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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 Newcastle upon Tyne trolleybus system once served the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in England.Opened in 1935, [1] [2] it gradually replaced the Newcastle tram network. By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Newcastle system was a large one, with a total of 28 routes, and a maximum fleet of 204 trolleybuses. [2]
There are currently no operational trolleybus systems in the UK. In the United Kingdom the first trolleybus systems were inaugurated on 20 June 1911 [1] in Bradford and Leeds, although public service in Bradford did not commence until 24 June. [1] Coincidentally, the UK's last trolleybus service also operated in Bradford, on 26 March 1972. [1] [2]
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' Busways operations were branded blue and green respectively. These divisions were eventually reduced to three with the merger of City Busways into Newcastle Busways in ...
Arriva North East operates both local and regional bus services in County Durham, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear, England. It is a subsidiary of Arriva UK Bus , which operates bus and coach services across the United Kingdom .
In Summer 2022, the Coastliner Express route X43 was re-introduced, but it was modified to run between York and Whitby via Scarborough, reducing travel time from York to Scarborough from 2 hours to 90 minutes. [22] [23] As with the pre-2020 timetable, the route only runs during the summer season, and makes one return journey a day. In 2023, the ...
In 2014/15 [needs update], there were 5.20 billion bus journeys in the UK, 2.4 billion of which were in London. [18] The UK bus network has shrunk by 8% over the past decade due to government subsidy cuts and a reduction in commercial operations in the north of England. [49] [50] [51]
Buses continue through Salford, into Manchester city centre along 9 miles (15 km) of segregated bus lanes and continuing through the centre along Oxford Road to the University of Manchester and Manchester Royal Infirmary. Road junction works began in late-2011 and the full busway opened on 3 April 2016. [15]