your guide to Christmas & New Year buses INCLUDING FULL BOXING DAY TIMETABLES from valid for Christmas 2020 our guide to & buses over Christmas New Year Whether you’re commuting to and from work, looking for that special Christmas gift, or visiting friends and family as part of your bubble, we have your festive travel needs wrapped up. Our buses are clean, safe and comfy – and our services will run shop ‘til to normal timetables right up to, and including, Wednesday 23 December with some changes over the Christmas and New you drop Year period. frequent, convenient bus Get on board with us for a better than ever journey to help connections to Arnison Centre bust congestion and improve air quality – we’ve made major upgrades to our buses, tickets, website, app and much more. now with even better buses! in this guide... X20 Sunderland | Durham | Langley Park up to every 30 mins 4 - 5 overview of how your bus will run every day over Christmas & New Year 21 Newcastle | Chester-le-Street | Durham 6 - 16 last buses on Christmas Eve & New Years Eve up to every 30 mins 17 contents list for Boxing Day timetables 50 South Shields | Washington | Durham 18 - 66 full Boxing Day timetables up to every 30 mins bus stops in Arnison Centre getting o the bus McDonalds boarding the bus M&S Boots Lidl Sainsbury’s Next Wilko KFC Abbey Day Abbey Rd Centre Abbey Evans Leisure Northumbrian Front St Centre 2 our quick guide to Water buses over this festive period Christmas & New Year buses our team of friendly drivers will be keeping you connected with friends & family this festive season - with buses running every day except Christmas Day and New Years Day Sunday 27th & Monday 28th SUNDAY TIMETABLES over the Christmas break some of our buses will be running to over these two days all our buses will be running special timetables - here’s how your bus will run: to their normal Sunday & Bank Holiday timetables Tuesday 29th & Wednesday 30th SATURDAY TIMETABLES NORMAL TIMETABLES every day until Wednesday 23rd all routes will run to full Saturday timetables in the run up to Christmas we’ll be running our normal except route 74 (Newcastle to Hexham) where the late timetables every day of the week evening journeys will not run Christmas Eve - Thursday 24th SATURDAY TIMETABLES New Year’s Eve - Thursday 31st SATURDAY TIMETABLES our buses will run to a Saturday timetable - most routes will our buses will run to the same timetables as Christmas Eve stop running between 6pm and 8pm with a Saturday service across all routes but an early finish at see pages 6-16 for details about last buses around 6pm to 8pm see pages 6-16 for details about last buses Christmas Day - Friday 25th NO BUSES our driving team will be taking a well-earned rest - there are New Year’s Day - Friday 1st January NO BUSES no buses on Christmas Day our driving team will be taking a well-earned rest - there are no buses on New Year’s Day Boxing Day - Saturday 26th SPECIAL TIMETABLES most services will run to special timetables with bigger buses Saturday 2nd January onwards NORMAL TIMETABLES to keep you connected to the people & places you love normal service resumes - your bus will run to its usual timetable see page 17 for our special timetables 4 our quick guide to 5 buses over this festive period for full times, visit gonortheast.co.uk & H Freeman hospital NHS staff shuttle bus Christmas Eve for NHS staff only, we’ll be running afull weekday timetable New Year’s Eve H2 South Tyneside hospital to Jarrow & Hebburn last buses we’ll be running a full Saturday timetable S2 Team Valley Sainsbury’s shuttle bus on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, our buses we’ll be running a full weekday timetable finish a little earlier than normal - with the last buses on most routes finishing between 6pm and 8pm. Q3 Wallsend to Newcastle & Great Park Q3 Q3 Q3 Q3 Q3 1A 1B Whitley Bay to Newcastle & Metrocentre Wallsend 1740 1810 Great Park 1748 1803 1836 1A 1A 1A 1A 1B 1A 1A Newcastle city 1759 1829 Newcastle city 1814 1848 1914 Whitley Bay 1723 1753 1823 1853 Metrocentre 1725 1810 Great Park 1843 1911 Wallsend 1906 North Shields 1747 1817 1847 1917 Gateshead 1805 1839 1909 Percy Main 1756 1826 1855 1925 Newcastle 1813 1846 1916 V3 V4 Consett to Shotley Bridge Newcastle 1829 1859 Percy Main 1851 1917 1942 last V4 departs Consett at 1735 Gateshead 1840 1906 North Shields 1901 1925 last V3 departs Consett at 1805 Metrocentre 1906 Whitley Bay 1923 4 Heworth to Washington & Houghton-le-Spring X1 Newcastle to Washington & Easington Lane 4 4 4 4 4 X X X X X X 1 1 1 1 1 1 Heworth 1823 1838 1853 Houghton-le-Spring 1843 Newcastle 1812 1827 1845 1905 Easington Lane 1815 1848 Washington 1843 1858 1913 Fallowfield Way 1852 1907 Washington 1846 1858 1916 1933 Washington 1846 1917 Fallowfield Way 1852 1907 1922 