Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire
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Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire, also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts
in West Scotland, near Glasgow
.
It is a mainly local bus operator, based at Allanton, but is also involved in private coach business. The company was formed from the remnants of the previously bankrupted HAD Coaches bus operating company.Blue Bus operate a variety of services across central Scotland, particularly between Lanarkshire
and West Lothian
, restoring important links that had been lost since the privatisation of Scottish bus services.
The company mainly uses a fleet of Plaxton Beaver
2's, and Mercedes-Benz 709D Alexander Sprint
Shotts
Shotts is a small rural town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located almost halfway between Glasgow and Edinburgh . As of the 2001 census, the population was 8,235...
in West Scotland, near Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
.
It is a mainly local bus operator, based at Allanton, but is also involved in private coach business. The company was formed from the remnants of the previously bankrupted HAD Coaches bus operating company.Blue Bus operate a variety of services across central Scotland, particularly between Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire
Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...
and West Lothian
West Lothian
West Lothian is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Falkirk, North Lanarkshire, the Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire....
, restoring important links that had been lost since the privatisation of Scottish bus services.
The company mainly uses a fleet of Plaxton Beaver
Plaxton Beaver
The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a minibus body built by Plaxton. It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of Plaxton's Reeve Burgess subsidiary from 1987-1991, at Plaxton's main Scarborough factory from 1991, and from 1995 at Anston in South Yorkshire.The...
2's, and Mercedes-Benz 709D Alexander Sprint
Public hearing
On the 26 Octoter 2010, the company was fined £3500, when the Vosa bus compliance officers noted the early and late running on a number of occasions. A driver was also found to be take a bus out of service and stopped at his house for lunch, he was sacked the same day. Blue bus will be appealing the decision of the Traffic Commissioner.Current Routes
- X17: Shotts - West CalderWest CalderWest Calder is a village in West Lothian, Scotland, located 4 miles west of Livingston. The village was an important centre for the oil shale economy in the 19th and 20th Centuries. West Calder has its own railway station. It is also has the most northerly centre of the Dogs Trust, closely followed...
- EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
. (Peak hours only) - X34: Shotts - NewhouseNewhouse, North LanarkshireNewhouse is a hamlet and major road interchange located in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sited 2 miles from the village of Salsburgh, from nearby Holytown and about north east of Motherwell....
- Glasgow. (Peak hours only). - 71: Livingston - West Calder - Fauldhouse - Shotts
- 77: CarnwathCarnwathCarnwath is a moorland village on the southern edge of the Pentland Hills of Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about south of both Edinburgh and Glasgow...
- LanarkLanarkLanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....
- Livingston - 501: Blackridge - Harthill - Blackburn - Livingston - St johns
- 701: WishawWishawWishaw is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow....
- Shotts - Harthill - Blackburn - Livingston
2005
- 77/78: Carnwath/ Carluke - Forth - Larnark - breich - Livingston
- 701 Carluke - Newmains - Shotts - Harthill - Blackburn - Livingston
2006
2006
- 77: Biggar - Larnark - Carnwath - Forth - breich - Livingston
- 701: WishawWishawWishaw is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is on the edge of the Clyde Valley, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow....
- Shotts - Harthill - Blackburn - Livingston - 702: Livingstone - Starlaw - Bathgate
- X58: Livingston - Forth Road Bridge - Ferrytoll - Dunfermline - Cuper - St. Andrews (never start operating)
2007
- 71: Chaplehall - Salsburgh - Shotts - Fauldhouse - Brich - livingston
- 77: Livingston - Forth - Lanark - Carnwath
- 700 EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
- Livingston - Stirling - Oban - 701/702 AyrAyrAyr is a town and port situated on the Firth of Clyde in south-west Scotland. With a population of around 46,000, Ayr is the largest settlement in Ayrshire, of which it is the county town, and has held royal burgh status since 1205...
- Galston - Strathaven - Hamilton - Motherwell - Wishaw - Shotts - Harthill - Livingston
2009
- 72: Shotts - Fauldhouse - Whitburn - Bathgate
- 700 Livingston - Stirling - Oban
- 702 Harthill - Blackburn - Livingston