Red Arrows X1 is the fast and frequent link between Newcastle, Gateshead, QE Hospital, Wrekenton, Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, Hetton-le-Hole and Easington Lane. Buses run every 10 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, then every 30 minutes in the evening and on Sundays. Connections can be made at Washington Galleries with the frequent M1 to Concord, Heworth and Fence Houses.
Red Arrows X3 links Newcastle, Gateshead, Heworth, Boldon Business Park, Boldon Asda, East Boldon and Sunderland. Buses run every 30 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes.
As well as the X1 and X3, we run the 921, which is a direct service between Newcastle, Gateshead and Rainton Bridge – perfect if you live in Newcastle or Gateshead and work at Rainton Bridge.
Our double-deck buses are fitted with wi-fi systems, so you can catch up with the latest news or check your e-mails as you travel.
Our Gold Standard charter will tell you what you can expect in levels of service and customer care. Find out more at by viewing our Gold Standard page.
Routes
Number
Service
Places Served
Route map
Timetable
X1
Easington Lane - Houghton-le-Spring - Shiney Row - Washington Galleries - Wrekenton - Gateshead - Newcastle
We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on Red Arrows.
Our Cheap Day return tickets are available from just £2.50 or you can travel as much as you like from £4.20 a day with a Buzzfare day ticket available from the driver.
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 Red Arrow services run within our Purple & Red Buzzfare zones giving you 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 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!
Direct to Washington Galleries, Sunderland City Centre and Newcastle City Centre.
Washington Galleries
With over 80 top name high street stores and specialist retailers, the Washington Galleries Shopping Centre has something for everyone. There’s also a retail park that’s a short walk away from the Galleries that includes Next, Home Bargans and Brantano Footwear.
red arrows buses give frequent links and the Bus Interchange is the perfect gateway to the Galleries Shopping Centre. Our staff will be on hand to help you with travel queries from 0700 to 1900 Monday to Friday and from 1000 to 1800 on Saturday.
Sunderland City Centre
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.
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.
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 Andrew Hardy (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Red Arrows 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.