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New 70-space car park to open at Hebburn Metro station on Friday
Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising Metro, will be opening an extended 70-space free car park at Hebburn Metro station in South Tyneside this Friday, March 26. The Metro station car park was built by housing developer Taylor Wimpey North East as part of the planning permission for the 220…
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Three new taxi-bus routes for South Tyneside
Three new taxi-bus services will start running in South Tyneside from Monday, 19 April. The TB529 will run hourly Monday to Saturday from Hebburn Quay stopping at Hebburn Community Association, Glenn Street Medical Centre, Hebburn College, Bill Quay in Gateshead and Heworth Metro station. The TB…
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Nexus has its eye on antisocial behaviour
This is the first phase of a £100,000 installation programme that forms part of the Nexus Bus Strategy, a three year action plan to improve bus services. Nexus plans to install a further 60 cameras at bus shelters next year. Whilst the cameras have only been installed less than a month, they have…
Public consultation on bus strategy.
Nexus reveals plans to improve local bus links
Nexus today unveiled plans to completely overhaul bus routes it pays for in Tyne and Wear, improving local links in the city and its suburbs. It has launched a consultation to ask local residents, businesses and public bodies to give their views on a major review of bus services, aimed at improving…
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Sunderland youngsters learn the consequences of antisocial behaviour
School children from Sunderland are taking part in a series of workshops to highlight the consequences of anti-social behaviour. The It’s Your Choice project will involve nearly 200 kids from the Sunderland area learning about the impact of crime and vandalism on their local community. Fire, road…
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Nexus starts renewal work on Metro footbridges.
Three footbridges over Metro lines are to be closed from Monday 15 March for short periods so maintenance work can be done. Nexus, which owns, manages and is modernising Metro in a £350m programme, is carrying out minor structural maintenance and applying new floor coatings to the structures. The…
Concessionary bus pass.
Changes to the national free bus pass scheme
The Government is changing the age at which people become eligible for a national concessionary ’free’ bus pass, starting from 6 April 2010. Because Nexus is part of the scheme and is funded by Government to provide concessionary passes, it is bound to follow these changes. From 6 April 2010 people…
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Flash-mob orchestra performs at eldon square bus station
Film of what happened when a ‘flash mob’ orchestra played Ravel’s Bolero at a city centre bus station is being broadcast on YouTube. The busy Eldon Square Bus Station in Newcastle was brought to a momentary stand still as 40 amateur musicians combined to perform the piece made famous by Torvill and…
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Web sessions help improve service.
Go North East’s Open Line live web chat sessions have helped more than 500 people find out more about using buses and helped provide valuable information which the company has used to improve its services over the years. First introduced in 2007, the Open Line sessions provide an opportunity for…
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Bus and Metro passenger numbers reach new highs.
Research by Nexus showed that one million extra journeys were made on public transport in the four weeks to December 19, an increase of 6.4% on the year before. Rising fuel prices, more bus travel by children and people choosing public transport for shopping and the party season are behind the rise…

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