The Highwayman 95 runs half-hourly Monday to Saturday, and hourly Sunday daytime services 95 and 95A between Gateshead, Lobley Hill and Dunston.
The Highwayman 96 runs between Metrocentre and Gateshead, while in the evening, the 96A buses to run between Metrocentre and Lobley Hill.
The Highwayman 97 runs every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes, giving links from Lobley Hill Road and Whickham, serving Gateshead Interchange, Newcastle and Metrocentre.
The Highwayman 98 and 98A run every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday daytimes, giving links from Dunston and Whickham, serving Gateshead Interchange, Newcastle and Metrocentre.
Routes
Number
Service
Places Served
Route map
Timetable
95/95A
Gateshead - Dunston circular
95 via Bensham Bank, Lobley Hill Cragside Gardens and Teams
95A via Teams, Lobley Hill Cragside Gardens and Bensham Bank
We’ve a great value DaySaver ticket giving unlimited travel on Highwayman buses at £3.20 for the full 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 Highwayman 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.
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!
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 Highwayman routes, who will be out and about on the buses.
Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail
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.
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.