Branded Routes

Recently, we have invested over £7 million in new buses and upgrades to our fleet, with over 500 buses now Easy Access. Along with our distinctive colourful branding for certain bus routes, we are making bus travel easy and attractive for everyone.

Shown below is an overview of the current brands that we have:

	1, 2 Whitley Bay - Kibblesworth / Wrekenton
	2A, 2C Sunderland - Washington
	8 Castleside – Chester-le-Street 8A Consett - Chester-le-Street 78, 78A Consett – Sunderland
	9 Wallsend - Sunderland 9A North Shields – Sunderland
	10 Rockwood Hill - Newcastle
	31, 32 Winlaton – Newcastle 48, 49, 49A Winlaton - Gateshead
	20, 20X Sunderland – Durham
	21 Bishop Auckland – Newcastle 22 Waldridge Park – Newcastle
	26, 26A, 36 Pennywell – Sunderland - Heworth
	27, 27A South Shields - Newcastle
	29, 29A, 39, 39A Doxford International – North Sunderland
	33, 42 Sunderland – Silksworth
	35 South Shields - Hetton-le-Hole/South Hetton
	40, 40C, 41, 41C Wallsend Circular
	43, 44 Durham – Stanley – Newcastle
	45, 46, 46A Consett – Newcastle
	47 Newcastle – Blackhall Mill
	51, 52 Gateshead - Heworth
	53, 54 Newcastle – Saltwell Park circular
	56 Sunderland – Newcastle
	57 Wardley – Newcastle 57A South Shields - Newcastle 57B South Shields - Fellgate Estate
	58 Hadrian Park - Heworth
	60 Parkside – Sunderland 61, 62 Peterlee – Murton – Sunderland
	71 Chester-le-Street - Sunderland
	75, 76, 85, 86 North Shields - Newcastle
	81 Holy Cross - Cramlington
	91 Newcastle – Team Valley
	93, 94 Gateshead - Team Valley circular
	95, 96, 97, 98 MetroCentre – Newcastle
	309 Blyth – Whitley Bay – Cobalt – The Silverlink – Newcastle
	711 Quaking Houses - Stanley
	M1 Easington Lane – Heworth M2 Waterview Park – Heworth M3 Chester-le-Street – Heworth
	MC1 Lanchester - MetroCentre MC2 East Stanley - MetroCentre MC4 Stanley - South Stanley
	R19 North Shields – Northumberland Park
	V1, V2 Consett Local Services
	X1 Easington Lane – Newcastle X2 Sunderland – Newcastle X3 Houghton-le-Spring - Newcastle
	X10 Middlesbrough – Newcastle
	X30, X31 Lanchester – Stanley – Newcastle X70, X71, 70 Consett – Newcastle
	X42, X43 Blyth – Newcastle
	X66 Gateshead – MetroCentre
	W2 - W6 Linking Galleries, Concord with towns/villages in Washington