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Lothian Buses and ECB Discussion

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Driver362

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That's great news for me i won't be working Christmas ! Glad I read it hear first lol ! Just need the x18 added to Dec Rota so we know what's what with that
 
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Lothian Motorcoaches now own ex Stagecoach / Rennies / Megabus / National Express 53020 (PX03 KCV) (Volvo B12M bodied Plaxton Paragon) it's now on a private plate. Has been sighted outside Longstone Garage post refurb to LMC spec. Methinks LMC may be getting into the school services game.

This coach may be up seated to 70. Cant think of any other reason to buy a vehicle so old, unless they have a surge in work just now or a big contract coming up. This could also be the start of long distance franchise service work.

Apparently a number of these vehicles have been purchased.
 

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Lothian Motorcoaches now own ex Stagecoach / Rennies / Megabus / National Express 53020 (PX03 KCV) (Volvo B12M bodied Plaxton Paragon) it's now on a private plate. Has been sighted outside Longstone Garage post refurb to LMC spec. Methinks LMC may be getting into the school services game.

This coach may be up seated to 70. Cant think of any other reason to buy a vehicle so old, unless they have a surge in work just now or a big contract coming up. This could also be the start of long distance franchise service work.

Apparently a number of these vehicles have been purchased.

Trainer?
 

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With regard to the 100 seater ADL's I reckon it will be 30 for traffic and 12 for airlink.
Think the 11 and 37 would be a good choice as they could chop a few of the peak runs from them. Could even reroute the 11 to go Leith Walk, Great Junction Street, Western Harbour and the 10 to go down Pilrig Street and Newhaven to OT. This would mean no probems for the ADL's on the 11.
 

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With regard to the 100 seater ADL's I reckon it will be 30 for traffic and 12 for airlink.
Think the 11 and 37 would be a good choice as they could chop a few of the peak runs from them. Could even reroute the 11 to go Leith Walk, Great Junction Street, Western Harbour and the 10 to go down Pilrig Street and Newhaven to OT. This would mean no probems for the ADL's on the 11.
What about the Hyvots Bank terminus? I think the E400XLBs would struggle with that.
 

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Lothian won't be going to Glasgow with the current fleet. Maybe Lothian Coaches but I honestly could not see them trying to compete with Citylink on that give how Citylink are. They need to concentrate on what pies they have cooking at the moment.
 

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If the Scotrail franchise ends early (currently being held off), then it would not shock me if Lothian made a bid. :rolleyes:

The 900 is far too established for Lothian to try to go head to head with it, previous attempts by other operators have failed in the past many times.
 

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If the Scotrail franchise ends early (currently being held off), then it would not shock me if Lothian made a bid. :rolleyes:

The 900 is far too established for Lothian to try to go head to head with it, previous attempts by other operators have failed in the past many times.
Lothian to make a bid to run the Scotrail franchise? I honestly can't see that happening. It would be interesting but I can't see it. When (not really an if IMO) Scotrail franchise comes to an end, I think it will go under public ownership in a Scot Gov operated company. If Lothian even made a bid, I'd be shocked... Very interesting thought though!
 

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If the Scotrail franchise ends early (currently being held off), then it would not shock me if Lothian made a bid. :rolleyes:

The 900 is far too established for Lothian to try to go head to head with it, previous attempts by other operators have failed in the past many times.

That only happened because of an internal dispute with Citylink. As soon as their won back some contracts the "competition" disappeared.
 

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The 900 is far too established for Lothian to try to go head to head with it, previous attempts by other operators have failed in the past many times.

The Motorvator made a pretty good attempt. I suspect it might have continued if it hadn't been bought by Stagecoach?
 

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If the Scotrail franchise ends early (currently being held off), then it would not shock me if Lothian made a bid. :rolleyes:

The 900 is far too established for Lothian to try to go head to head with it, previous attempts by other operators have failed in the past many times.
What now, ''Scotrail by Lothian''? that would be a big step up!
 

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Anyone a any wiser what the ex stagecoach B12m's are for you would have thought going down the second hand route would have dawned on them with all the issues with ex London stock one off the bulocks hybrids required afresh engine now a brace of most probably inter galactic mileage ex stagie coaches think someone needs to hide the cheque book ,or I'm I looking at this the wrong way (probably lol)
 

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Had a wee thought the now while on the 400.

Prior to Mid 2016 over 2 years ago, the 18 was only running peak times by Lothian, While First ran the service during the day/at weekends and from what I recall back then it was a pretty quiet service, I used it a few times years ago at peak hours, and then when First withdrew from East Lothian that summer the 18 contract was giving to Lothian to be a full time service, and since then it not only increased in frequency outside peak times but it was extended twice (Fort Kinnaird and Airport), Introduced later evening journeys, And Rebranded as Skylink 400, now most 400 services I see are packed with folk, it’s amazing to see how far an old service has come in only two years!

Is the 18/400 still contracted by the council or is Lothian running all the journeys commercially?
 

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Trident 700 put in a centre of town appearance yesterday lunchtime on 25s so look like there is still the occasional trident working. One of the ones that has been sold burned out at Gretna when lorry it was parked next to caught fire, reports elsewhere recon 649
 

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Trident 700 put in a centre of town appearance yesterday lunchtime on 25s so look like there is still the occasional trident working. One of the ones that has been sold burned out at Gretna when lorry it was parked next to caught fire, reports elsewhere recon 649
That's sad to hear, is it yet confirmed if it was Trident 649 or not? :D
 

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Trident 700 put in a centre of town appearance yesterday lunchtime on 25s so look like there is still the occasional trident working. One of the ones that has been sold burned out at Gretna when lorry it was parked next to caught fire, reports elsewhere recon 649
699 on the 25 today. 695 on the 42 with a couple running on the C134.
 

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It only runs for Edinburgh Uni staff/students for travel between Potterrow (At Lothian Street) and King's Buildings - it doesn't show a number and generally destination is blank or shows "Private"
On the Tridents it's always displayed as blank, as 'Private' or as service 0 (less common) while on Gemini Ones or Eclipse Twos with LED screens it's sometimes displayed as the mouthful that is 'Edinburgh University Campus Shuttle Bus', I've never seen it displayed as C134 or with 'King's Buildings' or 'Potterow', even though that would be accurate. It's a non stop service only available to UoE students and staff.
 
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