City Transport Group

12/10/2026

APPEAL FOR THE RETURN OF STOLEN PARTS – PLEASE SHARE

We’re appealing to anyone who may have information following an incident of vandalism involving our articulated (bendy) bus while it was in storage.

Unfortunately, the vehicle has been targeted, with blade fuses and the bus’s badges stolen.

It’s incredibly disappointing to see a vehicle that has a place in our industry treated this way. These parts are not souvenirs, and their removal causes unnecessary damage and inconvenience.

If you have taken these items, or know who has them, we’re asking you to please do the right thing and return them. No questions asked at this stage — we simply want our property back.

If anyone has been offered these parts, seen anything suspicious, or has any information that could help, please contact us directly via Facebook Messenger.

We’d appreciate it if everyone could share this post to help get the message out. Let’s get these parts back where they belong.

Thank you for your support.

11/10/2026

Vintage bus event this coming Sunday. Click through for details.

Subject to our operational commitments we _may_ have a vehicle on display there.

06/10/2026

Old but gold

Hallelujah.

05/10/2026

102 seats! City Transport NE Ltd are pleased to offer our 102-seater for any large groups.

Any educational establishments will be pleased to observe that three classes can fit on here, and with our bespoke cleaning regimes we can support you meet your Benedicts Law obligations. All our drivers and managers are Enhanced DBS checked for further compliance.

Get in touch with our team to obtain your quotation.

27/09/2026

We have submitted our response to the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority consultation on bus reform which runs to 18 pages and 6,300 words. We hope that Kim McGuinness- North East Mayor will sit down with a nice cup of tea or perhaps something stronger.

Anyone who has not yet responded, you have about twelve hours to do so.

Our response includes:
-our detailed views about TUPE and inaction from the Mayor's Office over events earlier this year
-our suggestions of fair ways to support SME operators
-concerns that proposals are not ambitious enough
-a suggestion that a Bus Rapid Transit scheme be considered for the region as a less costly but still as effective alternative to rail extensions (and yes, we sung the praises of both 18metre and 24metre vehicles)
-we implored that the ticketing strategy be given detailed thought

Here's to the future; your franchised City Transport bus departs Monday 1st October 2029

14/09/2026

Buses available for hire from our bases in Tyneside and West Yorkshire.

Rail replacement, workplace shuttles, scholars services; contact us for competitive prices and immediate availability throughout September and October.

30/07/2026

Today is our 5th birthday. Five years ago today, six people sat in a room in Manchester and thought they were having a one-off week of something. A week became five years....

Lets recap on the positives:
First independent bus operator to introduce a commercial bus route in the north east since covid (the c4)
First operator in the north of England to (voluntarily) deploy PSV AIR (or NSA if you prefer) on rail replacement (Q4 2022)
Three consecutive years deployment of our high capacity vehicles at Silverstone
Year-on-year fleet expansion and operational growth

Some exciting things are on the horizon including a forthcoming public service route in the north east.

29/07/2026

Thank you to our representative organisation, the Confederation of Passenger Transport, for inviting all local operator members to a most useful meeting at the North East Mayoral Strategic Authority yesterday. Sadly the mummy Mayor Kim McGuinness- North East Mayor herself didnt join us, but it was useful indeed to speak with Heads of Departments and Associate Directors about the plans. There is a consultation live, and if YOU live in the North East you really ought to make a submission. See their website for details. As an invited operator with statutory consultee status, we are preparing a full response which is intended to constructively challenge various aspects of the proposals. We are also celebrating our fifth birthday tomorrow.

05/07/2026

Bus enthusiasts - please consider donating to a worthy cause.

The good folks at Wigan Bus Preservation Group are one of the 'professional' preservation groups who enjoy good relations with many operators and industry bodies.

We are indirectly responsible for them giving 4515 a 100% authentic makeover (due to selling them 22878 which freed up 4515) so hopefully people can get behind this appeal

It’s been a while since 4515 was shown, so here’s where we currently are with her.

As some may remember, en-route to Southport a few months back, the front offside brake caliper started to bind, rendering her VOR for the remainder of her MOT. Part of the incentive to buy 812, was to use the caliper off that on 4515, of which it’s been moved into place for the work to start. In preparation for her MOT, she’s going to get most of the work done to her what is needed, this includes:
- a full service, oil change and filters etc.
- a chassis tidy up where surface corrosion is
starting to rear its ugly head, and the wheel arches too.
- the pipe that runs under the ping tank isn’t great, so that will be changed.
- the headlights need re-adjusting after the front end rebuild.
- rear and side roll blind destinations fitted.
- replace the LED rear lights with Britax, and source fibreglass domes to refit the original top back lights.
(If anyone knows of a good fibreglass mould maker, please let us know).
- readjust the exhaust as it’s currently sticking out way too far.

We have also been building up our collection of Arriva ‘Bridge’ moquette, to get the interior retrimmed. As you may know, retrimming is extremely expensive, and a lot of you have asked for a donation link at events. We have never deemed it appropriate as we’ve always wanted you to know where your money is going, so we’re going to offer it out, if you’d like to contribute to an interior refurb of 4515, please follow the link below. 👇

https://paypal.me/wiganbuspreservation

Please do not feel obliged to donate, it’s entirely optional, but anything, small or large, will help us massively. 100% of donations will go towards the retrim of 4515. Please note: PayPal will take a small transaction fee off the donation.

29/05/2026

Very proud to be one of the first operators in both of our territories of Tyne and Wear and Yorkshire to bring one of these amazing machines onto fleet.

If you need to move upto 98 people, then do get in touch for a quotation.

We can also deploy our second megadecker, if needed.