LOTHIAN WELCOMES NEW TEAM OF APPRENTICE ENGINEERS

LOTHIAN WELCOMES NEW TEAM OF APPRENTICE ENGINEERS

Lothian is delighted to introduce a new group of first-year apprentice engineers to the company’s highly-regarded Engineering Apprentice training programme. The public transport operator welcomed eight new apprentice engineers onto their four-year training course, underpinning Lothian’s investment in bringing through and developing home-grown talent. Throughout their apprenticeship, the team of…

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LOTHIAN TAPS 100,000 CUSTOMERS IN A DAY

Lothian announced on Friday 25 August that it has recorded over 100,000 ‘taps’ in one day using its capped contactless payment method, ‘TapTapCap’. The contactless system, which Lothian introduced in 2019, reached the milestone for the first time on Friday 18 August, fourteen days in to the Edinburgh Festival season,…

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Return of Edinburgh International Children’s Festival

Travel to all the shows with Lothian Buses – Official Transport Partner of the festival! The Edinburgh International Children’s Festival is returning in May 2023, with an exciting line up of activities, events and performances for young people, schools, families, and industry professionals to immerse themselves within. As Official Transport Partner…

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Tram Operator Shortlisted for Top Awards

The operator of Edinburgh’s growing tram network is on track for a coveted award at an event celebrating excellence in the Scottish transport sector. Following a series of accolades over the past year, Edinburgh Trams is now amongst the frontrunners for the prestigious title of Operator of the Year at…

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First Daytime Testing for Trams to Newhaven

Test trams will appear during the day on the route between the city centre and Newhaven for the first time today (Wednesday, 19 April). The milestone follows a month of successful overnight testing and commissioning, including initial walking speed trams, more recently reaching 20mph, and work to integrate signalling and interface…

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Stagecoach teams up with NHS in Scotland to offer discounted bus travel to Scotland’s key workers

  Partnership to offer discounted bus travel to 140,000 NHS Scotland employees Provides more sustainable solution to unnecessary car trips and expensive car parking Supports Scottish Government’s climate change targets to reduce car km by 20% in the next decade Part of a package of solutions from Stagecoach to offer…

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Join us to design the UK’s first Autonomous Bus Service in a hands on day of discovery and creation!

Project CAV Forth CAV Forth is a collaborative project part funded by the UK Governments’ Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV). A consortium of UK partners are in the process of designing and developing a fleet of full size autonomous buses that will service a new Stagecoach operated route…

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ScotRail and Stagecoach ticket acceptance in place next week

People from Fife will now be able to stay on the move during periods of severe rail disruption, thanks to a new ticket acceptance arrangement between ScotRail and Stagecoach East Scotland. From Monday 16 January, ScotRail customers affected by any major disruption as a result of severe weather, emergency repairs or signalling issues, will be able to complete their journey using Stagecoach East Scotland bus services.

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