(29 Oct 2023, 12:47 pm)Storx wrote Not sure about Deptford though, it's no real different to Haymarket where Jesmond used to do regulation quite well, the inspector with his clipboard used to be always out redirecting buses across stands to sort out stuff there. Sure Belmont is the same in Durham aswell but I'm very rarely down there. I'm not 100% sure whether it was just on breaks but sure Jesmond used to regularly have a bus on standby parked up in the drop off stand that's never used in Haymarket at the Junction (pub) side.

Oh that could absolutely happen, I was more meaning the suggestion they should have 2-3 buses parked up at all times waiting for a late running 56. 

Could be wrong, but was the Jesmond bus they had parked up for most of the day one of the ones that would do an AM/PM school run? Obviously at that point it's fully fit for service, has had a first use inspection, and engineering likely don't need it. It seemed to get swapped onto anything, I'm assuming knowing that another decker would be back to replace whatever was swapped off by school time.