(04 Apr 2018, 6:20 pm)Shrek wrote I'm told 7413 broke down this morning on the 44, was then sent back out and broke down again this evening again on the 44. Are Jesmond short of buses if they're sending buses back out which clearly aren't ready for service?

It's entirely possible that the issue this morning wasn't deemed major, and indeed if it was sent back out, it makes me think it was an easy fix. 

It wouldn't have been sent out if it "clearly wasn't ready for service", and the break down this evening is likely something completely unrelated to whatever caused the break down this morning.

They could be short of vehicles, but it's a MAX spec vehicle, so if they're down on Sapphires I assume they'd try and push that out onto their Sapphire routes, rather than a standard spec vehicle, when they deem it available for service.