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The route has existed since 2014, when Ratho lost its direct bus route into Edinburgh city centre. [2] On 31 August 2020, the route transferred from Lothian Buses to First Scotland East. [3] As part of the change, the route was re-extended from Hermiston Gait to Chesser and a stop at Ingliston Park and Ride was added.
Lothian Buses is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] It is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom: [3] the City of Edinburgh Council (through Transport for Edinburgh) owns 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%.
Lothian Regional Transport changed its title to Lothian Buses in 2000. It is a publicly owned company with the City of Edinburgh Council having the 91% controlling stake in the company; the remainder is divided between the local authorities of Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian. Lothian Buses also run the Airport Express shuttle between ...
Edinburgh bus station (night journeys start on St David Street instead) Princes Street (West) Shandwick Place (for the Sheraton Hotel) Haymarket railway station; Wester Coates; Murrayfield (Ormidale Terrace) Murrayfield Road; Western Corner; Corstorphine (opposite Edinburgh Zoo) Corstorphine (Drum Brae South) Maybury (for East Craigs) Gogarburn ...
Bustimes.org is a transportation information website created to take advantage of Bus Services Act 2017 requirement for bus operators in England to provide bus timetables, fares and vehicle locations in an open data format, which can be utilised by app and website developers. [2]
Lothian Buses: Operates local bus services throughout Edinburgh as well as longer distance bus routes to the surrounding areas (branded as East Coast Buses for services to the east of Edinburgh and Lothian Country Buses for services to the west of Edinburgh) 721 buses and 27 trams (December 2012) [2] None Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council
As a result, a bus war sparked between FirstGroup and Lothian Buses, with fares cut, additional vehicles drafted in, routes diverted and timetables altered. [25] Lothian Buses complained to the Office of Fair Trading, claiming that FirstGroup was engaging in anti-competitive behaviour, in an effort to become the dominant operator in Edinburgh. [26]
It manages the city's public transport operations in a similar manner to Transport for London, but with many fewer powers. The organisation works to integrate public transport services in Edinburgh operated by Edinburgh Trams, Lothian Buses and McGill’s Scotland East. It focused solely on buses and trams during its first twelve months and ...