Category: Gateshead

  • Toilets to remain closed at Gateshead Interchange

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    We are disappointed to report that Nexus informs us they have no plans to reopen the public toilets at Gateshead Interchange.We have written the following letter to Mark Ferguson, MP for Gateshead Central and Whickham, to highlight the issue. Dear Mark Ferguson,Over

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  • Calls for a more sustainable, people-focused central Gateshead.

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    On 1st November, we sent the following letter to those listed below at Gateshead Council, calling for a more attractive, sustainable and people-focussed central Gateshead. Dear all:Cllr Martin Gannon (Leader of Gateshead Council, and NECA Cabinet Member for Transport),Cllr Freda Geddes (Mayor

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  • Gateshead: NOVEMEBER meeting

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    The Gateshead branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Wednesday 12th November, at 3.30pm in Green Heart Collective, 231-233 High Street, Gateshead, NE8 1AS. A café is available serving drinks and light lunch options. For more information please visit Green Heart Collective’s

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  • Gateshead: SEPTEMBER meeting

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    The Gateshead branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Wednesday 17th September, at 3.30pm in Gateshead Civic Centre, Lamesley Room (ground floor near café). The building is fully accessible and has accessible toilets. Gateshead Civic Centre is a 5 minute walk from

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  • NEPTUG Newsletter – Summer 2025

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    Our Summer 2025 newsletter is now available via the link below. This issue features: – Campaigners from across the region working together – Pollution concerns – The social benefits of public transport – Meeting ‘the Metro Bashers’ – Calls for the Northumberland

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  • Gateshead: JUNE meeting

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    The Gateshead branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Wednesday 11th June, at 3.30pm in Gateshead Civic Centre, Bewick Room (ground floor near café). The building is fully accessible and has accessible toilets. Gateshead Civic Centre is a 5 minute walk from

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  • Gateshead PTUG April Meeting

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    The next meeting of GATESHEAD Public Transport Users Group will take place on Wednesday 9th April 2025 at Gateshead Civic Centre, at 14:30.(Council Chamber – first floor). Gateshead Civic Centre is a 5 minute walk from Gateshead Interchange for Tyne & Wear Metro and numerous

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  • Let there be light, in Teams, Gateshead!

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    In a previous newsletter we covered a North East bus user who had been reporting broken bus shelter lights in Teams, Gateshead, for several years but to no avail. During the hours of darkness the bus shelters were uninviting and it was

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  • Gateshead PTUG February Meeting

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    The next meeting of GATESHEAD Public Transport Users Group will take place on Wednesday 19th February 2025 at Gateshead Civic Centre, at 14:30.(Lamesley Room – ground floor). Gateshead Civic Centre is a 5 minute walk from Gateshead Interchange for Tyne & Wear Metro

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  • Gateshead PTUG December Meeting

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    The next meeting of GATESHEAD Public Transport Users Group will take place on Wednesday 4th December 2024 at Gateshead Civic Centre, at 14:30.(Whickham Room). Gateshead Civic Centre is a 5 minute walk from Gateshead Interchange for Tyne & Wear Metro and numerous bus

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