I agree it’s definitely unlikely. 989 from what I remember of it was probably a project not worth doing in the end, but rather one that was done to see if it could be done.
From what I can remember hearing there was so much money being put into rebuilding 989 that the project had to be seen through to completion, even if it did turn out to be academic in the end.
according to the Lothian app, service 30 is the quickest taking 42 minutes. I would expect there to be standing room only at that time of day.
It would appear that my theory is correct as it’s now started to track again on the 9 this morning, but only once it’s come into service.
No doubt this would be the quickest way to Wester Hailes? However probably more expensive when compared to the bus?
£2.90 anytime single. So if the journey needs to be done very quickly I’d say for an extra 90p it’s probably worth it.
Enviro400MMCs and Enviro 400XLBs.
If travelling after 0915 (and avoiding the 1726 & 1748 from Edinburgh Waverley (plus Haymarket, add a few mins to departure times)) then the off peak day return is far cheaper than a return trip by bus at just £3.20.
Shall we call it forced success? I guess all the loadings were already there and they just re-did the routes.
I agree about the 30, it is empty at Fort Kinnaird now compared to the 46 and 48 (coming from Musselburgh).
Whenever I’ve seen them they’re often running close together - the routes are still prone to bunching and delays just as much as previously. Musselburgh, Fort Kinnaird, Niddrie and Sherifhall are all traffic hotspots. Both routes appear very busy; but as already stated that was always a given really.
173 was in Seafield a while back so it wouldn't surprise me.
Should be 173. I wonder why it’s there though. Have GTG bought it? Or do GTG have access to the relevant independent people to approve the training kit that Lothian have apparently installed?
Neither of those would surprise me to be fair.
It seems that Lothian have partnered with GTG in the past for Driver Training vehicles, possibly prompting more driver training vehicles, starting in the name of 173.
If they do that they could even extend the route to Musselburgh Tesco via Musselburgh North High Street? To be fair this would help Musselburgh, they could in theory do other things but I don't want to venture off topic as that's for another forum.
500 only operated a morning school peak extra.
It's something I've wondered. Although various runs today have been operated by single decks or Skylink buses, including 89 on the 3 right now and peak 44 earlier.
I count 21 - 12 on the 98, 3 on the 97 and 6 on the X99, though it's possible another bus may have started tracking since you counted. The X99 is more difficult to keep track of as it's not registered as a service on bustimes.
Ah really? It looks (visually) a lot more than that from the list on lvf.io .