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20 Ratho–Chesser
Route 20 is a council-supported bus route in Edinburgh, Scotland, Edinburgh which operates between Ratho and Chesser, Edinburgh, Chesser. History The route has existed since 2014, when Ratho lost its direct bus route into Edinburgh city centre. On 31 August 2020, the route transferred from Lothian Buses to First Scotland East. As part of the change, the route was re-extended from Hermiston Gait to Chesser and a stop at Ingliston Park and Ride was added. The service operated at an hourly frequency. The change led to increased fares for passengers changing on to the tram, as the bus and tram are now operated by different companies. In July 2022, First Bus announced that it planned to withdraw the route along with two others. The company blamed driver shortages. On 1 September 2022, it was announced that the services would continue to run for another year. However, the frequency was reduced with the number of buses per day cut from 30 to 16. Route * Ratho * Ratho Station * Ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ratho Station
Ratho Station is a commuter village of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, located in Edinburgh council area. It is located south of Edinburgh Airport; the community has a population of approximately 600. About 300 houses are within the village limit. The name derives from the closed railway station of the same name (itself named after the nearby village of Ratho), which in 1917 was the site of a rail crash which killed 12 people. Amenities The local primary school is Hillwood Primary School, which replaced the now closed Newbridge Primary School in 1975. Catchment areas include Ratho Station, Newbridge, Gogar and Ingliston. The village is served by one primary shop, Scotmid or Co-op Foodhall as it was called when first opened. When first created Ratho Station also had its own post office and police station. Both have now closed, with Ratho being the location for the nearest post office. Employment A large amount of warehousing and light industry is located along the Que ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bus Routes In Scotland
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used in public transport, but is also in use for charter purposes, or through private ownership. Although the average bus carries between 30 and 100 passengers, some buses have a capacity of up to 300 passengers. The most common type is the single-deck rigid bus, with double-decker and articulated buses carrying larger loads, and midibuses and minibuses carrying smaller loads. Coaches are used for longer-distance services. Many types of buses, such as city transit buses and inter-city coaches, charge a fare. Other types, such as elementary or secondary school buses or shuttle buses within a post-secondary education campus, are free. In many jurisdictions, bus drivers require a special large vehicle licence above and beyond a regular driving lic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Longstone, Edinburgh
Longstone is a suburb of Edinburgh in Scotland. The area is primarily residential in nature, although the area includes several small shops, eateries and supermarkets, as well as one of the main bus depots for the city's buses. The population of Longstone (including Saughton) was 4,678 in 2019. History For much of its early history, Longstone was used for agricultural purposes, with three farms being recorded in the 18th century. Inglis Green Road and manor house lie on the border between Longstone and Slateford. The name Inglis Green was given in 1773 when George Inglis of Redhall leased the land to a local businessman for use as a cloth Bleaching Green. The area was formerly the site of a pre-18th century farmstead known as Gray's Mill Farm (used very briefly as a temporary headquarters by Charles Edward Stuart in September 1745) and subsequently developed as a mill and then as a laundry until closing in 1983. In the Victorian period, Longstone was classed as a hamlet in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingsknowe
Kingsknowe (; ) is a suburb of Edinburgh the capital of Scotland. It is south-west of Craiglockhart, and borders Wester Hailes, Slateford and Longstone. History Knowe comes from the word Knoll, a small hillock. The Kings part of the name is not derived from a royal connection but takes its name from a local 17th century farm owner, William King. By 1964, the farm had been demolished to make way for a new housing estate in the area. There are several listed buildings in Kingsknowe. These include the Category B listed Millbank house, an 18th century rubble-built building on the corner of Bank Road and Boag's Mill Road. Numbers 4, 8 and 10 Redhall Bank Road are Category B listed cottages that were built by Sir James Gowans circa 1850. Transport The area is served by Kingsknowe railway station which is part of the Edinburgh Waverley railway station to Glasgow Central station railway link. The railway station opened on 15 February 1848 but was known as Longstone. The station wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Trams
Edinburgh Trams is a tramway in Edinburgh, Scotland, operated by Edinburgh Trams Ltd. It is an line between Newhaven, Edinburgh, Newhaven and Edinburgh Airport, with 23 tram stops, stops. A modern tram network for Edinburgh was proposed by City of Edinburgh Council, Edinburgh Council in 1999, with detailed design work being performed over the next decade. Construction of the first phase, linking Edinburgh Airport with Newhaven, began in June 2008, but encountered substantial delays and cost overruns. During 2009, a 15-year contract held by Transdev (historic), Transdev to operate and maintain the tram network was cancelled. By mid-2010, cancellation of the whole project was being publicly considered; during the following year it was announced that the length of the tram network would be drastically curtailed. Prior to August 2011, the project was overseen by Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (TIE), a company wholly owned by Edinburgh Council; TIE was disbanded largely due to it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh Park Railway Station
