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Cobalt Clipper

Cobalt Clipper

From 16 January 2012 additional buses will operate in the early morning on Monday to Saturday between Norham Road and North Shields, and every evening between North Shields, Meadowell, Norham Road and Cobalt partly replacing withdrawn services 85/86.

The Cobalt Clipper 309 runs every 15 minutes between Newcastle and Whitley Bay, and every 30 minutes between Whitley Bay and Blyth. Buses will run via the Coast Road, but then via Kings Road and Battle Hill rather than Silverlink.

Service 310 joins the Cobalt Clipper brand and will run every 15 minutes between Newcastle and North Shields via Coast Road, High Farm, Battle Hill, Middle Engine Lane, Norham Road, Verne Road and Meadow Well. Service 310 will run half hourly during the daytime on Sundays, and hourly every evening giving links to Newcastle from Norham Road, Verne Road, Meadowell and North Shields at these times.

Together the 309 and 310 will provide a bus every 7-8 minutes between Newcastle (Haymarket), the Coast Road, Battle Hill and Middle Engine Lane.

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Routes

Number Service Places Served Route map Timetable
309 Cobalt Clipper Blyth - Seaton Sluice - Whitley Bay - North Tyneside Hospital - Cobalt - Silverlink Retail Park - Coast Road - Newcastle 309 310 309
310 Cobalt Clipper North Shields - West Chirton - Cobalt - Battle Hill Drive - High Farm - Coast Road - Newcastle 309 310 310
309 310 Cobalt Clipper Cobalt and Battle Hill Drive to the Coast Road and Newcastle 309 310 309 310

Our Tickets & Fares

We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on the Cobalt Clipper.

Cobalt Clipper Saver tickets

£3.20 for a DaySaver, or just £11 for a WeeklySaver offering unlimited travel on Cobalt Clipper 309 and 310, Citylink 58 between Newcastle and Battlehill and 307 between Newcastle - High Farm/Station Road.

BuzzFare

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 Cobalt Clipper service runs within our Blue and Orange Buzzfare zones giving you a week of unlimited travel in one of these zones from £16.30. Tickets are available from the driver and travel shops or save 10% by purchasing your ticket online.

Exclusive deals for Cobalt Workers!

Exclusive deals are also available direct from the Cobalt Travel Centre on Cobalt Park.  For more information pop in or give them a call on 0191 257 6457.  If you work on Cobalt check out the Cobalt community website for all of the latest offers!

Get Around

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!

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Help and Advice

Keith LaidlerWe 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 Keith Laidler (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Cobalt Clipper, 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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