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The company also operates a network of services in and around the city of Sunderland, linking with towns and villages across East Durham. Go North East operate local and regional bus services across the county, with services extending to County Durham (Chester-le-Street, Consett, Durham and Stanley), Northumberland (Corbridge, Hexham, Prudhoe ...
Routes 44 and 150, the remaining services in the Grays area, are operated under contract to Thurrock Council. The buses used for these routes were transferred to Southend. As at September 2014, Dartford garage operated London routes 160, 428, 492, B12, B13 and B15. [47] Grays garage operated London routes 66, 346, 370, 375 and 499. [48]
First bus East of England operates services branded as the Network Norwich electric within the city centre of Norwich and to towns and villages within approximately a 20 miles (32 km) radius. This network was launched on 23 September 2012, with buses painted in colour-coded route branding on the fronts to reflect the line in the network they ...
A 15 miles (24 km) two-route system with segregated lanes and 1 mile (1.5 km) of guided busway. Southgate Avenue opened August 2003 and Fastway opened December 2004. Gateshead, Tyne & Wear: Centrelink Go North East: Was an infrastructure project including an exclusive busway for bendy bus services From Gateshead to the Metrocentre. [9]
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 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]
A large number of other bus companies run local services throughout the region. The Cambridgeshire Guided Busway opened in August 2011 as a dedicated bus route linking the centre of Cambridge with Cambridge Science Park, St Ives and Huntingdon. [25] The 13.3 miles (21.4 km) route is believed to be the longest guided busway in the world. [25]
Geoff Hurst scores a hat-trick, and Martin Peters scores the other English goal, in a game which attracts an all-time record UK television audience of more than 32 million. [24] An AEC Routemaster bus on route 7 in London catches fire near Marble Arch, but all the passengers and crew escape without injury. [25]