{"id":528904,"date":"2025-10-26T10:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/528904\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T10:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T10:12:16","slug":"celebrating-a-century-of-night-buses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/528904\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating a century of night buses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In October Lothian celebrates a century of providing night buses to get everyone home.<\/p>\n<p>The company began running the service in 1925 \u2013 two winter only services. Today the company runs a comprehensive NightBus network with 18 routes in the city and the Lothians.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Finlay, Head of Commercial said:\u00a0\u201cOur NightBus services are a lifeline for the people of Edinburgh and the Lothians, and over the last 100 years we have delivered safe and reliable public transport through the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNone of this would be possible without the dedication of our NightBus drivers and the teams working tirelessly behind the scenes, whose commitment ensures the trusted service our customers rely on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLothian is delighted to celebrate this milestone, and excited to see our NightBus network continue to play such an important role for our customers in the years ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the month, Lothian is celebrating the centenary of its NightBus network with a campaign to celebrate the milestone, raise awareness of the network and pay tribute to the dedicated team who work through the night to ensure services run smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lothianbuses.co.uk\/nightbuses100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/lothianbuses.co.uk\/nightbuses100<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"619730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/celebrating-a-century-of-night-buses\/nightbus-2025\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/NightBus-2025.jpg\/w=1200,h=800\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NightBus 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/NightBus-2025.jpg\/w=300,h=200\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/imagedelivery.net\/F92qk9bnhVOT8KcXbWkWyg\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/2025\/10\/NightBus-2025.jpg\/w=696,h=464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761473534_637_w=1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-619730\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"m-a-box-avatar-url\" href=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/author\/phyllis-stephen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-100x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-100x100 size-100x100\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"   data-attachment-id=\"523819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/phyllis-summer-2022\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2315,3089\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652451720&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0034364261168385&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phyllis Summer 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theedinburghreporter.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phyllis-Summer-2022-674x900.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.<br \/>Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In October Lothian celebrates a century of providing night buses to get everyone home. 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