From 15 January 2012 Blaydon Racers buses will run to a slightly different route coming out of Gateshead Interchange to improve reliability. Buses will run via Prince Consort Road, Askew Road, Askew Road West, Cuthbert Street, then onto Derwentwater Road as normal route.
Blaydon Racers buses 49, 49A, 49B and 49C provide frequent buses to Metrocentre and Gateshead Interchange. There is a bus up to every 10 minutes from Winlaton / Blaydon to Metrocentre and Gateshead.
Toon Link routes provide the easy way to Newcastle from Crawcrook, Winlaton and Blaydon.
The Blaydon Racer buses are named after the famous horse race which took place in 1862 which was immortalised in the Blaydon Race song.
Routes
Number
Service
Places Served
Route map
Timetable
49
Winlaton - Black Lane - Blaydon - Swalwell - Metrocentre - Dunston - Bolam Street - Gateshead
We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on our Blaydon Racers.
Our Cheap Day return tickets will save you money if you're making a longer journey on one service there and back on the same day.
If you travel on our services a few times a week then you will save money with our range of weekly, monthly or annual Buzzfare tickets.
What’s more, once you get your ticket, you can use it as much as you want including evenings & weekends!
Our Blaydon Racer services run within our Purple Buzzfare zone giving you a week of unlimited travel for £16.30. Tickets are available from the driver and travel shops or save 10% by purchasing your ticket online
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Plus, you could save another 25%, compared to the price of individual 28 day tickets, if your employer buys an annual ticket for you under our corporate discount scheme - contact us for details.
For 19-22 year olds our range of Get Around tickets give massive discounts with tickets offering unlimited travel starting at £3.20 a day!
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.
We want you to enjoy using our services and are working hard to make sure you find them easy and reliable to use.
