lime service 8 runs from Chester-le-Street to Sunderland via Rickleton, Harraton, Washington Galleries, Waterview Park and Sunderland Royal Hospital. Buses run every 30 minutes during Monday to Saturday daytimes.
lime buses 78 and 78A run from Consett bus station to Sunderland Interchange, via Leadgate, Annfield Plain, Stanley, Craghead, Newfield, Chester-le-Street, Great Lumley and Shiney Row.
Combined lime 7 and 78 buses give a 15 minute Monday to Saturday daytime frequency between Stanley, Chester-le-Street and Sunderland.
The cycle friendly bus
lime buses have been especially equipped with secure fastenings for bikes, so you can take your bike on board - as well as the appropriate passenger fare, an additional charge of £2 is charged per journey for a bike.
Each bus can carry one full sized cycle in the buggy/wheelchair bay; for the safety and comfort of other passengers, bikes must be reasonably clean and in good order
To secure your bike, stand your bike upright with the front wheel facing the back of the bus; loop the belt straps around the top of the wheel and through the spokes and click the fastener into place; for safety sake it is advised that you remain with the bike at all times
The area used for bikes is shared with passengers using a wheelchair or with children in buggies, so we have to decide who would take priority - if someone using a wheelchair wants to travel when a bike is already on board, our driver will ask the cyclist to give up their space; cyclists are under no obligation to leave the bus, however, if they do, are entitled to a full single fare refund plus £2
Routes
Number
Service
Places Served
Route map
Timetable
8
Stanley - Beamish - Chester le Street - Washington - Sunderland
We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on our lime services.
Lime Saver tickets offer unlimited travel on our Lime services (8, 8A, 78, 78A) and are available to buy on any Lime bus.
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!
Buzzfare tickets give a week of unlimited travel from £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 information.
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!
The retail heart of the city is centred around The Bridges Shopping Centre, where there are over 100 top name high street stores.
Close by The Bridges are Waterloo Place, Fawcett Street and John Street with numerous shops offering everything from designer labels to trendy interiors.
Just a short walk away is the Winter Gardens, Museum, Art Gallery and Mowbray Park, while Sunderland Interchange offers frequent connections with Fab56 buses to the Stadium of Light and the Sunderland Aquatic Centre.
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 Geoff Cook and Dean Young (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Lambton Worm, 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.
Cleaner buses - Our Kite Mark explained