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Stagecoach in Newcastle is the largest division of Stagecoach North East, and one of the three major bus operators in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, alongside Arriva North East and Go North East. Stagecoach predominantly provide services within the city proper, with Arriva North East and Go North East 's routes extending beyond the city into ...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail network linking South Tyneside and Sunderland with Gateshead, Newcastle upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Newcastle Airport. The network opened in stages from 11 August 1980, and now serves 60 stations and 48 miles (77 km) of track.
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.
FlixBus launched its first three routes in February 2013 in Bavaria, Germany, to take advantage of Germany opening up its bus market to competition. [6] In the following years, it added routes across Europe. [7] In April 2018, FlixBus was the first to use all-electric vehicles on a long distance bus route, between Paris La Défense and Amiens. [8]
The Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive, branded as Nexus, is an executive body of the North East Combined Authority and is best known for owning and operating the Tyne and Wear Metro. It replaced the Tyneside PTE on 1 April 1974.
It is owned by Newcastle City Council and is managed by Tyne and Wear PTE. [1] The current glass-roofed bus station was built adjacent to the former, and is accessible via the mall. It is located in the Haymarket area of the city centre, a short walk from Newcastle University and Northumbria University .
The sale of the Tyne and Wear Omnibus Company to Busways proved highly controversial with TWOC's 187 workers, with the company's Gateshead depot announced to close and workers being issued "precautionary" 90-day redundancy notices, [7] [8] [9] before later being made to apply for new jobs at Busways; only two workers out of 33 applicants would ...
QuayCity is a bus service in Tyne and Wear, England, which connects the suburbs of Gosforth, Jesmond, Walker and Wallsend with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Quayside and Ouseburn. History [ edit ]