Lothian Unofficial Names List

 

 

This list is entirely unofficial, and, apart from a few exceptions, no names have been given to any buses, trams, or other vehichles, by the company officially. This list is not affiliated with Lothian

 

 

I am VioletEclipse on flickr

I have named every bus and tram in the TfE fleet, with the help of some friends

This page is intended to be an up to date list of the unofficial names which we have for all the buses and trams in the current TfE fleet, as well as the preserved fleet.

Feel free to use the names if you want!

 

 

The Current Fleet, With Names

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Buses and trams are listed in numberical order by fleet number, ordered mostly by vehicle type

Round brackets ( ) are used for registration plates

Italics are used for names

Curly brackets { } are used for how I pronounce some names which may not be obvious how to pronounce

Square brackets [ ] are used to show the new fleet numbers of buses which have been renumbered in recent years when other members of the batch haven't been renumbered, such as driver training buses

Hyphens - are used for distinctive branding on buses, such as the East Lothian branding that the Eclipse 3s had when new and the service 26 zoo branding

 

 

Preserved Vehicles

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Vehicles are listed in numberical order by fleet number

Vehicles are listed as follows: Fleet Number (Registration Plate) Name - [Status Code] - Vehicle Model

For example: 285 (P285 PSX) Pepper - [SVBM] - Alexander Royale Volvo Olympian OLY-56

Status Codes

ABN - likely abandoned going by most recent photos

AUS - sold to a couple in Australia

CRH - based at Crich Tramway Village, England

FHR - based at Fife Heritage Railway

GTG - based at Gifford Transport Group

GVVT - based at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust

LB - owned by Lothian

MV - now in the King Alfred livery in England

PRV - in a private collection

SL - sold from the heritage fleet

SVBM - based at the Scottish Vintage Bus Museum

TAY - based at the Taybus Vintage Vehicle Society

TBS - static at The Bus Stop in East Lothian

UKN - unknown

I last updated this webpage on Monday the 23rd of June 2025 (Day 3462)