The absolutely fabulous bus route to Newcastle and Gateshead from Wardley, Leam Lane Estate, Beacon Lough Estate and Old Durham Road. Buses are frequent, running up to every 15 minutes from early morning to early evening, Monday to Saturday.
Fab57 buses take you right to the heart of Newcastle, with direct access to Eldon Square shopping centre, Monument Mall, Central Arcade, Grainger Market and The Gate, also to many restaurants and bars.
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Fab Fifty Seven
Routes
| Number | Service | Places Served | Route map | Timetable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 57 |  |
Ellen Wilkinson Est -Wardley - Leam Lane Est - Whitehills Est - Beacon Lough Est - Queen Elizabeth Hospital - Gateshead - Newcastle | Fab57 | 57 |
With a flat single fare for all journeys in Gateshead and Cheap Day return tickets if you're making longer journeys if you are simply going there and back on the same day, we have a ticket to save you money. From 8 February fares on Fab57 will be revised with the Gateshead area single being £1.40 and Newcastle area single £1.90.
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 Fab 57 service runs 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.
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 full 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!
Find out more information on our fares and tickets.
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 Graeme Norris (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Fab57 routes, who will be out and about on the buses.
Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail
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.
