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Simon Evans, deputy traffic commissioner for Scotland, said Wangping Travel had set a “dreadful example” that risked undermining public confidence in the entire public service vehicle trade.
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Can't say I've ever heard of them or heard 'watch out for their drivers' - unlike some companies!
They have a shop on Dalry Road, just at the 5 way junction with Ardmillan and Gorgie Road.
The name always brought a wry smile to my childish lips.
On a related note - does anyone know if there's an exemption that allows those "Haggis Tours" / "Rabbies Trailburners" type tourist kamikazecoaches to go straight through from Haymarket, Shandwick Place and down Princes Street in buses/taxis/cycles/trams only sections? I thought such private coaches were not allowed to do this and it was only public service buses which can.
Interesting that they are essentially being banned for bad management rather than any actual driving infringements.
I guess it's easier to prove that the paperwork is out of order than that they were driving too close to parked cars/cyclists etc.
Kaputnik - they do it going the other way as well, using the westbound bus lane along West Maitland Street.
I think they're probably OK to use the bus lanes. Mini-buses can use them so those sort of mini-coaches used by the tour firms would be allowed, I'd think.
"I think they're probably OK to use the bus lanes. Mini-buses can use them so those sort of mini-coaches used by the tour firms would be allowed, I'd think."
Not according to the council website
"The only vehicles that can use bus lanes and bus gates are
The key test is whether the bus lane sign has the word 'local' in the bus on the sign. If it does, then the lane is restricted to buses on a scheduled service. If it doesn't, then a 'bus' is defined as a vehicle having more than 9 (from memory) passenger seats. This is why Lothian Buses use a Transit minibus as their 'Green Lane Patrol Vehicle'.
Some of the lanes around the Shandwick Place tramstop and the West End have 'local' on the sign. Most of the lanes in Edinburgh don't.
I have an unhealthy interest in this due to my involvement with another group that runs a minibus. We like to know where we can (and can't) drive it.
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