Lothian Buses operates over 50 bus services in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas of Midlothian and East Lothian. The company also operates 12 Night Bus routes giving 24-hour service provision to many parts of the city.

The Lothian Buses name was formed in January 2000 and replaced the former LRT Lothian fleet name. The company remains publicly owned - the major shareholder being The City Of Edinburgh Council.

Since then, we have invested heavily in the bus fleet and now have over 650 buses, 460 of these are low floor buses with an average bus age of 5.3 years. Lothian Buses now has one of the youngest fleets of buses in the country.

A new 'harlequin' livery was introduced in 1999, replacing the traditional madder and white livery that has existed since the original days of the Edinburgh trams in the 1920s and 30s.

As well as over 650 buses for use on local services a further 60+ buses are used on our Edinburgh Bus Tours services and specially branded Airlink vehicles for use on the dedicated Airport Express service.

Our buses cover over 37 million kilometres per year and in 2006 the company carried over 108 million passengers, an increase of 5 million from the previous year.

The Company employs over 2000 employees, 1500 of whom are drivers.

Click here for 136 years of history.