(18 Jan 2014, 10:19 pm)minibus1474 wrote This extension would only need 1 extra bus (effectively using the bus that was on 27X). Driver breaks could be taken in the Nexus rest room, with toilet facilities, and be safer than sitting in a van in Jarrow.
If passengers are going to have to change at Heworth for a 27 in to Gateshead and Newcastle anyway, why not just scrap the 27X entirely and people can just use the 515, or use the 88/88A and change to a 27? Your suggestion has also removed the link between Hebburn Quay and Newcastle - one of the main points behind the existence of the 27X.