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Bustimes.org is a transportation information website created to take advantage of Bus Services Act 2017 requirement for bus operators in England to provide bus timetables, fares and vehicle locations in an open data format, which can be utilised by app and website developers. [2] This DfT service is called the Bus Open Data Service.
Bright Bus Airport Express is aa airport bus link connecting Edinburgh city-centre to Edinburgh Airport. [1]
Lothian Buses is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. [2] It is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom: [3] the City of Edinburgh Council (through Transport for Edinburgh) owns 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%.
A connection to Edinburgh Airport is also be available. The full launch is expected to be on the 22nd of October 2024, with 20 services per day running 24/7. The launch of this route will mean the doubling of the frequency from Dundee to Edinburgh, with 40 buses per day providing a half hourly frequency at most times of day. [ 14 ]
On the main route into Edinburgh city centre from the west - the A8 - 55% of the 6.7 km route is inbound bus lane, whilst 54% is outbound bus lane. [12] Lothian Buses is the main provider of bus services using the greenways scheme, with services every 12 minutes.
The formation of the organisation was announced on 15 August 2013, by Edinburgh transport convener and former Lord Provost of Edinburgh Lesley Hinds. [2] The body holds the City of Edinburgh Council's 91% stake in Lothian Buses, and its 100% stake in Edinburgh Trams. It has been reported that TfE is the tenth largest employer in Edinburgh. [3]
The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Carstairs line consists of those two branches joined by a short connecting chord at Carstairs. The Edinburgh portion opened for passengers on 15 February 1848, and the Glasgow section opened for passengers on 1 November 1849. The original Edinburgh terminus was at Lothian Road, until Princes Street opened on 2 May 1870.
Edinburgh bus station (night journeys start on St David Street instead) Princes Street (West) Shandwick Place (for the Sheraton Hotel) Haymarket railway station; Wester Coates; Murrayfield (Ormidale Terrace) Murrayfield Road; Western Corner; Corstorphine (opposite Edinburgh Zoo) Corstorphine (Drum Brae South) Maybury (for East Craigs) Gogarburn ...