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- Region awarded further £6.5m for active travel
- Funding secured for new electric buses
- Bus service changes to benefit local skills bootcamp
- Transport Leaders to allocate millions for bus improvements
- New night bus for Newcastle International Airport
- Combined rail and Metro tickets “will be ‘game-changing'
- We’re #MovingBusesForward and we need your help!
- Transport North East on International Women’s Day 2024
- North East awarded funding to progress ‘Leamside South’ business case
- Youth fares hit major milestone – 10 million journeys taken
- New Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy approved
- Durham Bus Station opens its doors
- Cheaper bus travel for millions of journeys across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham
- Sunderland station entrance opens doors
- Get Round for a Pound for the win!
- It's Transport Planning Day!
- New affordable all day bus tickets launch across Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham
- Rail Minister Pledges Support for Leamside Line at APPG Meeting
- Have your say on the regional zero emission vehicle strategy
- Transport leaders call for the Leamside Line to be delivered
- Chair of the North East Joint Transport Committee response to Prime Minister’s announcement on HS2 and Network North
- Public Transport disruption due to industrial action
- North East is celebrating Catch the Bus Month 2023
- Young people to pay no more than £3 for unlimited day travel across the North East
- Regional leaders join together for second transport and health partnership event
- Have your say on the North East bus network join the #BigBusConversation
- Leaders condemn proposed ticket office closures
- Transport leaders to invest £50.8 million into region's bus network
- Transport North East take on Net Zero Week 2023
- Better bus services in the North East thanks to a further £45 million funding boost
- New Active Travel Strategy Approved
- Blog: What’s transport got to do with it?
- Multi million-pound rescue package for bus services could be on the way
- Transformative bus investments about to begin
- North East awarded £17.7m in funding for active travel
- APPG for Leamside Line Launched
- Get round for a pound on the bus goes live for those 21 and under!
- New £1 bus fare for young people and cheaper multi-operator adult tickets on the way
- North East Business Leaders Urge Prime Minister to Fund the Leamside Line
- A week in the life at Transport North East
- Region welcomes multi-million-pound bus improvement funding
- Stadler delivers the first new train for the Tyne and Wear Metro
- Fresh wave of bus cuts could come if Government funding is slashed
- Local MPs meet Minister for Transport to discuss re-opening of the Leamside Line
- North East welcomes £19.5m transport decarbonisation investment
- Leaders to discuss increase to transport funding to safeguard public transport
- Have your say on regional active travel strategy
- Region’s active travel plans receive funding boost
- Pay less to travel by bus, Metro and ferry this winter with £2 capped fares
- North East Leaders condemn Northern Rail’s “crippling” closure of Sunderland station during the festive period
- New strategy aims to ensure half of all short journeys are by active travel
- Regional leaders join together for first of its kind transport and health partnership event
- Links between public health and transport strengthened in the North East
- Public asked to pledge to travel sustainably at least once a week
- Re-opening of the Leamside Line takes a step forward as business case published for Metro services to Washington
- MPs and leaders back £19.5m bid to boost low carbon transport
- City train station demolished
- North East welcomes PM's pledge to build Northern Powerhouse Rail in full
- Tribute to Her Majesty, The Queen
- North East celebrates Catch the Bus Month 2022
- Tyne pedestrian and cycle tunnels closed for lift works
- Fear of yet more 'devastating' cuts to North East bus routes as leaders plead for new funding
- Making the right travel choice consultation is LIVE
- Take The Kids For Free offer on all buses in North East England this summer
- Leaders approve £3.2m boost for Metro Park & Ride
- Help us to make sustainable travel easier
- Nexus announces further new routes in response to commercial bus cuts
- Government approves next phase of works on the new Northumberland rail line
- Strategy sets its sights firmly on upgrading ECML, the Leamside Line and Metro expansion
- North East awarded £17.9m in funding for active travel
- Local bus operators launch Kids go Free special offer this Easter
- Free trade event to help the region’s taxi and private hire sector electrify their fleet
- North east response to BSIP funding announcement
- Give us the funding we need to deliver our ambitions for bus
- Major traffic signals upgrade planned for the North East
- New hardship scheme to launch at Tyne Tunnels
- Tyne Tunnel toll increase for LGVs from April
- New fast electric vehicle charging points unveiled in central Sunderland
- It’s a hattrick! Another boost to the North East economy as third A19 upgrade opens to traffic
- Joint Transport Committee set to outline commitment to ZEVs
- Over £24 million funding boost set to transform sustainable travel
- Long-term strategy for rail and Metro in the North East unveiled
- MPs take the case for re-opening the Leamside Line to Parliament
- The North East says: “We need the Leamside Line re-opened.”
- Leaders support major increase in council funding for transport, to help mitigate the worst effects of upcoming commercial bus cuts
- JTC statement on Tyne Tunnels
- Leaders take the first step towards bringing Metro to Washington
- Covid-19 impact on transport budget will lead to reduced funding for buses and higher bills for councils without Government support, transport leaders warn
- Transport Leaders set to discuss next steps for the East Coast Main Line and Leamside Line
- North East response to Integrated Rail Plan
- TfN Chief Executive visits the region
- Cuts to bus services highly likely, plus a “Hobson’s choice” for Tyne and Wear councils
- Drivers set to save 1,944-hours-a-week as Tyne Tunnels go live with open-road-tolling
- Transport leaders approve region’s Bus Service Improvement Plan
- New fast charging station for electric vehicles at the iconic Angel of the North
- Region sets out £804m ambitious bus plan
- Joint statement on the national driver shortage from Councillor Martin Gannon and Martjin Gilbert
- SWARCO Smart Charging goes live with new EV taxi and private hire network in North East
- Go Smarter, Go Active launch new interactive walking and cycling map of North East to encourage active travel within the region
- New rail services for Northumberland
- Delivering Zero Emission Buses in the North East
- Join the Big Bus Conversation- public urged to get involved
- North East Leaders ask the Prime Minister to keep the national requirement for face coverings on public transport
- On your marks, get set... cycle! Go Smarter, Go Active Roadshow bookings OPEN
- North East residents urged to attend online event and have their say on decarbonisation plans
- Network One tickets can now be purchased on a pop card
- North East residents urged to have their say on decarbonisation plans
- Public transport’s good to go - plan ahead and travel safely
- Contractor appointed to carry out £100m track dualling scheme on Metro
- North East’s first region-wide Transport Plan begins to deliver its game-changing programme
- Invest East Coast Rail calls on Government to show commitment to rail investment in Budget
- Government urged to provide further support for public transport
- Consultation underway on exemption change
- Fresh call for government to commit to investment in the East Coast Main Line in the North East
- Regional Transport Plan consultation – have your say until 14 January 2021
- Share your views on strategic transport plan
- Call for government to invest now and future proof the ECML
- Region-wide consultation launches on multi-billion strategy for transport
- Region-wide consultation set to launch on multi-billion strategy for transport
- Political transport leads set to debate the region’s first Transport Plan
- Tyne Tunnel queues to be a thing of the past as plan to remove barriers gets green light
- Tyne Tunnel 10p toll increase for LGVs
- North East will suffer unless Government continues to provide emergency funding, say transport chiefs
- North East authorities awarded more than £2m to increase walking and cycling across the region
- Upgrading East Coast Main Line key to achieving North East’s long-term economic plans
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