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A tough day but...
1) Thank you for all the dontations at my dads funeral. We presented an amazing £1055 to @UHDBTrust Derby Hospital who were caring for him.
2) Thank you to all who attended my sisters funeral. Amazing. Thank you. – at East Midlands, England
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🏆 We’re delighted to share that we were named Bus Operator of the Year at last night’s National Transport Awards 2026, alongside our colleagues at @EdinburghTrams who were awarded Tram Operator of the Year!
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/46SfQET
#LothianBuses #EdinburghTrams
ALT Representatives from Lothian Buses posing with awards at the National Transport Awards ceremony.
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A huge congratulations to Sarah Boyd, our Woman of the Year! Well done too to highly commended Gossica Anichebe and Helen Humble. This award is in partnership with @transportwm and sponsored by Snapper Services. #NTA2026
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Congratulations to @EdinburghTrams on being named Tram Operator of the Year! Thank you to the Light Rail Safety and Standards Board for sponsoring the award. #NTA2026
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Congratulations to @LothianBuses, our Bus Operator of the Year! Well done too to highly commended @BrightonHoveBus and @reading_buses. #NTA2026
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Hartlepool United can today confirm that a takeover of the Club has been completed.
Read more below.
#HUFC
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🎄For many older people, Christmas is the loneliest time of year.
1 in 5 over-65s say Christmas Day is the hardest.
Our 2025 Christmas video has been created with our Charity of Choice partner, @agescotland, to highlight the vital role our network plays in creating connections.
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🎉 We recently took delivery of our first buses with 75-plate registrations!
⚡🚌 These 8 new BZL Electric Double Deck Buses offer quieter journeys, high-back seating for 70+ customers, Wi-Fi, USB charging, and 2 wheelchair spaces.
#LothianBuses #Edinburgh
ALT Eight Electric Double Deck buses parked side by side on a garage forecourt with blue skies overhead.
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🚌 We're delighted to announce that our Doors Open Day will take place on Saturday 27 September at our Marine Depot from 11:00 - 15:00.
Full details will follow in the coming weeks... Pop the date in your calendars now!
#DoorsOpenDay #LothianBuses #Edinburgh
ALT A father and son pose for a photo in front of a vintage bus.
ALT A golden labrador wearing a Lothian dog bandana.
ALT A father with his son and baby daughter pose in front of a Lothian bus that has 'Daddy's Bus' on the destination screen.
ALT A police officer poses for a photo with a young girl playing dress up in an officer's hat and yellow hi-vis vest.
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Today we're saying a fond farewell to one of our longest serving colleagues, Brian Bridson!
Brian has been a bus driver for Lothian for 47 years and today is his last day at Longstone.
Thanks for all your service, Brian - we hope you have a long, happy retirement!
ALT Bus driver, Brian Bridson, standing in front of a double decker bus that says 'Happy Retirement, Brian Bridson, after 47 years at Lothian'.
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📢 A service change will take effect on @on_lothianbuses & @eastcoastbuses' networks from 6 April. There will also be a revision of fares across the Lothian Group from this date.
Learn more 👇
Service Change 👉 ow.ly/ByxS50V9gou
Fares Review 👉 ow.ly/8heP50V9gov
ALT Image shows a Service 8 on Leith Street with the Balmoral Hotel in the background.
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✨ We’ve got a few goodbyes to say as some 'well kent' colleagues head off on retirement with a whopping 106 years' service between them!
🔹 Karen Skivington (19 yrs)
🔹Ally Brazil (21 yrs)
🔹Ray McGarry (45 yrs)
🔹Gardner Macintosh (21 yrs)
Thank you all & happy retirement!
ALT Karen Skivington in front of a bus.
ALT Ally Brazil in front of a bus.
ALT Ray McGarry in front of a bus.
ALT Gardner Macintosh in front of a bus.
Well done, John! @on_lothianbuses 👏
🥈 Well done to John O’Hara (Lothian Buses) for winning Silver in the Top National Bus Driver category. Sponsored by @BusesMagazine. #BusWinners24 #MadeIt #UKBusAwards
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Look who's won the internet today...
Check out our Longstone driver, Liam, and his baby son, Darcy, who has dressed up as his daddy for his first Halloween! 😍
Bus drivers are just getting younger & younger these days, aren't they?! 😂
#Halloween #LothianBuses #TeamLothian
ALT Lothian driver holds his baby son who is wearing a mini Lothian uniform.
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We are delighted to announce that Lothian won Bus Operator of the Year at this year’s National Transport Awards.🏆
Thank you to everyone across the Lothian Group who works tirelessly 365 days a year, it’s thanks to your commitment we won!👏
👉ow.ly/5STa50TE7RL
#UKNTAs24
ALT Group of Lothian representatives on stage at the National Transport Awards
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UK Bus Operator of the Year, sponsored by Blink goes to Lothian Buses, Congratulations @on_lothianbuses for this fantastic achievement #UKNTAs24
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Lothian has today (28 March 2024) announced it will return dividends of £3.2m to its public sector owners for the first time since 2019, thanks to a strong performance in 2023.
Read more 👉 ow.ly/Go7K50R46y3
#LothianBuses #Edinburgh
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COMMENT 🗣️ | Municipal AND entrepreneurial. "Lothian Buses doesn’t look it’s trying to be Sainsbury’s on wheels," writes @Jonathan__Bray. "It looks like what it is: a public service done well that belongs to the city it serves."
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1000 musicians covering Knights of Cydonia 🤯
Credit: @rockin_1000, recorded in Cesena, Italy - July 2023.
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