• Newcastle bus safari

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    Earlier this month our Newcastle branch held a ‘bus safari’ to ascertain what the experience is like for regular users of various routes. The bus safari around Newcastle was aimed at exploring the current challenges facing local bus services in the city. Peter

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  • Press Release: Newcastle ticket office changes

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    RAIL PASSENGERS RAISE SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER LOSS OF NEWCASTLE STATION TICKET OFFICE. Rail passengers in the North East have raised serious concerns after the ticket office at the region’s busiest railway station, Newcastle Central, was recently closed to be replaced by a

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  • 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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  • Transport Secretary faces MPs.

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    Transport Secretary faces MPs on rail reform, decarbonisation and airport expansion    Evidence session                  Work of the Secretary of State  Wednesday 23 April, 09:15, Committee Room 16, Palace of Westminster    Watch live on ParliamentTV   Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander MP will face the Transport

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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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  • Our response to the North East’s Local Transport Plan

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    Our response to the Local Transport Plan (LTP) consultation can be found below: For information on the North East’s LTP, please visit: https://www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtransportplan

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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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