(27 May 2016, 6:54 pm)Malarkey wrote First Group to cease operations in East Lothian.
http://www.route-one.net/articles/Operat...st_Lothian
(27 May 2016, 7:00 pm)Michael wrote Wonder if Lothian will decide to run any services?, along with buying some of their buses and a depot?
(28 May 2016, 2:07 pm)Andreos1 wrote I wonder if the recent arrival of West Coast Motors ops in the area has anything to do with this?
The likes of Perrymans et al can use this opportunity in some of the affected areas.
(28 Jun 2016, 11:47 am)S813 FVK wrote Another Open-top B5TL for Lothian has been spotted:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/70333100@N...otostream/
This one looks to be for the Edinburgh Tour as it features green (and it was said that the Majestic and Edinburgh Tours would be getting new livery designs to coincide with these new vehicles entering service on the respective tours).
It will be interesting to see what happens with Mac Tours in terms of vehicles - I can just think of 'Routemaster' so it will be strange to see what will replace them with the upcoming DDA deadline. Presidents, maybe?
(28 Jun 2016, 7:28 pm)BusLoverMum wrote A good proportion of the various tour buses did appear to be presidents, when we visited.
(28 Jun 2016, 7:35 pm)S813 FVK wrote The Presidents have formed the Tour Bus fleet for quite a while now (apart from the couple of ALX400s on the City Sightseeing tour). They have probably spent the least amount of time on the Majestic Tour though which i think lost the Olympians last.
It would be nice if they could keep the Routemasters as a sort of novelty sort of thing as they have been on there for as long as i can remember. The next oldest thing in the fleet which could replace them is indeed the Presidents which, as you can imagine, is a heck of a jump from the 1950s/1960s to 1999/2000.
(02 Jul 2016, 7:52 am)Andreos1 wrote First routes and depots in East Lothian hhave been saved by 'new' company.
Lothian are setting up a new company, to cover the gaps left by the withdrawal of First ops.
(02 Jul 2016, 8:03 am)S813 FVK wrote East Coast Buses:
http://lothianbuses.com/news/article/res...s-services
(02 Jul 2016, 8:14 am)S813 FVK wrote And more Lothian news:
The company seem to be introducing yet another new livery. Whether it is a trial or not but i am guessing it is something special given that they have just repainted a Hybrid E400 into the 'old' livery. Volvo B7TL 722 and Scania Omnidekka 987 have been done so far: