1954 advert for express coach service Edinburgh to London.
Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd, the Edinburgh based bus and coach operator usually known as SMT, was nationalised in 1949. It had been operating express services between Edinburgh and London since 1930. The new nationalised company became Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. Note that in this year departures for these services were now using stances in Queen Street - previously, The Mound and Waverley Bridge had also been used. It would be April 1957 before the first bus station opened at Saint Andrew Square. This advertisement appeared in the pocket Murray’s ABC Time Table for Edinburgh and East of Scotland ( a train timetable).
1954 advert for express coach service Edinburgh to London.
Scottish Motor Traction Co. Ltd, the Edinburgh based bus and coach operator usually known as SMT, was nationalised in 1949. It had been operating express services between Edinburgh and London since 1930. The new nationalised company became Scottish Omnibuses Ltd. Note that in this year departures for these services were now using stances in Queen Street - previously, The Mound and Waverley Bridge had also been used. It would be April 1957 before the first bus station opened at Saint Andrew Square. This advertisement appeared in the pocket Murray’s ABC Time Table for Edinburgh and East of Scotland ( a train timetable).