Municipal bus operator in Edinburgh and the Lothians
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Lothian Buses Ltd.
One of Lothian's 100 seat Alexander Dennis Enviro400 XLB buses on display at Edinburgh Castle esplanade.
Parent
Transport for Edinburgh (91%) Midlothian Council (5%) East Lothian Council (3%) West Lothian Council (1%)
Founded
1 July 1919; 104 years ago (1919-07-01)
Headquarters
Edinburgh, Scotland
Service area
Edinburgh East Lothian Midlothian West Lothian
Service type
Bus services Open top bus tours Executive Tours
Alliance
Edinburgh Trams
Routes
63 daytime, 19 night buses
Stops
2,900
Depots
Longstone (LS) Central (CE) Marine (MA) Musselburgh (MU) North Berwick (NB) Seafield (SF) Newbridge (NE) Livingston (LV)
Fleet
755 (July 2022)
Annual ridership
110 million (2023)[1]
Chief executive
George Lowder
Website
www.lothianbuses.com
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%.[4][5]
Lothian operates the majority of bus services in Edinburgh, and is a significant operator in East Lothian, Midlothian and most recently West Lothian. It operates a comprehensive night bus network, three routes to Edinburgh Airport, and owns the subsidiary companies Lothian Country, East Coast Buses, Edinburgh Bus Tours and Lothian Motorcoaches.
^Peat, Chris (7 February 2024). "Lothian patronage increases 17% in 2023". Bus & Coach Buyer. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^"LOTHIAN BUSES LIMITED". Companies House. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
^"Lothian Buses Challenges Youth Unemployment" (PDF). Lothian Buses. 9 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 January 2013.
^"Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2016" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2017.
^"Governance and Responsibility review relating to the events and Council involvement into management difficulties at Lothian Buses" (PDF). 21 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.
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