Lothian Buses
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| Slogan | Your locally owned buses ..way ahead in Edinburgh ..way ahead in Midlothian |
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| Parent |
Transport for Edinburgh (91%) East Lothian Council Midlothian Council |
| Founded | 1919 |
| Headquarters | Annandale Street, Edinburgh |
| Service area | Lothian Region |
| Service type | Bus services Open top bus tours |
| Alliance | Edinburgh Trams |
| Routes | 56 (daytime) / 12 (night buses) / 2 (Lothian Country) |
| Depots |
Longstone Annandale Street Marine |
| Fleet | 721 (December 2012) |
| Annual ridership | 115.4 million (December 2013) |
| Website | www |
Lothian Buses is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom. It is the dominant provider of bus services in Lothian, except in West Lothian, where First Scotland East dominates. Transport for Edinburgh, a company wholly owned by the City of Edinburgh Council, owns 91% of the company, with the remainder being owned by the East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian councils.
Lothian Buses operates the majority of bus services in Edinburgh, extending to outlying suburbs, towns and villages within the Edinburgh city region. The company also operates several limited stop express routes, an Edinburgh Airport service, park & ride services and a night bus network as well as several tourist services.
The company operates four travel shops (three in the city centre and one in Dalkeith), and operates buses from five depot locations; Annandale Street, Longstone and Marine all within the city of Edinburgh and two within East Lothian, North Berwick and Musselburgh. The company also maintains a driver training school and an engineering depot at Seafield.
The company can trace its history back to the Edinburgh Street Tramways Company of 1871, also involving at various times the tramway companies of Leith, Musselburgh and Edinburgh North. The City Council (Edinburgh Corporation Tramways Department) took over operation of the tramways in 1919, at which time most of the system was cable operated. Electrification of the tram network was completed in 1923, but the first motor buses had arrived in 1919.
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