(12 Dec 2021, 4:44 pm)Dan wrote I can imagine, yes. These are the type of routes which made little to no profit pre-Covid and are likely to be hugely loss-making right now.
Lothian have routes like this themselves, where lower specification buses are allocated. Comparing apples with pears really!
Until just recently, Lothian were running 57/08-plate buses on frontline work which had no bells and whistles. The Versa used on the 28 were of an equal/higher specification (as the Lothian buses didn’t have Wi-Fi).
I love Edinburgh and very regularly visit - after a few times you can see it’s not as great as it’s made out to be, or how it feels once you’ve used a few buses in and out of Princes Street.
Even at it's worst, Lothian is far far better than any of our operators.
Less bells and whistles but a far more reliable app, fantastic integration with other transport, actual travelshops (and coffee shops) and excellent value for money.
Princes St isn't ideal but that's more the workings of the council as opposed to anything Lothian can do.
Still...suppose they can't play a game of snake and ladders (that's been half ripped off the table) on a Streetdeck so swings in roundabouts....