Edinburgh Park railway station is a railway station in the west of Edinburgh, Scotland, serving the Edinburgh Park business park and the Hermiston Gait shopping centre. The new station building was designed by IDP Architects, and it opened on 4 December 2003. It is the first intermediate station between and since 1951. Ticket barriers came into use on 25 March 2015. There are two platforms, linked by a covered footbridge, which is accessible by either stairs or a lift. There is also a pedestrian underpass just outside the station, accessible from both platforms. Tickets are available from one of the two ticket machines. Edinburgh Park station is on the edge of South Gyle, but should not be confused with South Gyle railway station which is away. The railway through Edinburgh Park station was electrified (using overhead wires at 25 kV AC) in October 2010 as part of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link project. Edinburgh Trams The Edinburgh Park tram stop (and the entire tram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gyle Shopping Centre
The Gyle Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in the South Gyle area of Edinburgh, Scotland. The main centre has two anchor tenants, Marks & Spencer and Morrisons (formerly Safeway), at opposite ends of the shopping centre. Construction A new district shopping centre for West Edinburgh was proposed by a public inquiry in 1987. The findings of the West Edinburgh Inquiry of 1989 were approved by the then Secretary of State for Scotland. The floor space in the shopping centre, which was originally called Maybury Park, was later scaled down to 9,290 m2 (100,000 sq ft) to protect nearby retail areas, such as Wester Hailes and Corstorphine. The management contractor, Wimpey Construction, began work on The Gyle in April 1992, and it opened in October 1993. A food court was later added in the beginning of 1994, by the Catering Development. Expansion The food court was added shortly after opening. Marks & Spencer have since added more shop space of their own, and took th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingliston Park And Ride
Ingliston (; ) is an area in the west of Edinburgh, near Maybury, South Gyle and Newbridge. It is home to Edinburgh Airport and The Royal Highland Showground. History The name Ingliston either means the "settlement of the Inglis Family" or "English town". From 1965 to 1994 motor racing took place at Ingliston Racing Circuit, which was located within the Royal Highland Showground. From 1973 to 2005, a Sunday market was held at Ingliston. It was one of the biggest open air markets in Europe. For many years, a feature of the market was a statue of King Kong by Nicholas Monro. Ingliston Golf Club first appeared in the 1930s. The 18-hole parkland course closed in the 1960s and is now the site of the Royal Highland Show Ground. Park and Ride Ingliston Park and Ride (P&R) opened in 2006. It is the most westerly of seven parks and rides in and around Edinburgh. It offers free parking with 1085 spaces. Parking is prohibited between 2:00am and 4:00am. Buses Lothian Bus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothian Buses
Lothian Buses is a major bus operator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom: the City of Edinburgh Council (through Transport for Edinburgh) owns 91%, Midlothian Council 5%, East Lothian Council 3% and West Lothian Council 1%. Lothian operates the majority of bus services in Edinburgh, and is a significant operator in East Lothian, Midlothian and most recently West Lothian. It operates a comprehensive night bus network, three routes to Edinburgh Airport, and owns the subsidiary companies Lothian Country, East Coast Buses, Edinburgh Bus Tours, Lothian Motorcoaches and Eve Coaches. History The company can trace its history back to the ''Edinburgh Street Tramways Company'' of 1871, also involving at various times the tramway companies of ''Leith'', ''Musselburgh'' and ''Edinburgh North''. The City Council ('' Edinburgh Corporation Tramways'' Department) took over operation of the tramways in 1919, at which time most of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Scotland East
First South East & Central Scotland, formerly known as First Scotland East, was an operator of both local and regional bus services in Clackmannanshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Scottish Borders, Stirling and West Lothian, as well as the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland. It was a subsidiary of FirstGroup, which operates bus, rail and tram services across the United Kingdom and Ireland. First South East and Central Scotland was acquired by McGill's Bus Services in September 2022, with the operation rebranded to McGill's Scotland East. History In 1997, the merger of three subsidiaries took place, with Eastern Scottish, Lowland Scottish and Midland Scottish becoming First Edinburgh, which broadly aligns with the original Scottish Motor Traction area. Following the merger, operations were simplified. Some areas, including Midlothian and West Lothian, were formerly served by at least two out of the three subsidiaries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of in , making it the List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, second-most populous city in Scotland and the List of cities in the United Kingdom, seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The Functional urban area, wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year. Recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, Edinburgh is the seat of the Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament, the Courts of Scotland, highest courts in Scotland, and the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the official residence of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in Scotland. It is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. The city has long been a cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
