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The Red Kite 45 and 46 buses give regular and reliable links between Consett, Derwentside College, Shotley Bridge, Ebchester, Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, Swalwell, MetroCentre, Teams and Newcastle, with the Red Kite 45 serving Blackhill and Benfieldside, while the Red Kite 46 serves Bridgehill.
| Number | Service | Places Served | Route map | Timetable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 46 |  |
Consett - Blackhill / Bridgehill - Shotley Bridge - Rowlands Gill - Swalwell - Metrocentre - Newcastle | 45 / 46 | 45 / 46 |
We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on Red Kite.
Our Cheap Day return tickets are available from just £2.50 or you can travel as much as you like from just £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 Buzzfare tickets give 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 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!
Find out more information on our fares and tickets.
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, as well as many smaller, independent shops in themed areas such as The Forum, The Studio and Garden Court.
The Red Kite Trail is an eleven mile (eighteen kilometre), circular walking route on the borders of western Gateshead and north Durham that takes you through beautiful countryside with superb views of the lower Derwent Valley, where there are many opportunities to see the magnificent red kite birds of prey and other wildlife.
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 Vere Hindson (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for the Red Kite 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.
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