First full ‘bike bus’ route launched by operator

Scotland’s first full bike bus route where riders can wheel their cycles on board has been launched between

Berwick and Edinburgh.

The Borders Buses service follows successful trials between the capital and Peebles this summer.

The operator has increased the number of its buses with two bike racks from four to ten, which are due to further increase to 20 by February.

Four of the buses are on the firm’s 253 service between Berwick and Edinburgh via Dunbar and Haddington, which it said made the route “Scotland’s first fully bike friendly bus service”.

Other bike buses will run on its X95 Carlisle-edinburgh and X62 Galashiels-edinburgh via Peebles services.