Corgi OM49903 Go Ahead North East Boxset

Go North East provides 72 million passenger journeys each year and employs around 2100 staff throughout 8 main locations in the region. It was the first UK company outside London to pioneer the award-winning Easy Access service and is actively working towards having an entire easy access fleet well before 2010. Go North East is the regions leading public transport operator and has won the prestigious Bus Industry Award for Accessibility and the daily Telegraph/Energis Customer Service Award for large passenger operations. The company has also been accredited Investors in People status for excellence in developing, training and communicating with employees. The origins of the company can be traced back to 1897 when British Electric Traction acquired a major stake in the Gateshead & District, Jarrow & District, and Tynemouth Electric Traction companies from their respective local councils. In the mid 1980s during the National Bus Company privatisation Northern was sold to its management and reformed as Go-Ahead Northern which then became the founding company of Go-Ahead Group.