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QuayLink
QuayLink is a bus service in Tyne and Wear, England, connecting the city centres of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead with the Quayside area. Conceived as a high-quality environmentally friendly operation, it was launched in 2005 as routes Q1 and Q2 using diesel turbine hybrid electric buses (Designline Olymbus) operated by Stagecoach North East under contract to the local authorities, who funded the purchase of the buses and other improvements. After problems with the hybrid buses coping with the hilly terrain, when put out to re-tender in 2010 new buses were specified, and the contract transferred to Go North East using eco-friendly diesel buses (Optare Versa Euro V EEV). Following budget cuts, in 2015 the service will cease to be operated on a contract basis, and will instead be run by Go North East on a commercial basis, reaching further into the suburbs as a renumbered Q1/Q2/Q3 route network.
==Inception==
The Quaylink service was conceived as a high quality service for the redeveloped and expanding Quayside area, which, although extremely close to Newcastle and Gateshead town centres, was outside the traditional operating area of existing bus services and was dominated by car usage.〔(Newcastle Council ) QuayLink FAQ〕
In June 2002, Newcastle and Gateshead councils and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (Nexus) invited tenders for operation of a proposed Tyne Quayside Link, and for manufacture of eight alternatively-fuelled buses for a Quayside Transit System. The total project, scheduled for launch in 2004, would cost £5m, with £3m coming from the local transport plan, £1m from regeneration funds for Gateshead, and £1m from the Quayside developers.〔(Community Gate.co.uk )〕 As well as new buses, the project involved the construction of a bus lane and improvements to some bus stops, making them fully accessible.
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