• South Tyneside: JUNE meeting

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    The South Tyneside branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Monday 9th June 2025 at 10.00-11.30am in Inspire South Tyneside, Beech Road, South Shields. The meeting is on the second floor, accessible by lift. There is an accessible toilet on the first floor. There

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • South Tyneside PTUG Inaugural Meeting

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    South Tyneside Public Transport Users Group will be holding its inaugural meeting on Tuesday 18 March, at 13:00, in Ocean Road Community Centre, South Shields. All those with an interest in public transport in South Tyneside are welcome to attend. Please email

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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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  • North Tyneside Transport Forum – 26 Feb

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    The North Tyneside Transport Forum’s first meeting of 2025 will be held online via Teams on Wednesday 26 February from 6.30-8.00pm. Meetings of the North Tyneside Transport Forum are an opportunity to hear about public transport and share constructive feedback on public transport and its links

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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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