Lothian Buses

Lothian Buses is a city-owned bus operator in Edinburgh, Scotland. Lothian Buses also operate in East Lothian, Midlothian and West Lothian counties.

Current fleet

Single deckers

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
41-53, 191-192		2001		Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2				41-53 renumbered from 176-189 in 2013 (not in order)
54-85		2002		Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2
86-100, 75		2003		TransBus	Dart SLF	TransBus Pointer 2				75 replacement for previous 75 (2002)
101-166		2004-2008		Volvo	B7RLE	Wright Eclipse Urban				101-135, 161-166 originally equipped with guiding wheels
35-40		2008		Optare	Solo SR	Optare	MAN
167-175		2009-2010		Volvo	B7RLE	Wright Eclipse 2
193-194		2005		Volvo	B7RLE	Wright Eclipse Urban				Acquired in 2011 from Whitelaws
195-199		2012		Volvo	B7RLE	Wright Eclipse 2				In East Lothian Bus green livery for service 113
1-10		2013		Volvo	7900 Hybrid	Volvo
176-190?		2013		Volvo	B7RLE	Wright Eclipse 2				Pending delivery

Double deckers

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
506-598 (see note)		1999-2000		Dennis	Trident SLF	Plaxton President				550,555,560,565,570,580,590 never existed 506-529 converted to open top tour buses, the rest are stored or retired
599-628		2001		Dennis	Trident SLF	Plaxton President				613-625 originally equipped with guiding wheels 599-600 renumbered from 629-630
634-655		2002		Dennis	Trident SLF	Plaxton President				634 originally equipped for Airlink service, renumbered from 656
629-633, 656-700		2003-2004		TransBus	Trident SLF	TransBus President				629-633 and 662-665 originally equipped for Airlink service 629-633 renumbered from 657-661 656-661 renumbered from 701-706
701-825		2005-2007		Volvo	B7TL	Wright Eclipse Gemini
985-999		2006-2007		Scania	N94UD	Scania OmniCity				Specially equipped for Airlink service All but 985 converted for regular service
826-925		2007-2008		Volvo	B9TL	Wright Eclipse Gemini				826-831 originally equipped with guiding wheels
926-936, 301-350		2009		Volvo	B9TL	Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
937-950		2010		Volvo	B9TL	Wright Eclipse Gemini 2				Specially equipped for Airlink service
951-960, 351-400		2011		Volvo	B9TL	Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
201-215		2011		ADL	Enviro400H	ADL

Tour buses

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
501-505		1999		Dennis	Trident SLF	Alexander ALX400				City Sightseeing (operated by Lothian Buses) Converted from regular fleet double deckers
506-529		1999		Dennis	Trident SLF	Plaxton President				City Sightseeing, Edinburgh Tour, World Heritage Tour and Majestic Tour (operated by Lothian Buses) converted from regular fleet double deckers
31-34		2000		Dennis	Trident SLF	Plaxton President				City Sightseeing (operated by Lothian Buses) Purpose built open top tour buses
289-300		1959-1967		AEC	Routemaster	Park Royal				Mac Tours (division of Lothian Buses) Acquired 2002-2003 Renumbered from 1-12 in 2003 (not in order)

Tramways

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Capacity	Notes
251-277		2010-2011	140 ft (42.8 m)	CAF		80 seated, 250 standing	Delivery in progress for start of service in 2012

Retired fleet

Fleet number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination sign	Notes
291-296		2000		Volvo	B7TL	Plaxton President
297		2000		Volvo	B7TL	Plaxton President				Acquired from Dublin in 2001

External Links

• Lothian Buses website
• Lothian Buses, wikipedia.org, retrieved on 2010-07-06