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Pre deregulation the old 49 ran to the Little France turning circle which was by the football field/running track on Old Dalkeith Road.I’m not sure the 33 ever terminated there as it to by knowledge had always interworked with another service and stopped on Ferniehill Drive The 31 pre...
The Motorways Traffic (Scotland) Regulations 1995 (SI 1995 No.2507) (S.183) permit buses to use motorways but they are not allowed to stop and pick up passengers on such roads.
Buses that have been approved or certified to carry standing passengers in accordance with national or European...
I'm almost 99.9% sure it was Stagecoach behind it. I lived in Dunfermline at the time and it was very useful as it did drop offs in places like Duloch. I'm sure you had to book it like a taxi but it was much cheaper as you were sharing the cost with the other occupants. The local Dunfermline...
Is the purpose of the X19 like most of what Lothian Country did in the West with First and McGills more about abstracting enough passengers to make the X38 less profitable to the point they consider pulling out. Playing the long game if you like using the profits made in the city to subsidise...
Apologies if this should sit in Speculative on a separate thread. Given McGills recent desire to expand I wondered if they had considered buying Stagecoach's Fife and Tayside operation. It would surely be a good fit given they already own Xplore and Midland Bluebird.
Back in the seventies when the 11 terminated at Fairmilehead and the 15 at Princess Margaret Rose Hospital. It used to reverse in if recall the 7 and 37 interworked the Kaimes to Newhaven route. The 18 Burdiehouse to Barnton interworked with the 41. The 31 interworked with the 33 as said but...
They actually did do a tour called the sea the city and the hills back in the late 70s/early 80s which if I recall went through the likes of Gilmerton and Gracemount on its route round the city. It ran with white double decker Atlanteans if I recall. It may have even gone through Niddrie.
https://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/roads-parking-travel/gritting-and-grit-bins/how-grit-works/
This article if I've managed to copy the link properly explains how grit/salt works and in instances like this morning where the snow fell quickly no amount of action before the event is going to help.
Does the 60 go into the Dumbiedykes estate like it did way back about 40 years ago or just serve Holyrood Road. Its a shame Lothian couldn't have just rerouted the 45 to cover this if it was the latter.
Would I be right in saying that with the X99 Cruise link and the Royal Highland Show all running today there must be very few spare buses. I take it the specials are offered as overtime.
Is it possible to tout for passengers at the airport..like they do for tours in the city centre. Or because it is private property is that a no no. Also the current operators routes all feature on the Airport website. It's the first place I look for transport options at any airport I fly into if...
Has to be the whiney Volvo Ailsa's that Eastern Scottish had on the 129 and the Dalkeith routes in the mid eighties. I think it's the turbo but perhaps someone will correct me.
With the news that Lothian are converting a number of tour buses to electric one has to wonder if the council will alter the LEZ rules to specify that all tour buses within the zone are electrically powered thereby forcing Brightbus to do likewise.
If Transport Scotland gave McGills money it would set a very dangerous precedent for other companies to do the same. I can't see it but we are talking about politicians here
I'm not sure what route you would put through it for one. Speed bumps all over the place and yes I doubt the bus would leave with many windows intact. I speak as a local.
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