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Lothian Buses〔(Companies House extract company no SC096849 ) Lothian Buses Limited〕 is the largest municipal bus company in the United Kingdom.〔(Lothan Buses Challenges Youth Unemployment ) Lothian Buses 9 May 2012〕 It is the dominant provider of bus services in Lothian. Transport for Edinburgh, a company wholly owned by the City of Edinburgh Council, owns 91% of the company, with the remainder being owned by the East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian councils.〔(Lothian Buses – Governance and Responsibility review relating to the events and Council involvement into management difficulties at Lothian Buses ) City of Edinburgh Council〕 Lothian Buses operates the majority of bus services in Edinburgh, extending to outlying suburbs, towns and villages. The company also operates several limited stop express routes, an Edinburgh Airport service, park and ride services and a night bus network as well as several tourist services. The company operates three travel shops (two in the city centre and one in Dalkeith), and operates buses from three depot locations; Longstone, Annandale Street and Marine at Seafield. The company also maintains a driver training school and an engineering depot at Seafield. ==History== (詳細はEdinburgh Corporation Tramways'' Department) took over operation of the tramways in 1919, at which time most of the system was cable operated. Electrification of the tram network was completed in 1923,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Edinburgh Trams )〕 but the first motor buses had arrived in 1919. The tramway was closed between 1950 and 1956, after which the operation became the ''Edinburgh Corporation Transport'' Department.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Transition from multimodal to unimodal public transit )〕 In 1965, it purchased its first rear-engined double-decker bus. Almost 600 buses were added to the fleet over the next 17 years. In 1975 ''Edinburgh Corporation Transport'' was renamed ''Lothian Region Transport''. In 2000, it was again renamed as ''Lothian Buses''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lothian Timeline )〕 On 15 August 2013, Edinburgh Council announced the creation of Transport for Edinburgh, a new public body meant to oversee public transport in Edinburgh, including both buses and the new tram system. Transport convener for Edinburgh Council Lesley Hinds stated: "Our first priority will be integration between bus and tram services and we will have the executive directors of Lothian Buses on the board of the new organisation".〔(Transport for Edinburgh: New body to oversee trams and buses ) ''BBC News'' 15 August 2013〕〔"Transport for Edinburgh" ''Coach & Bus Week'' 4 September 2013 issue 1103 page 4〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lothian Buses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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