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True - I remember "Burdiehouse" (the southern terminus of the 18 for a while, in the days when LRT services stayed within the city boundaries) amusing me greatly as a name! Just slightly off-topic, wasn't Burdiehouse an Anglicised version of BordeauHouse? I know someone will correct me if I'm...

I can't see it ever happening,simply because the whole bus industry is so fragmented. If (and it's a gigantic IF) we still had the NBC and SBG group companies, as well as Municipals and the then independents, then it could work. As it is, most operators are trying as hard as they can to keep...

Lothian Buses closed the Dalkeith office and two of their three enquiry offices in the city centre, but publicity says they are looking to open another in Edinburgh. As for First still having an enquiry office in Motherwell, they must have forgotten it exists! I wonder how long that will last now??

I know. Before I retired, I was a Civil Servant and after my department was merged with another, I lost count of the number of times that I got off the bus at work and almost got on the next one to go back home!!

It may be a combination of things like better pay, working conditions and management who respect their staff and value them more than other companies. Of course, the name is a big factor as well as being a respected company in the Bus industry. If management have staff who enjoy going into work...

Many thanks for that.

Until the early '80s there were three Edinburgh-Glasgow routes, the 16, and the 27 and 35 via Sighthill and Shotts, 27 via Hamilton, 35 via Bellshill. Buses were a bit faster then, with conductors on a lot of routes. Thanks for that. I'd forgotten the others and route numbers. Thinking of...

That would have been the SMT / Eastern Scottish 16 to Glasgow which goes back to the 1950s or 60s.

'There drivers' - First drivers I hope you mean! I went to Doors Open in 2016 and was talking to some drivers including one who had 'emigrated' from Yorkshire. I asked him why Lothian and he said because it had a great reputation, fantastic conditions, good management and just that the name...

As an exiled Edinburgher now in Liverpool, I keep a close eye on Auld Reekie and must admit I'm starting to be concerned that Lothian could be expanding too far too fast?! Lothian have a great reputation and are a good reliable operator, but could all this expansion put too much strain on the...