Wright Eclipse/ Gemini Set (Go Ahead NE) in Red (1:76 scale)
- Go North East provides 72 million passenger journeys each year & 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 & is actively working towards having an entire easy access fleet well before 2010. Go North East is the regions leading public transport operator & has won the prestigious Bus Industry Award for Accessibility & 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 & 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, & 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 & reformed as Go-Ahead Northern which then became the founding company of Go-Ahead Group.