page_title: Lowland Scottish
section_title: Demise
hierarchical_section_title: Lowland Scottish / Demise
caption_attribution_description: retro Uploadr 2005- D901CSH was new to Lowland Scottish and was one a pair of Alexander bodied Leyland Olympians purchased by this operator. Seen in 2005 with First Edinburgh as fleetnumber 31722 as it works a peak time X29 towards Haymarket.
context_page_description: Lowland Scottish Omnibuses Ltd was a bus operator in south eastern Scotland and parts of northern England. The company was formed in 1985 and operated under the identities Lowland Scottish, Lowland and First Lowland / First SMT, until 1999 when the company's operations were combined with the operations of Midland Bluebird in a new company, First Edinburgh Ltd.
  As of 26 March 2017 these operations were transferred to West Coast Motors.
context_section_description: In November 1994, GRT Group (which later became FirstGroup) bought Reiver Ventures for £2.4m.  GRT had purchased neighbouring Eastern Scottish (now trading as SMT once more) the previous month, and with its ownership of Midland Bluebird (the old Midland Scottish), GRT operated across a substantial part of central Scotland, from Oban in the west coast to the border with England.  Reorganisation of the three companies quickly followed, breaking SMT in two and merging the parts with Midland and Lowland.  As a result, Lowland inherited SMT's Dalkeith and Musselburgh depots in 1996.  This changed the focus of the company from a rural operator serving the Borders to one dominated by suburban services around Edinburgh, and coincided with the start of a gradual retrenchment in the south which eventually resulted in the closure of all of the Borders depots except Galashiels.
  When the 'First' corporate style was introduced, the trading names First Lowland and First SMT were used, the latter being restricted to the former SMT operations around Edinburgh.  A final round of reorganisation in 1999 saw Lowland Omnibuses absorbed into Midland Bluebird Ltd and a new company, First Edinburgh Ltd.
caption: This Leyland Olympian (D901 CSH) was purchased new by Lowland Scottish in 1987, where it was allocated to North Berwick sub-depot and given the fleetnumber 901. It is pictured here in First Edinburgh 'Barbie' livery in 2005.
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