List of Lothian Buses preserved vehicles

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Former Lothian Buses 121, a preserved Bedford YRT with Alexander AY bodywork Lothian Buses Preserved 121 GSX121N.jpg
Former Lothian Buses 121, a preserved Bedford YRT with Alexander AY bodywork

Lothian Buses Ltd are a major bus company operating in Edinburgh.

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A number of the vehicles used by Lothian Buses and its predecessors have been preserved. Several of them appear at rallies and events with some travelling around the country. The following is a list of the vehicles now preserved:

Ref.DateRegistration NumberFleet NumberTypeChassisBody
[1] 1948ESG 652739Single Decker Guy Arab MkIII 5LW Metro-Cammell
[1] 1948GFS 329unknownParcel Van Albion AZ9Van
[1] 1948FWS 8536Recovery Vehicle ERF 6LWn/a
[1] 1949FSC 182135Double Decker Daimler CVG6Metro-Cammell
[2] 1953JWS 594314Double DeckerGuy Arab 5LW Duple/Nudd
[1] 1954LFS 480480Double Decker Leyland Titan PD2/20 Metro-Cammell Weymann Orion
[3] 1956NSF 757757Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD2/20Metro-Cammell Weymann Orion
[1] 1957OFS 777777Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD2/20Metro-Cammell Weymann Orion
[4] 1956OFS 798798Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD2/20Metro-Cammell Weymann Orion
[1] 1960VSC 8686Single Decker Leyland Tiger Cub PSUC1/3Metro-Cammell Weymann
[2] 1961YSG 101101Single Decker Leyland Leopard PSU3/2R Alexander Y Type
[5] 1962YWS 611611Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD2A/30 Alexander
[1] 1964ASC 665B665Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD3/6Alexander E
[4] 1964ASC 690B690Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD3/6Alexander E
[1] 1965ESF 801C801Double Decker Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander A
[1] 1966EWS 812D812Double Decker Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander A
[4] 1966EWS 833D833Double DeckerLeyland Titan PD3A/2Alexander E
[4] 1967JSC 869E869Double Decker Leyland Atlantean PDR1/1Alexander A
[1] 1967JSC 900E900Open Top Double Decker[Leyland Atlantean] PDR2/1Alexander J
[1] 1970SSF 237H237Coach Bedford VAL70 Duple Viceroy
[1] 1972BFS 1L1Double Decker Leyland Atlantean AN68/1RAlexander AL
[1] 1973BWS 105L105Midibus Seddon Pennine Mk IV/236Seddon
[4] 1973USX 604LunknownRecovery Vehicle Bedford TK Tower Wagonn/a
[4] 1974GSX 121N121Single Decker Bedford YRT Alexander AY
[3] 1975MSF 122P122Single Decker Leyland Leopard PSU3C/4RAlexander AY
[6] 1977WSU 454SBD3Towing Vehicle Leyland Leopard PSU3C/3RAlexander AYS
[7] 1978EFS 228S228Coach Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4RAlexander AT
[3] 1978EFS 229S229coach Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4RAlexander AT
[8] 1978EFS 230S230Coach Leyland Leopard PSU3E/4RAlexander AT
[1] 1979JSX 595T595Double Decker Leyland Atlantean AN68A/1RAlexander AL
[9] 1982GSC 621X621Double Decker Leyland Atlantean AN68C/1RAlexander AL
[10] 1982GSC 659X659Double Decker Leyland Atlantean AN68C/1RAlexander AL
[1] 1982GSC 667X667Double Decker Leyland Olympian ONTL11/1RAlexander RH
[11] 1981HSC 173X173Midibus Leyland Cub CU435 Duple Dominant
[1] 1982KSX 102X102Single Decker Leyland National 2 NL116L11Integral
[5] 1983A108 CFS108Single DeckerLeyland National 2 NL116TL11/2RIntegral
[1] 1985C777 SFS777Double Decker Leyland Olympian ONTL11/2R Eastern Coach Works
[12] 1986D65BSC65Coach Leyland Tiger TRCTL11/3RH Duple 320
[13] 1988E322 MSG322Double Decker Leyland Olympian Alexander R
[14] 1991K117 CSG117Single Decker Dennis Dart Alexander Dash
[15] 1994M210 VSX210Double Decker Volvo Olympian Alexander R-type
[16] 1997P285 PSX285Double Decker Volvo Olympian Alexander Royale
[17] 2000W572 RSG572Double Decker Dennis Trident 2 Plaxton President
[18] 2004SN04 NHC112Single Decker Volvo B7RLE Wright Eclipse
[19] 2005SN55 BJX701Double Decker Volvo B7TL Wright Eclipse Gemini

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  2. 1 2 Edinburgh Corporation/Lothian Regional Transport :: Fotopic.net Archived 25 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
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  13. ↑ Stuart Montgomery - E322 MSG :: Flickr.com}
  14. ↑ "201008".
  15. ↑ "Find your inspiration. | Flickr".
  16. ↑ Chris Cuthill - P285 PSX :: Flickr.com
  17. ↑ Stuart Montgomery - W572 RSG :: Flickr.com}
  18. ↑ @on_lothianbuses (16 April 2019). "We've added this refurbished bus to our vintage fleet this week.Doesn't 112 look fantastic.#lothian100" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ↑ @on_lothianbuses (20 March 2019). "Have your first look at the latest refurbished bus to join our vintage fleet.Bus 701 has been put back into our ha…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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