stevenedin
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I witnessed one of them holding up traffic with the amount of people getting on with suitcases. I’ve seen them either quiet or busy as well.
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Bright Bus Airport Express service
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Trnsprt4Sctlnd
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So in other words like most services that compete against each other the service is simply opportunistic about who it will pick up, if it’s in front of the other competitor they the one that arrives first gets the passengers.
Indeed. Important to note Google Maps mostly will direct you to Bright Bus as well from Waverley Station. From the Airport I'd assume it's still really based of your arrival terminal.
318266
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The destination boards have added "via Murrayfield" for the rugby match yesterday.
stevenedin
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They also said that on Friday as well.
CSB0241
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They always do that when a match is on. They also have extra buses running to the stadium on all services past the stadium, which have special blinds with a rugby ball saying Murrayfield.
My apologies, I thought this was the Lothian thread.
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computerSaysNo
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How are drivers recruited for the Airport Express? As the only vacancy advertised on the website is explicitly for Tours (https://www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk/careers). Thanks.
markymark2000
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I presume this link.
Bright Bus PCV Drivers/Trainees
Earn £14 per hour! Would you like to play a colourful part in the Capitals tourist market?
www.mcgillsscotlandeast.co.uk
No mention of open top on that page.
All of the drivers on the 20/63/68/Airport and open tops have bright bus uniform from what I've seen. I'm guessing they do all routes at Livingston?
computerSaysNo
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Ahh okay, I read that as only applying to the Tour but now you point it out you're right, it doesn't say that it's only tours.I presume this link.
Bright Bus PCV Drivers/Trainees
Earn £14 per hour! Would you like to play a colourful part in the Capitals tourist market?
No mention of open top on that page.
A follow-on question: where does the training for this take place? Is it done at Livingston or do trainees need to travel to Falkirk or Stirling?
markymark2000
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There is an open top tour vacancy as well.
The advert posted in #128 does actually suggest tour work, despite there being a separate link for open top work!
The location being Hanover Street indicates its tour work as well.
stevenedin
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I saw one the other day and it was packed. It looked full. It seems to be full on and off.
LBObserver
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It's still a fairly quiet time of year but Easter weekend and Six Nations earlier normally lead to a boost in domestic flight passengers. I saw one late this afternoon heading to the airport looking close to half full.
stevenedin
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I do get the impression that the current capacity is fine for the route and that it isn’t busy enough for double deckers. McGill’s will just be bothered about it making profit and if it does then that’s all they can ask for.
On another note, I was in Dundee and I travelled on an Xplore Dundee bus and noticed that Bright Bus Tours is being advertised onboard as well.
Blindtraveler
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Currently on a flying visit to Edinburgh and both on grounds of cost and journey time used this service coming into town from the airport this morning and having purchased a return I'm semi-committed to going back the same way, not the time upset about this as I really enjoyed the much quicker journey time due to far less stops.
Friendly staff too
Friendly staff too
There is now also an Airport Express Edinburgh Explorer for £25 which gives 7 days travel on the existing 2 Bright Bus tours plus a return journey on the Airport Express.
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This was introduced with the Airport Express, although it has fallen from £41 (I believe) to £25
Blindtraveler
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Which makes it absolutely astounding value for money and perhaps explains why. When I last flew through Edinburgh the Lothian staff were up selling frantically just a few metres away from the airport Express departure stand
Well, I'm sorry but no matter how much I really have no time for McGill and their business practises the more budget conscious airport service at least will remain a firm favourite here and I would not hesitate to recommend the bright tours either as they are a good standard
Well, I'm sorry but no matter how much I really have no time for McGill and their business practises the more budget conscious airport service at least will remain a firm favourite here and I would not hesitate to recommend the bright tours either as they are a good standard
stevenedin
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I agree, it’s great value for money and if you are only staying for a week and walk mostly but want to get in the tour buses to places on the route it’s a good offering. It’s a shame that the team cost doesn’t include travel on Eastern Scottish services 20, 63 and 68 as well.
This was first mentioned in post #27, but, as @bus9120 mentioned it's had a second drop in price to £25.
FlybeDash8Q400
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You wonder how much profit there is from £25? I can’t imagine it’s a lot, so requires high sales for it to make sense.
stevenedin
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It’s better than them carrying fresh air. Most probably won’t use the tours more than a few times.
I really can't see there being much tourist demand for those services, given there's no Mcgill's/Bright Bus link to use them.
How many tourists are actually looking at ticket options at the Airport? At least from my view, it really is a case of them just taking the service closest to their arrivals hall. When I arrived into Edinburgh recently, everyone walked straight out the arrivals terminal, straight to the exit, and directly to the tram/Airlink. Nobody was looking at the posters or leaflets.
This is true, although I'd like to see how many passengers actually use these online booking systems. At least for Airlink are any drivers able to comment on this? I know this website has also offered ticketing online, including before Bright Bus started their service. There are several 5 star reviews added to this page on a daily basis so it remains a popular option. Note, while Bright Bus do have a presence on this site, they have not added tickets for their Airport Express.
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