Crusader buses have a frequency of up to every 10 minutes on Monday to Saturday daytimes, running from South Shields, Jarrow, Hebburn, Monkton Lane, Heworth Metro, Felling Metro, Gateshead Interchange to Newcastle City Centre.
If you are heading into South Tyneside and the coast, the Crusader will take you to the heart of South Shields, where there are a number of attractions, shops and museums.
Our Crusader name comes from the 1936 Jarrow Crusades when a group of 200 Jarrow men marched 300 miles to London to protest against poverty.
Routes
Number
Service
Places Served
Route map
Timetable
27
South Shields - Jarrow - Hebburn - Monkton Lane - Heworth - Sunderland Road - Gateshead - Newcastle
We’ve some great value tickets and fares for travel on the Crusader.
Crusader WeeklySaver ticket
If you only use our Crusader service, then for just £11 a WeeklySaver offers unlimited travel on Crusader 27.
Our Cheap Day return tickets will save you money if you're making a longer journey on one service there and back on the same day.
If you travel on other Go North East services a Buzzfare ticket is the one for you. Tickets start at £16.30 for a week. There’s also 28 day and annual Buzzfare tickets available too!
Buzzfare tickets are also valid for travel on all Go North East buses as well the Crusader. Tickets are available from the driver and travel shops or save 10% by purchasing your tickets online.
Plus, you could save another 25%, compared to the price of individual 28 day tickets, if your employer buys an annual ticket for you under our corporate discount scheme - contact us for more details.
For 19-22 year olds our range of Get Around tickets give massive discounts with tickets offering unlimited travel starting at £3.20 a day!
On the route
Newcastle City Centre
Eldon Square, Northumberland Street, Monument Mall, Central Arcade, Grainger Market and Eldon Gardens are a shoppers' paradise, with a vast array of high stores and smaller specialist retailers.
For a totally thrilling experience, make a visit to the International Centre for Life, or for top class entertainment there's the Theatre Royal, while St James' Park is home to Newcastle United Football Club.
Metrocentre
Easy connections can be made at Gateshead Interchange and Eldon Square Bus Station with frequent buses to and from MetroCentre.
With more than 300 shops all under one roof, Metrocentre has something for everyone, including major names like Debenhams, House of Fraser and Marks & Spencer.
There are many smaller independent shops in themed areas such as The Forum, The Studio and Garden Court.
Help and Advice
We want you to enjoy using our services and are working hard to make sure you find them easy and reliable to use.You can speak to Graeme Norris (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for these routes, who will be out and about on the buses.Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail
Go North East has one of the cleanest bus fleets of its size in the country and to make it even easier for you to see how well your bus is doing to help look after the environment, we have introduced a new ‘kite mark’ on our buses.Using simple illustrations based on a red kite bird taking flight, each symbol lets you see at-a-glance how each of our buses meet European standards on emissions. Find out more about cleaner engines.
We want you to enjoy using our services and are working hard to make sure you find them easy and reliable to use.You can speak to Graeme Norris (pictured) our Service Delivery Manager for these routes, who will be out and about on the buses.Our customer services team can be contacted by Freepost, telephone or e-mail 
Go North East has one of the cleanest bus fleets of its size in the country and to make it even easier for you to see how well your bus is doing to help look after the environment, we have introduced a new ‘kite mark’ on our buses.Using simple illustrations based on a red kite bird taking flight, each symbol lets you see at-a-glance how each of our buses meet European standards on emissions. Find out more about 