(10 Jan 2014, 8:20 pm)andreos1 wrote Im sure there was, but there's nowt as queer as folk who say one thing and do another.
To rely on their say so and not have a back up plan in wondering what passengers a few mile down the road want, the fact Tesco on Tyne was about to open or not having it pick up at the same points in Newcastle as the 27 is a funny one too.
By the time Betty and Fred have got off the 27x, had a wander around the town, popped into the Grainger Market for their Sunday Chicken, his knee will have gone and her bad ankles will be playing up.
They will cross over the road and get the 27, before changing onto an 88 or something after a cup of tea in Morrisons.
Angela will have just finished a 12 hour shift at the hospital and is running late for the kids, rather than run the risk of missing the 27x, she nips down for a 27, knowing there will be one soon.
If it is being funded, surely the aim is to make it work, get rid of the shackles of Nexus and make it a commercial success?
And if it works I'm sure GNE would take it on commercially - but if there had of been a large demand in the first place I don't think GNE would have removed the 27A (which was a number of years ago now)
But as you've just suggested in this hypothetical example - they could use the 27 and 88 to get home instead of the 27X, not that difficult a journey really. Does this not prove the 27X isn't really necessary? It was put on because people from these areas "were isolated" and "couldn't get to newcastle" but actually they can travel by using the 27 and 88, they just prefer a direct bus. There are plenty of people who don't have a direct bus to Newcastle but Nexus haven't put on a direct service for them - why are two streets in Hebburn so special?