Category: Local Groups

  • Ticket Office changes at Newcastle Central Station

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    Passengers have raised concerns with us regarding the new ticket office arrangement at Newcastle’s Central Station. The ticket office room has now closed and been replaced with a new combined information and ticket kiosk in front of the departure screens on the

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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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  • We’ll be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering, 16th March.

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    The North Tyneside branch of NEPTUG will be at the ‘No Time For Waste’ Environmental Gathering on Sunday 16th March, at the Linskill Centre, North Shields, 10am-4pm. Why not drop by and say hello!Entry is free, and the event includes environmental films

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  • Sunderland bus priority measures consultation

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    Sunderland City Council is consulting on its plans aimed at getting more people using the bus by improving service reliability across key bus corridors. You can view the schemes and feedback (by 5 March 2025) here: https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/BSIPChesterRoad https://www.sunderland.gov.uk/BSIPDurhamRoad

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  • Newcastle bus priority measures consultation

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    Newcastle City Council is consulting on its plans aimed at getting more people using the bus by improving service reliability across key bus corridors. You can view the schemes and feedback (various deadlines up to 9 March 2025) here: https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/bsip https://www.letstalknewcastle.co.uk/consultations/538/participate

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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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  • Service 599 survey

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    The 599 Bus service started running in July 2024 to provide a new link to major employment sites and local communities. The bus has strengthened links with Sunderland Royal Hospital, the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP), the Nissan car plant, Sunderland city

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  • Go North East service change consultations

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    Go North East are planning service changes in North Tyneside, Newcastle and South East Northumberland, set to launch on Sunday 23 March 2025 – this includes some new services, some changed routes, timetable changes and withdrawn services. Consultation events are being held

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  • Response to ‘Newcastle Movement Strategy’.

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    Newcastle City Council is consulting on their ‘Movement Strategy’ until this Friday, the 29th of November. It is very important that the voice of public transport users is heard loud and clear. You can respond via their consultation page here: https://newcastle.gov.uk/movement-strategy We at

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  • Consultation on ‘floating’ bus stops

    Consultation on ‘floating’ bus stops

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    North Tyneside Council would like to hear your views on a type of bus stop design included in first phase of the Sea Front Sustainable Route in North Tyneside. It is known as a Bus Stop Bypass arrangement and can be found

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