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Becoming Future Fit
From today (Sunday, September 5th), Go North East commence their first day of service following a programme of network-wide changes. These changes, which reach every part of the vast Go North East operating…
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Communication is the key
You may have picked up from my earlier posts that I’m passionate about good communication. It should always be the number one consideration in any business, yet it remains something that I feel…
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Are our buses really ‘Better than Ever’ for commuters?
So this week I decided to have a couple of days in the office and have a commuter experience. I had already had a day in the workplace last week for a ‘re-introduction’…
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Voltra: Zero-emissions buses in the North East
Finally, a bit more normality. Despite barely using a bus for most of 2020, service levels are now back to near enough normal. I’ve made the most of this last month or two,…
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X-lines: an express network for the North East
Around two years ago, we started to see the foundations being set, for what we see today as Go North East’s X-lines network. An express network, described as “rapid bus links from Go…
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Site move and update
It’s been a long while since I’ve posted, due to the pandemic resulting in me not travelling much at all for over a year, but I’m looking to start posting again. Starting with…
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Harrogate Electrics: Green Town Travel
It might sound like an Independent Electronics Retailer, but ‘Harrogate Electrics’ is one of the latest innovations from Transdev Blazefield to hit the streets of Yorkshire, or more specifically, Harrogate. Launched in July…
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South Shields Interchange
Sunday 4th August saw the opening of the all new South Shields Interchange. In turn, it also meant we saw the first ever permanent closure of a Tyne and Wear Metro station. Construction…
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Better Bus Fares? A month on
So it has been about a month now, since Go North East introduced their new ‘GoZones’ range of tickets, back on the 21st July 2019. I thought I’d write a relatively quick piece…
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Go North East: Fare Game?
Following the recent announcement of service changes to take place on 21st July 2019, a more unexpected announcement landed on Monday: Go North East are to scrap Buzzfare – say hello to ‘GoZones‘…
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