Theres no need though as neither stop is overly congested its only the dwell times if there happens to be 2 or 3 Lothian Country buses at a time
Edinburgh might be the only place that uses board at flag in the UK and theres really no need for it. Everywhere else works perfectly fine so i dont see how removing it here would be an issue
I do feel like if it was removed then bus stops close together need to be merged into one (i.e. the ones at Waverley Market) to allow people to board along the pavement without the bus shelter in the way. The 3 bus stops at Scott Monument would be the same they should be make into one or two.
A bus station for local bus services would be a great addition to Edinburgh, I do not know if the council has ever considered this/put a plan forward, once this is decided it would be the question of where to locate this, potentially built into another building or underground.
Princes Street Gardens?
It was mooted years ago that a bus station would be built on Haymarket Yards. Now a hotel and offices.
Wikipedia "Hunter's Tryst is the name of a long-established inn in Edinburgh, Scotland; it has lent its name to the surrounding area, near Fairmilehead"
It’s the same with the 25. It actually stops in Craigentinny not Restalrig. They have taken the street name of Restalrig Avenue rather than actual Restalrig.
But the Council couldn't force bus operators to use it.
The road to the terminus is New Swanston, but to me Swanston is further east, with the 4 the closest route. There's also the original village over the bypass.
It’s unfortunate that Lothian haven’t adopted tap-off readers for LCB/ECB. Obviously not a solution for all, but it eliminates the destination and physical ticket faff for your standard adult contactless journey.
I think if one was made Lothian would decide to use it themselves anyway.
Do we know who purchased 592/3?
Board at flag magnifies problems caused by slow payments. Flat fare contactless / Ridacard only must be worth a go. It works in London, and if the £2 flat fare is getting people out of their cars in England it might do the same in West Lothian.
The following advert was put out from Birmingham Busworks with two B5LH Gemini 2 vehicles being marked as 'coming soon' - the image being the same one used by Lothian when they were selling them. It would be safe to assume it is them who have them / will soon have them.
What’s happening with 926-931?
Nothing. The ones that need it are getting MOT'd as usual and then they'll be back to sitting at Marine.
It's true that passengers dislike mid-journey driver changeovers and CEC (City of Edinburgh Council) are discouraging operators from running cross-town routes. But Lothian have few services terminating in the city centre at the moment and there was little enthusiasm from them to operate from either the old or new bus stations in St Andrew Square. They already have a depot on Annandale Street so I'm not convinced it's a given that they'd fork out departure fees for use of another bus station.
And then they’ll probably get MOT’d again after another year, still doing nothing
It was intentionally taken off a 5 earlier and moved to Central - then back to Marine, then back to Central again.. Does look intentional but as you say it isn't known if it's temporary or not.
They charge operators to use the current bus station. Why would LB choose to do so at a new facility. They already have facilities for drivers at Shandwick Place and Waverley Bridge.
