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Since 2000 we have completely replaced our fleet with new low-floor easy access buses!
This means that by September 2009, all of our buses in service will be wheelchair accessible.

Low floor easy access buses feature:

• Low entrances that kneel to kerb height.
• Flat floor at the front.
• Retractable boarding ramp for ease of wheelchair access.
• Space for a wheelchair.
• High visibility hand rails.
• Spacious and bright interiors.

Our drivers are also specially trained to help all our passengers enjoy the full benefits of these buses.

Our easy access services:

• All our bus services are now operated by low-floor easy access buses (Please note that, until the end of August 2009, a few journeys on services 15/15A and 32 may be operated by old traditional "madder and white" step entrance buses).

To help make travelling on low floor easy access buses a great experience for everyone, please follow these "travel tips":

Wheelchair & buggy users:

• Park the wheelchair with the persons back towards the direction of travel.
• Apply the brake.
• The driver will wait until this is done before moving the bus.
• Parents with buggies:
• If the wheelchair space is unoccupied, one unfolded buggy is allowed to use the space.
• Park the buggy with the childs back to the direction of travel.
• Apply the brake.
• Please be prepared to fold the buggy if the buggy area is full.
• Please be prepared to give up the buggy parking area and fold the buggy if a wheelchair user requires the space.
  
  Click HERE for more information on prams, pushchairs and buggies.

Other passengers:

• Please vacate the wheelchair space if it is required by a wheelchair user.

Motorists:

• Please don't park on or near bus stops. This prevents the bus driver from getting close to the kerb, which he or she needs to do to let people with buggies, wheelchair users and the infirm get on and off the bus.

On-board access for Mobility Scooters:

• We regret to inform our customers we can not currently allow mobility scooters on board Lothian Buses, Airlink or Tour Buses. Statutory requirements necessitate that we must keep the designated wheelchair space on our buses free for its intended use as best we can. In this situation, and given the variety of scooter models and sizes, we can not accurately judge whether we would be able to accommodate all types and would not wish to discriminate on this basis. We hope, in time, that there will be progress in standardising scooter models to make them more "bus-friendly." In this way we look forward to one day successfully integrating this mode of transport alongside existing reserved space for wheelchair users.

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