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A VIP calls in
Due to the expansion of the Lothian service network and a welcome increase in passenger numbers the need for driving staff is important. A good company will always keep the training budget 'sacrosanct' and several of these Volvo 7900's are now on training work. Not just within the city but beyond it.
Fleet 25 and Longstone crew call at North Berwick depot. This garage traces it origins back to the days of J Stark & Co who go back nearly as long as SMT itself and who formed a close association with them from 1928. However SMT garaged buses at George Fowlers premises in Forth Street before moving them here in the early sixties. With Firstbus giving up their East Lothian services the garage and services were taken over by Lothian and today works service X5 and an equal share of the 124. A yard at the rear accommodates the double deckers. Nowadays circumstances are such that some long service drivers take early retirement or go part-time hence we are seeing some 'young faces' on some Lothian routes in particular the 46 and 48 single decks and no doubt in time in the East Lothian sector.
A VIP calls in
Due to the expansion of the Lothian service network and a welcome increase in passenger numbers the need for driving staff is important. A good company will always keep the training budget 'sacrosanct' and several of these Volvo 7900's are now on training work. Not just within the city but beyond it.
Fleet 25 and Longstone crew call at North Berwick depot. This garage traces it origins back to the days of J Stark & Co who go back nearly as long as SMT itself and who formed a close association with them from 1928. However SMT garaged buses at George Fowlers premises in Forth Street before moving them here in the early sixties. With Firstbus giving up their East Lothian services the garage and services were taken over by Lothian and today works service X5 and an equal share of the 124. A yard at the rear accommodates the double deckers. Nowadays circumstances are such that some long service drivers take early retirement or go part-time hence we are seeing some 'young faces' on some Lothian routes in particular the 46 and 48 single decks and no doubt in time in the East Lothian sector.