Lothian Buses (LRT)

Advantages: There when you need one, Covers big area, Nice staff, Price
Disadvantages: May need to stand

...biggest bus company in Edinburgh Lothian Buses (LRT) **About the company** Previously known as Lothian region transport the largest bus company in Edinburgh claims to have the biggest fleet of buses on Edinburgh roads along with the most passengers on a daily basis. LRT now has fleet of over 650 buses and currently has over 85 different bus routes. Employs in excess of 1000 staff to operate there unique service to the public. They have a 24 help ...
...buses Head Office Lothian Buses plc, Annandale Street, Edinburgh, EH7 4AZ Lost property~ 0131 558 8858 Sightseeing tours~ 0131 220 0770 Main LRT website~ http://www.lothianbuses.co.uk/ Hope you find this helpful and should you ever visit Edinburgh I hope you find the time to ride on one of these buses © Robert Aka Marcellep 13/09/05 ... Read review

Advantages: new lower floor buses, huge network of routes, smartcard
Disadvantages: rude drivers, timetables that mean nothing, decrepit and smelly buses

...of us will rely on Lothian buses to get us to our destinations every day. And some more on their rivals First Bus, but more about them later. The routes: ---------------- I have the misfortune to be pretty dependent on public transport in the city. I don’t have the use of a car, and even if I did, I wouldn’t be inclined to even attempt to use it during the Edinburgh rush hour. Unless it was big, maroon in colour, covered in adverts, and could ...
...lot of buses. Lothian buses have a vast network: really, mammoth amounts of routes that you are never likely to want to take. But it does make for a pretty comprehensive service – basically there’s nowhere in Edinburgh you can’t get to by bus, whether its the zoo, the airport, or even Morningside where ShoppingGirl lives (posh wave). I’m still amazed by how easy it all is, even though it was 3 years ago that I gave up living in the wilds of Scotland ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, convenient, plentiful during the day.
Disadvantages: Scarce after 6pm, smelly and rude people.

...has allegedly tried to sue Lothian Regional Transport (LRT) for decking it’s new bus fleets out in a design that looks litigiously like something Versace designed exclusively for *her*! So come to Edinburgh and marvel first hand at our couture-inspired buses. In fact, bring some loose change with you and the city is yours for the taking. Here’s your handy bus guide to the city that never smiles (according to a Comic Relief poll – presumably they ...
...be, we’d be standing on Lothian Road at two am on a Saturday night, trying to avoid fights and puddles of vomit whilst hopelessly waiting for that most elusive of carriages: the Edinburgh taxi. You’ve got more chance of hitching a ride home on Shergar than you have of getting a cab in Edinburgh at the weekend, but never fear – the night bus is here. All the main arterial routes out of town are served by an hourly bus, departing from Princes Street ... Read review

Advantages: Low fares, frequent service on many routes
Disadvantages: Buses sometimes held up in heavy traffic

...through the city centre* Lothian Buses, Edinburgh's largest bus company has a fleet of over 550 buses, running over 80 different services in and around Edinburgh. People who use public transport are forever moaning about it. I thought I should turn this around in my opinion and just say how good a service I feel Lothian buses provide. The company had put in millions of pounds of investment in recent years. Investing in timetables at all its bus ...
...9.30am (£2.20 before 9.30am). Lothian Buses operate a strict No-Smoking policy, with fines of upto £400 for those who ignore the regulations. I must commend the company in the high standard of service they continue to provide despite the recent serious problem of stone attacks on their buses in certain parts of the city. Some £160,000 is spent monthly on glass. This has no detered them from provinding a quality service - working closely with the ... Read review

Lothian buses vary almost as much as the routes that they supply. Generally they are clean and punctual, but a few of them are fairly manky, smelly and horribly late (or non-existant). They serve most areas of Edinburgh but are really designed for people to get from A to town then from town to B rather than direct A to B. They have been slowly pushing up the prices: Child: 60p Young Person: 65p Adult: £1