Lothian Buses & First Scotland East

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RE: Lothian Buses & First Scotland East

(29/05/2019 23:16)gilesbus1 Wrote:  Thanks for that list its odd that 32726-32729 are coming from Lothian, so I assume by that Lothian aren't at all worried or they could have blocked the sale to them, unless of course they are being sold through dealers, such as Ensign etc as intermediaries.

Seems odd that First would pick to compete on the tour, as every other operator on it as ended up either closing or passing to Lothian in anycase. Plus not sure they will be in a good condition in a morning having been driven from Livingston in Rain/Snow/Wind etc, down the M8, Also would say from the age of all but the Enviro400, that they don't thing they will be there long term as every other one has an old series registration and are all round about 19/20 years old. Guess after one season they will be in PVS's yard awaiting crushing and Livingston depot will be closed and Lothian will operate all the services there. Lets not forget they are already at a disadvantage with the amount of dead mileage they will have to do to get there. Anyway interesting times.

The former Lothian open top Tridents have come from West Coast Motors.

I think the idea is that the Edinburgh Tours is lucrative for Lothian & it is a fairly low cost competitive strike back at Lothian for setting up in West Lothian with Lothian Country Buses. They're undercutting Lothian by £6, with First charging £10 whilst Lothian currently charge £16. Where it will go after that is anyone's guess. But two operators in Livingston isn't sustainable.