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Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses Started conversation Oct 16, 2001
Just read the edited version.
It looks better - more easily read.
I assume you took out the fares references because they are liable to change over time. No problem with that.
Can I request that the following sentence be added:-
Daysaver tickets are available which allow unlimited travel on this company's normal service routes until midnight.
The sentence should be added in the para starting "Lothian Buses are mostly maroon...." and should be placed before "Free timetables...."
I feel that this explains the purpose and use of daysaver tickets for those who have not heard of them before and also highlights the fact that they are available on Lothian Buses (the major operator in the city).
Thanks, Kandyman
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Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses Posted Oct 16, 2001
Just noticed we seem to have a rogue ">" in the section heading "By Taxi"
Thanks again, Kandyman
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John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" Posted Oct 18, 2001
Thanks, Kandyman. I'll see about getting tht taken care of.
I took out the specific references to fares, because they are subject to change, as you suggest, but also because the relevant links you provided give that information... and we won't have to update them.
JTG
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the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Oct 29, 2001
I've not read through this thouroughly but there's one but that could be useful which took a lot of learning (for me) though i realise it's not strictly public transport.
If you're hitch hiking to and from Edinburgh the ring road makes it nigh on impossible to get out of town. There is one place and one place only to get lifts onto the A1 south to England and that's the Haddington Roundabout, which is accessable by a couple of fairly regular buses. All of the other junctions are real doldrums or incredibly dangerous.
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Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses Posted Oct 30, 2001
Another place where hitch-hiking to the south (via the west) is possible is on the A702 at the Fairmilehead junction. The A702 joins the A74(M) at Abington for the M6 and is a popular route south from Edinburgh.
Bus services are:-
Lothian
No 4 to Hillend
No 11 to Fairmilehead
(don't get the No 11 going to Captain's Road. Only in Edinburgh could you find two bus services with the same route number going to different places)
No 15 to Fairmilehead
FirstEdinburgh
No 315 to Penicuik via Morningside
All of these services can be boarded on Princes St (Gardens side) or Lothian Road. Just search out the right bus stop.
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Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses Posted Oct 30, 2001
Another place where hitch-hiking to the south (via the west) is possible is on the A702 at the Fairmilehead junction. The A702 joins the A74(M) at Abington for the M6 and is a popular route south from Edinburgh.
Bus services are:-
Lothian
No 4 to Hillend
No 11 to Fairmilehead
(don't get the No 11 going to Captain's Road. Only in Edinburgh could you find two bus services with the same route number going to different places)
No 15 to Fairmilehead
FirstEdinburgh
No 315 to Penicuik via Morningside
All of these services can be boarded on Princes St (Gardens side) or Lothian Road. Just search out the right bus stop.
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Jim Bowen Posted Oct 31, 2001
Only in H2G2 could you find 2 postings about the same bus...
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the autist formerly known as flinch Posted Nov 6, 2001
The A702 seems such a pesky little road, does it get enough traffic to make it a viable hitch then?
And if Haddington takes you A1 south east and Fairmilehead M6 Southwest how's best to hitch to Glasgow from Edinburgh?
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Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses Posted Nov 7, 2001
Lots of people use the A702 to avoid the traffic around the Glasgow area. If you get a clear run, the M8/M74 route south takes about the same time as the A702 to Abington.
The best place to hitch to Glasgow from Edinburgh is probably along the stretch of the A8 between the end of the bypass and the airport. Closer in to town will be mostly locals.
The only Lothian service to go near to this point is route 31 (East Craigs) - get off at the Maybury junction before it turns right then it's about 1/4 mile walk to the end of the Bypass.
First Edinburgh services 12 (?), 16 (Bathgate) and 38 (?), amongst others, go along the required stretch of road.
All of these services can be boarded on Princes St (Gardens side)
K
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- 1: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 16, 2001)
- 2: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 16, 2001)
- 3: John the gardener says, "Free Tibet!" (Oct 18, 2001)
- 4: the autist formerly known as flinch (Oct 29, 2001)
- 5: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 30, 2001)
- 6: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 30, 2001)
- 7: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 30, 2001)
- 8: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Oct 30, 2001)
- 9: Jim Bowen (Oct 31, 2001)
- 10: the autist formerly known as flinch (Nov 6, 2001)
- 11: Kandyman - Keeper of Old Buses (Nov 7, 2001)
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