Edinburgh Bus Tours Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
A tour well worth taking....
Edinburgh Bus Tours is Lothian’s sightseeing operation and runs four sightseeing tours. These are the City Sightseeing Edinburgh Tour run by buses in a red based livery, The Edinburgh Tour run by buses in a yellow and green livery, The Majestic Tour which takes in the Royal Yacht Britannia moored at Leith and the Three Bridges Tour.
This latter tour takes in the three bridges across the Forth between North and South Queensferry. These are the the new Queensferry Crossing, the older Forth Road Bridge - now a public transport corridor - and the Forth Bridge, the Grade One listed structure which carries the railway. Note I didn’t say the Forth Railway Bridge - Its the Forth Bridge. Or The Bridge. Indeed in engineering terms it’s one of the seven wonders of the world and has to be seen to be believed. On the trip you’ll be dropped off at a boat and can admire the bridges from the sea.
There are two buses allocated to the tour and the TransBus Presidents originally on it been replaced by newer stock such as 906 (SN08BXW). In case you think the Wright ‘W’ on the front looks odd, it’s been painted back on. Lothian went through a period where it declared a fatwa on badging and even went as far as to get Wright’s to design a revised front which omitted the Wright’s logo. Ironically, Lothian has now restored these.
Edinburgh Bus Tours Volvo B9TL/Wright Eclipse Gemini
A tour well worth taking....
Edinburgh Bus Tours is Lothian’s sightseeing operation and runs four sightseeing tours. These are the City Sightseeing Edinburgh Tour run by buses in a red based livery, The Edinburgh Tour run by buses in a yellow and green livery, The Majestic Tour which takes in the Royal Yacht Britannia moored at Leith and the Three Bridges Tour.
This latter tour takes in the three bridges across the Forth between North and South Queensferry. These are the the new Queensferry Crossing, the older Forth Road Bridge - now a public transport corridor - and the Forth Bridge, the Grade One listed structure which carries the railway. Note I didn’t say the Forth Railway Bridge - Its the Forth Bridge. Or The Bridge. Indeed in engineering terms it’s one of the seven wonders of the world and has to be seen to be believed. On the trip you’ll be dropped off at a boat and can admire the bridges from the sea.
There are two buses allocated to the tour and the TransBus Presidents originally on it been replaced by newer stock such as 906 (SN08BXW). In case you think the Wright ‘W’ on the front looks odd, it’s been painted back on. Lothian went through a period where it declared a fatwa on badging and even went as far as to get Wright’s to design a revised front which omitted the Wright’s logo. Ironically, Lothian has now restored these.