road, High Farm and Station Road North to maintain link to the Coast Road and Newcastle city centre. On Sundays, buses will run every 20 minutes until early evening and every half an hour in the late evening.
Travelling from Newcastle city centre to Gateshead and Heworth:
Buses will leave from Sandyford Road, John Dobson Street, New Bridge Street and Pilgrim Street.
Travelling from Newcastle city centre to Hadrian Park:
Buses will leave from Cale Cross House/Tyne Bridge sliproad, Pilgrim Street, John Dobson Street and Sandyford Road.
The new service 58 will provide good connections from Gateshead Interchange with buses to Team Valley, MetroCentre, Sage and Baltic, Gateshead College, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, Sunderland and many parts of County Durham.
Service N58 on Saturdays and Sundays
To make travelling home easier after an evening out, we are introducing a new Night Bus, service N58 which will run right into the early hours of Saturday and Sunday mornings. The hourly service will follow the daytime route - running to Hadrian Park and Heworth via Newcastle city centre and Gateshead.
Blyth – Whitley Bay – North Tyneside Hospital – Cobalt – Coast Road – Newcastle
Great news for passengers of our service 309 – we’re doubling the frequency! Our popular service 309 will run every 15 minutes during the day on Monday to Saturday, giving an even better service for travelling to work, to the shops or to enjoy your leisure time. Buses will also run every 30 minutes during the evening and on Sunday.
The service provides great links from Newcastle city centre, the Coast Road and Whitley Bay town centre to The Links and Whitley Bay Holiday Park and daily evening buses also serve Battle Hill Drive to give half-hourly links to Newcastle, Whitley Bay and Blyth.
The new route will run via the new Cobalt South Bus Link instead of New York Way, will give a faster service to Cobalt and Silverlink Business Park. Passengers wishing to travel to the eastern parts of Middle Engine Lane and Silver Fox Way should take services 75 and 76.
Services 1, 75, 76, 85 and 86 provide good connections to and from Cullercoats and Tynemouth in Whitley Bay town centre for passengers travelling from Blyth, South Beach, Seaton Sluice, Old Hartley, Whitley Bay Holiday Park and The Links.
We are giving both services new routes and timetables so that they can provide direct links from the coastal resorts and towns in North Tyneside to stops along the north banks of the river and in the south Gateshead suburbs.
Service 1 will run between Whitley Bay Bandstand and Gateshead Interchange, then continue via Low Fell and Allerdene to Kibblesworth.
Service 2 will run from Northumberland Square in North Shields to Market Street in Newcastle, then continue via Gateshead, Low Fell, Allerdene and Harlow Green Estate to Wrekenton.
Travelling from Newcastle city centre:
Heading to Kibblesworth or Wrekenton, both services will leave from Pilgrim Street, outside Maplin Electronics. Heading towards North Shields and Whitley Bay, both services will leave from Market Street, outside Market Street Police Station.
Travelling from Gateshead centre:
Both services will leave from Gateshead Interchange, Jackson Street and the south end of High Street.
Frequency:
Monday to Saturday daytime
Services 1 and 2 will run half-hourly, but combine to give a service every 15 minutes between North Shields, Wallsend, Byker, Newcastle, Gateshead and Low Fell.
Monday to Saturday evening and all day Sunday
Service 1 and 2 will run hourly. In addition, service 2 will run to and from Whitley Bay to combine with service 1, providing a half-hourly frequency between Whitley Bay Bandstand, Tynemouth, North Shields, Wallsend, Byker, Newcastle, Gateshead and Low Fell. Service 1 will then continue to Kibblesworth and service 2 will continue to Wrekenton resuming their hourly frequency.
New route
Between Walkergate Metro and Shields Road in Byker services 1 and 2 will have a new route via Sutton Street and Fossway to serve Brough Park Stadium, Shopping City and B&Q.
Other buses serving Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and North Shields include services 75, 85, 76 and 86. These services run every 15 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytime and every half an hour in the evening and on Sunday.
Other changes to bus services starting
on Monday 31 March 2008
X23
Newcastle Central Station – Scotswood Road – Newburn Riverside Park
Extra stops are being introduced at Scotswood Bridge (Vickers) and Scotswood Road B&Q.