Local authorities have the power to take control through franchising or to directly operate bus services. Yet these powers have not been seized ...

The strike came hours after the Russian and Ukrainian delegations left Istanbul after agreeing to a large exchange of ...

Although there was a very slight decrease from 2023 to 2024 of 36 fewer incidents ... drivers and passengers on Lothian buses were subject to 50 incidents a week, or seven a day.

Looking at the latest opinion polls, First Minister John Swinney might be forgiven for thinking that if he doesn’t do anything daft he might not have to hand back the keys to Bute House.

Sarah Boyd, managing director of Lothian Buses, indicated she backed calls for under-22s’ free travel being withdrawn from repeat offenders who were abusing the scheme. Giving evidence to the ...

Long-standing debts in Armadale in Blackridge topped more than £700,000 last year, the council’s Anti-Poverty Service has ...

A blaze onboard a Lothian Bus in East Lothian is being treated as wilful. Emergency services were called to Salters Road, Wallyford, on Monday April 28 at 8pm as shocked passengers were asked to leave ...

Like the contactless payments already accepted in the city by Lothian Buses, the new system calculates the cheapest fare based on the number of journeys made and then debits the card in the early ...

Fire crews raced to a town in East Lothian after a blaze broke out onboard a bus last night. Emergency services were alerted to a small fire onboard a Lothian Buses service 44 on Salters Road in ...

The issue was raised by Lothian Tory MSP Sue Webber at FMQs, two days after Lothian Buses’ managing director told MSPs of “horrendous” incidents of anti-social behaviour on buses.

It was announced last month that a system similar to the one already in operation on Lothian Buses would be introduced which registers where passengers have got on and off the network and ...

The 53-year-old had just completed a shift with Lothian Buses and was using a designated "non-motorised user" crossing when the tragedy occurred at around 12.44pm. READ MORE: Expat in Spain issues ...