Tag: bus
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Newcastle: JUNE meeting
The Newcastle branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Monday 29th June, at 5.30pm, in One Strawberry Lane. The building is fully accessible and has accessible toilets. The nearest Metro station is St James.Numerous bus services stop on nearby Gallowgate, and both Eldon Square and Haymarket bus stations are a five minute walk away. All…
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Gateshead: JULY meeting
The Gateshead branch of NEPTUG will next meet on Wednesday 15th July, at 3.30pm in the Community Room, inside Newcastle Building Society, 12 Ellison Walk, Trinity Square, Gateshead, NE8 1BF. For more information, email: gateshead@neptug.org.uk
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Toilets to remain closed at Gateshead Interchange
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 the last year we have raised concerns at Gateshead Council’s Bus Board (of…
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Calls for a more sustainable, people-focused central Gateshead.
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 of Gateshead),Cllr John McElroy (Cabinet Member for Environment and Transport),Cllr Chris Buckley (Cabinet Member…
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Calls to pedestrianise Blackett Street.
Plans to pedestrianise Blackett Street in central Newcastle were shelved by Newcastle City Council in 2022, and whilst computer generated images (CGIs) have been displayed on the hoardings of Pilgrim’s Quarter development for the last few years showing a much improved pedestrianised New Bridge Street West and Pilgrim Street in front of the new HMRC…
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Newcastle bus safari
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 Sager, a member of our Newcastle branch, attended and covered the safari in…
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Our response to the North East’s Local Transport Plan
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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Let there be light, in Teams, Gateshead!
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 difficult to read the timetables.Overgrown and low hanging tree branches were also obstructing…