2023/24 Christmas & New Year Bus Services

As the big day approaches, bus operators are making seasonal changes to their timetables. These are summarised below but please do check before travelling.

Services will generally operate to their normal timetables up to, and including, Saturday 23rd December, then:

Christmas Eve (Sun 24th Dec) & New Year’s Eve (Sun 31st Dec)
Q3 (NGP Town Centre)
– Last Q3 to NGP departs Haymarket at 1839
– Last Q3 from NGP at 1805, terminating at St Peter’s Basin

X46 (Featherstone Grove/Melbury) – No service

X47 (Kingston Park Road)
– Last X47 to NGP departs Eldon Square at 1830
– Last X47 from NGP departs Kingston Park Road at 1822

35 (Red House Farm, for Melbury) – No service

Christmas Day (Mon 25th Dec) – No services

Boxing Day (Tue 26th Dec)
Q3 – No service
X46 – No service
X47 (Limited service from approx. 0900-1800)
– First X47 from NGP departs Kingston Park Road at 0924
– Last X47 to NGP departs Eldon Square at 1805
35 – No service

Wed 27th to Sat 30th Dec – Saturday service in operation on all NGP routes

New Year’s Day (Mon 1st Jan 2024) – No services

Tue 2nd to Fri 5th Jan 2024
Q3 – normal (school holidays) weekday timetable in operation
X46 – normal weekday services resume
X47 – normal weekday services resume
35 – normal weekday services resume

Full timetables on all NGP bus services resume from Sat 6th Jan 2024.

For all other timetables, including the Tyne & Wear Metro, please visit the Nexus website