Washington 1901 1916 Easington Lane 1914 1944 Newcastle 1917 Houghton-le-Spring 1928 Heworth 1919 1934 Q1 Gateshead to Leam Lane & Newcastle 5 South Shields to Boldon & Jarrow last Q1 departs Gateshead at 1842, arriving in Newcastle at 1939 5 5 5 5 5 5 South Shields 1656 1726 1812 Jarrow 1705 1735 1812 Consett to Delves V1 V2 Boldon ASDA 1728 1758 1839 Boldon ASDA 1738 1807 1841 last V1 departs Consett at 1845, arriving in Delves at 1854 Jarrow 1757 1903 South Shields 1803 1905 T1 T2 Consett Tesco shuttle buses X5 Shotley Bridge & Consett to Durham full Saturday timetable runs on all Tesco shuttle buses X15 every X5 journey will run in full last X15 from Consett departs at 1822 to Durham A Silksworth to Sunderland & Washington 2 2 last X15 from Durham departs at 1905 to Consett 2A 2 2 2 2 2A 2 Silksworth 1741 1802 1823 1845 Washington 1808 1838 1908 V5 Consett to The Dene Sunderland 1813 1831 1849 1908 Sunderland 1843 1909 1940 last V5 departs Consett at 1835, arriving in Delves at 1852 Washington 1847 1905 1923 Silksworth 1904 6 6A Newcastle to Stanley Q2 Newcastle to Leam Lane & Gateshead last 6 from Stanley departs at 1750 to Newcastle last Q2 departs Newcastle at 1815, arriving in Gateshead at 1933 last 6 from Newcastle departs at 1815 to Stanley 6 last 7 buses Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve for full times, visit gonortheast.co.uk X6 X7 Sunderland to Seaham & Peterlee 12 12A Newcastle to Blaydon & Winlaton full Saturday timetable runs on X6 & X7 from Newcastle last 12A departs at 1815 last 12 departs at 1835 M M M Stanley to Metrocentre from Winlaton 6 7 8 last 12 departs at 1743 last 12A departs at 1749 full Saturday timetable runs on M7 & M8 last M6 departs Metrocentre at 1805 13 Durham to Langley Park last M6 departs Stanley at 1835 full Saturday timetable runs on route 13 8 8A Sunderland to Seaham & Peterlee 16 16A Castleside & Consett to Stanley & Durham full Saturday timetable runs on Coast & Country 8 & 8A buses 16A 16 16A 16 16A 16 16A Castleside 1642 1712 1742 1812 1846 9 Lukes Lane to Hebburn & Sunderland Consett 1704 1730 1804 1828 1902 last 9 departs Lukes Lane at 1840 Stanley 1730 1745 1815 1838 last 9 departs Sunderland at 1843 Durham 1801 1816 1846 X9 X10 Newcastle to Middlesbrough 16 16A 16 16A 16 16A 16 Durham 1705 1720 1735 1750 1810 1830 1850 X9 X10 X9 X10 X9 X10 Stanley 1745 1752 1806 1822 1850 1902 1918 Newcastle 1632 1702 1732 1817 Middlesbrough 1845 1915 Consett 1822 1924 Dalton Park q 1739 q 1854 Stockton q 1928 Castleside 1839 Peterlee 1718 q 1818 q Billingham 1900 q Billingham 1738 q 1838 q Peterlee 1925 q Stockton q 1812 q 1927 Dalton Park q 2001 19 Ashington to North Shields Middlesbrough 1755 1825 1855 1940 Newcastle 2010 2040 full Saturday timetable runs on Little Coasters 19 V9 Consett to Chopwell 20 Durham to Sunderland & South Shields last V9 departs Consett at 1835, arriving in Chopwell at 1901 from Durham last 20 to Sunderland at 1904 last 20 to South Shields at 1832 from Sunderland 10 10B Newcastle to Prudhoe & Hexham last 20 to Durham at 1837 last 20 to South Shields at 1929 last 10B from Prudhoe departs at 1722 to Newcastle last 20 to Houghton at 1907 last 10B from Newcastle departs at 1850 to Prudhoe from South Shields last 20 to Durham at 1759 last 10 from Hexham departs at 1824 to Newcastle last 20 to Sunderland & Houghton at 1834 last 10 from Prudhoe departs at 1854 to Newcastle last 10 from Newcastle departs at 1900 to Prudhoe & Hexham X20 Sunderland to Durham & Langley Park last fast X20 departs Langley Park at 1817 to Sunderland 10A Newcastle to Rockwood Hill last fast X20 departs Sunderland at 1800 to Langley Park last 10A departs Newcastle at 1810 to Blackhall Mill last 10A departs Newcastle at 1840 to Rockwood Hill X22 Durham to Metrocentre last 10A departs Blackhall Mill at 1747 to Newcastle full Saturday timetable runs on route X22 11 Whitley Bay to Wallsend 25 Newcastle to Chester-le-Street & Langley Park full Saturday timetable runs on Little Coasters 11 from Newcastle last 25 to Langley Park at 1755 last 25 to Chester at 1825 from Langley Park last 25 to Newcastle at 1754 last 25 to Chester at 1854 8 last 9 buses Christmas Eve & New Year’s Eve for full times, visit gonortheast.co.uk 21 X21 Newcastle to Durham & West Auckland 33 Newcastle to Hollywood Avenue X21 X21 X21 21 21 21 21 21 last 33 from Hollywood Avenue departs at 1742 Newcastle 1710 1740 1815 1826 1836 1846 1856 1906 last 33 from Newcastle departs at 1827 Chester-le-Street 1743 1813 1847 1907 1916 1927 1936 1946 Durham 1805 1835 1908 1929 1949 33 33A Sunderland to Silksworth Bishop Auckland 1843 1909 1939 full Saturday timetable runs on routes 33 & 33A West Auckland 1904 X21 21 X21 21 X21 21 21 21 21 X21 34 Chester-le-Street to Ouston & Waldridge Park West Auckland 1607 1637 1718 1818 from Ouston