Transport in West Lothian - Lothian Buses, Services of Lothian Buses, History of Lothian Buses, M8 Motorway, Eastern Scottish, Shotts Line (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Lothian Buses, Services of Lothian Buses, History of Lothian Buses, M8 motorway, Eastern Scottish, Shotts Line, Union Canal, List of Lothian Buses preserved vehicles, M9 motorway, A71 road, Midland Scottish, Bridge 19-40 Canal Society, Avon Aqueduct, Winchburgh rail crash, Ratho rail crash, A899 road, A803 road. Excerpt: Lothian Buses Plc is the only municipal bus company in Scotland and the largest provider of bus services in Edinburgh, Scotland. City of Edinburgh Council own 91.01% of the company with the remainder being owned by East Lothian and Midlothian councils. As well as serving Edinburgh, Lothian Buses also serve parts of East Lothian and Midlothian. Lothian Buses are registered in Annandale Street, Edinburgh as company number SC096849. Lothian Buses plc operates the majority of daytime bus services in Edinburgh, extending to outlying suburbs, towns and villages. The company also operates several limited stop express routes, an Airport service, Park and Ride services and a night bus network as well as several tourist services. The company has 4 travel shops (three in the city centre and one in Dalkeith), and operates buses from three depot locations; Longstone, Annandale Street (Central) and Marine. The company also maintains a driver training school and an engineering depot at Seafield. A Lothian (Mac Tours) open top bus on a victory parade for Heart of Midlothian F.C.The company can trace its history back to the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company of 1871, also involving at various times the tramway companies of Leith, Musselburgh and Edinburgh North. The City Council (Edinburgh Corporation Tramways Department) took over operation of the tramways in 1919, at which time most of the system was cable operated. Electrification of the tram network was completed in 1923, but the first motor buses had arrived in ...