Edinburgh prepares for bus battles
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LOT1 1IA N Region Transport and Eastern Scottish Omnibuses have registered competing plans for commuter and cross-city services in Edinburgh.
Both operators have registered over 80 per cent of their existing service networks and Lothian plans to provide commuter routes to the surrounding towns of Penicuick,
1)alkeith, Bonnyrigg, Gorebridge and Musseiburgh.
Eastern plans to link rural services into cross-city routes in Edinburgh.
Sonic off-peak services are being left to the tendering process, including Lothian's night bus network singled out for praise recently in On the Move, a new magazine for public transport users.
in the West of Scotia: Scottish Bus Group execut director John Whittle pred that at least 400 new jobs be created as his compar recruit drivers and conduct for. commuter services in Glasgow area.
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