| Formerly | Quaylink |
|---|---|
| Commenced operation | 26 July 2015 |
| Locale | Tyne and Wear |
| Service area | |
| Service type | Bus service |
| Fleet |
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| Operator | Go North East |
| Website | Go North East |
QuayCity is a bus service in Tyne and Wear, England, which connects the suburbs of Gosforth, Jesmond, Walker and Wallsend with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, Quayside and Ouseburn.
The service was introduced on 26 July 2015, following the merger of existing routes Q2 and X40. It operated under the QuayLink name, with diesel single-deck Optare Versa vehicles branded in a two-tone yellow and green livery. [1] Initially operating between Great Park and St Peter's Basin, the service was extended to serve Walker and Wallsend on 31 July 2016. [2]
From 21 June 2017, contactless payments were introduced, as part of a trial. [3] It was later rolled out across the network.
On 14 December 2020, the QuayLink branding was dropped and the route was rebranded QuayCity. A new two-tone yellow and black livery was introduced. [4] [5]
On 27 March 2022, the route was curtailed beyond St Peter's Basin, with services running between Great Park and St Peter's Basin only. On the same date, the route was also amended to run via Jesmond. [6] [7]
On 24 July 2022, the service was renumbered QA & QB, reflecting the direction travelled around Great Park. Changes also saw the link between St Peter's Basin and Wallsend via Walker restored. [8] By September 2022, the service reverted to its previous number, Q3.
On 1 September 2024, the service was further amended, with the section between Brunton Park and Great Park withdrawn. The route in Brunton Park was also amended, with buses now operating via Warkworth Woods and Polwarth Drive. [9] The direct link between Newcastle and Great Park was replaced by services operated by Stagecoach North East. An hourly service running via Gosforth (49) was introduced, with the existing service (X47) via Kingston Park extended up to every 15 minutes. [10]
Go North East Q3 & Q3X |
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Brunton Park – City Centre – Wallsend via Gosforth, Quayside & St Peter's Basin |
Between City Centre & Gosforth, Q3X runs fast via Great North Road. |
As of September 2024, service Q3 operates up to every 20 minutes between Brunton Park and Wallsend during the day on weekdays and Saturday, with a half-hourly service between Brunton Park and St Peter’s Basin on Sunday. During peak times, service Q3X additionally operates, running fast via Great North Road.
The service is currently operated by a fleet of battery electric Yutong E12 single-deck vehicles, branded in a mustard and black variant of the silver-based Voltra livery and carrying over features such as free WiFi, audio-visual next stop announcements and USB charging points specified on previous Voltra buses. [11] [12] These replaced a fleet of diesel Optare Versa single-deck vehicles, which were refurbished in December 2020 to Euro VI emissions standard in advance of the launch of Newcastle's Clean Air Zone. [5]
North Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, England. It forms part of the greater Tyneside conurbation. North Tyneside Council is headquartered at Cobalt Park, Wallsend.
The Tyne and Wear Metro is an overground and underground light rail rapid transit system serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and the City of Sunderland. It has been described as the "first modern light rail system in the United Kingdom". The system is currently both owned and operated by the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus), thus is fully under public ownership and operation.
Go North East operates both local and regional bus services in County Durham, Cumbria, Northumberland, North Yorkshire and Tyne and Wear, England. It was previously known as the Northern General Transport Company and Go-Ahead Northern. The company was the foundation of today's Go-Ahead Group, which now operates bus and rail services across the United Kingdom, as well as Germany, Ireland, Norway and Singapore.
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Gosforth is an area of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, situated north of the City Centre. It constituted a separate urban district of Northumberland from 1895 until 1974 before officially merging with the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. In 2001, it had a population of 23,620.
The Tyneside Electrics were the suburban railways on Tyneside that the North Eastern Railway and the London and North Eastern Railway electrified using the third rail system. The North Tyneside Loop was electrified from 1904 onwards and formed one of the earliest suburban electric networks; the South Tyneside line to South Shields via Pelaw was electrified in March 1938. British Railways converted these lines to diesel operation in the 1960s: the line to South Shields in January 1963 and the North Tyneside lines in June 1967 when the electrical supply infrastructure and the rolling stock had become life expired. In addition, the system was losing passengers and suffering from costly vandalism. Since the late 1970s, much of the system has been converted to form the Tyne and Wear Metro.
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