Recent content by Ian Cunningham

The train is only hourly at rather uneven intervals, only runs to Waverley and costs more than twice as much. Yes it's better for a lot of folk but the 124 is busy which suggests a faster X4 along Top Pans could be popular 1741012522 The X26 is significantly faster in the morning. From...

X26 is consistently held up though Portobello especially citybound, the bus lanes on Milton Road give an almost clear run to Jocks Lodge. 124 and 113 can be just as quick as the X26 from Musselburgh

You need to keep a service to the caravan park - it's a big generator of passengers in the summer, particularly families, between there and Drummohr I've seen 26's full and standing before they even reach Musselburgh. Taking the buses up Long Craigs would also mean a 600m walk to the park...

Two 12 year olds now charged with "culpable and reckless conduct" https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/24540952.police-officers-called-three-buses-damaged/

We've been to Milan quite a few times for gigs and it's a great city to visit. If you like your beer Milan has a great beer scene. D1630 Has already mentioned Birrifico Lambrate but also worth a look are La Buttiga, Lambiczoon, Birrificio Italiano, Baladin, Pico Brew, Beershow, La Belle Alliance...

It does come up now and again but if the Council seriously proposed it or a government tried to force it through there would be a crowd with pitchforks outside the City Chambers

The problem with running on the bypass is it can be 30 minutes end to end or 60 minutes (or worse) end to end. I doubt you could manage any kind of consistent timetable. Turning the bus at Turnhouse Road doesn't really connect with anythng as all the other stops are across Maybury junction. You...

Using Castle Terrace would lose all your rail interconnection and significantly worsen tram integration. I can't see demolishing and rebuilding it being cheap and you'd have to renegotiate NCP's lease. You would lose some traffic from Princes St from west/north but gain all the east services...

The A1 high wind closures are usually only east of Dunbar (main problem area is around the bridge over the Tyne) with very rare closures from Haddington eastwards so the X6 won't be affected. The X7 is single deck east of Haddington anyway

I think so - curtailing two thirds of the 26 at the Grammar cuts that service from the whole east side of Musselburgh and leaves Levenhall eastwards through the Pans to Cockenzie with only a half hourly service. If you also cut the 44 back then that further impacts the same eastern side of...

Few issues there This seems to leave Seton Sands with only one bus per hour (currently 3) and Cockenzie (3) and Prestonpans (6) with the only the X8 or a change at Eastfield Wallyford has lost a key and only non-express service and you've slowed the 113 by making it loop through Wallyford - (to...

Sometimes I won't know which *day* I will be returning let alone what time. Previously I often bought a off peak return for that flexibilty, once single-leg pricing came into force I just bought the return off peak/super off peak on the day knowing there was a maximum I would be paying for the...

Having seen how Lothian Buses / East Coast Buses quickly picked up the pieces of First's exit from East Lothian and the step change in service provision out this way I'm confident that Lothian Buses / Lothian Country will, in time, have a similar level of success in West Lothian.

When Lothian embarked on their plan to get their fleet up to Euro V minimum and then fully Euro VI I don't think there was much available in the way of electrics nor was there anything immediately in the pipeline with suitable performance and range. That program immediately started to reduce the...

There does seem to be plans from the SVBM and Taybus to run some of their heritage fleets on Saturday (same day but not directly linked to the LB open day). I can't find the FB post but the route mentioned was Hayharket-Princes St-Meadowbank-Joppa. Buses running 1000-1600 numbered as the 126