Saturday 26th October 2024 Three of Britain's bus routes numbered 100 serve airports. We've already ridden Metrobus's Crawley to Redhill via Gatwick Airport and Arriva's Stevenage to Luton via Luton Airport, and this latest review features the third - and one aimed specifically at serving the airport market; in Edinburgh. Lothian Buses operates three routes... Continue Reading →
Monday 17th June 2024 The McGills group of bus companies are building up an impressive portfolio of open top sightseeing operations with a newly introduced tour of Stirling from Bank Holiday Monday at the end of last month, joining its operations in Edinburgh (including a recent addition of a bus and boat tour) and Dundee.... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 2nd January 2024 For many years Transport for Edinburgh has enjoyed a monopoly on the lucrative travel market between Edinburgh Airport and the city centre. That’s not to say passengers haven’t been well served. Lothian Buses regularly upgrades its Airlink 100 branded frequent bus route by investing in impressive new buses creating a high... Continue Reading →
Thursday 25th May 2023 While in Edinburgh enjoying autonomous bus riding last week I took the opportunity to take a look at some of the routes McGills inherited with last September's purchase of First Scotland East. First Scotland East ended its days as a business in two halves. Livingston based routes providing a network around... Continue Reading →
Sunday 31st October 2021 While I was in Scotland on Monday and Tuesday after my Lumo journey north to Edinburgh I took a ride over to Glasgow to see how preparations for COP26 were impacting the city. Unsurprisingly, it was huge. And this was still a few days away from today's start of the summit's... Continue Reading →
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