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Some bus services in Sunderland and in South Tyneside will run at increased frequencies. ... New bus timetable changes rolled out. January 26, 2025 at 2:41 AM ... and these are the 11 items I ...
It joined the network as a terminus station on 24 March 1984, following the opening of the fifth phase of the network between Heworth and South Shields. The original Metro station was closed on 8 July 2019 and was resited around 100 m (330 ft) to the south-east. On 4 August 2019, the station reopened as part of the new South Shields Interchange.
Preserved South Shields Busways Alexander bodied Leyland Atlantean at the 2009 MetroCentre Bus Rally Busways divided its main services into four colour-coded divisions. Services operated out of Slatyford and Byker depots were branded as Newcastle and City Busways respectively, taking on a maroon livery, while South Shields and Sunderland depots ...
In July 1994, Busways Travel Services was acquired by Stagecoach Group, in a deal valued at £27.5 million. [1] Busways Travel Services Limited is now a holding company for the group's operations in the cities of Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland and town of South Shields. In spring 2003, a new depot was opened in Walkergate, at a cost of £6. ...
Following this, in November 2020, the first of a fleet of nine zero-emission single-deck Yutong E10 were introduced on routes 53 and 54, as part of a jointly-funded project between Go North East and the UK Government's Ultra-Low Emission Bus Fund – at a cost of £3.7 million. [33] [34] [35] [36]
In 1938, the line south of the River Tyne between Newcastle and South Shields was also electrified. [ 13 ] Under British Rail in the 1960s, the decision was made to de-electrify the Tyneside Electrics network and convert it to diesel operation, owing to falling passenger numbers and the cost of renewing end-of-life electrical infrastructure and ...
The NBC's National Travel (South) coaching operation would be transferred to Cheltenham and Gloucester during 1984, [5] while the Swindon and District bus operation would follow in 1985. In 1986, in preparation for the break-up of the National Bus Company as a result of bus deregulation , all company assets were transferred to a new legal ...
Opened on 12 October 1936 (), [1] it gradually replaced the South Shields Corporation Tramways. By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the South Shields system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 11 routes, and a maximum fleet of 61 trolleybuses. [1]