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The Edinburgh Marathon on 25 May 2025 meant some routes were diverted at different times of the day and others had Part Route extras to provide additional capacity on the east side of the city and beyond. In this picture, fleet number 665 is operating a Part Route 26 from (I guess) Prestonpans or Levenhall to Princes Street.

Fleet number 665 was captured in this winter evening view on Greenside Place (outside the Playhouse Theatre), while working route 25 from Restalrig to Heriot Watt University.

Volvo B5TL / Alexander Dennis 665 (SJ71 HKB) in Princes Street.

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Its that time of the year again and in my opinion one of the best around.! Those 4 days at the end of June that pay host to the Royal Highland Show again where around 200,000 people attend Ingilston for a weekend of the farmers life from sheep shearing and visiting to animals to a range of food to try out. Lothian is the official transport partner and help many people get to the show with Lothian running the annual service 98 up to every 5 minutes at peak time with most buses running full if not very near.

This year was no exception with almost all buses parked out and a range of different buses accommodating passengers and we got pretty luck with the weather as it was rather glorious the whole of the weekend with Sunday topping if of as a plus 20 degree and ear to ear blue skies.

As we can see in this shot as it was far too good to resist a wee snap and the next bus of the list is Lothian buses 665 - yet another of the 98 enviros and the fourth photo in a row of them which takes my total to 24 of them tallied off.

Here we can see in the glorious sunshine at Magdala Crescent dead running back to the show grounds is Lothian Buses 665 passing the Apex hotel looking rather brand new due to how the sun is hitting before picking the next lot of country fanatics up and bring them home.

Lothian Buses 665 SJ71 HKB In Princes Street Edinburgh On Service 25 to Restalrig

This bus was new to Lothian Buses as 665 in 2021.
Seen here at Gorgie

This bus was new to Lothian Buses as 665 in 2021.
Seen here at Gorgie

Lothian 665 SJ71HKB Volvo B5TL/Alexander Dennis Enviro400MMC seen at Princes Street, Edinburgh working service 44 (26/02/24)

Fleet number 665 was captured picking up passengers at the Foot of the Walk while working a 25 from Restalrig to Heriot Watt University. The building with the clock tower on the right was the former Leith Central Station although the former train shed behind was demolished many years ago.

Route 44 has been criss-crossing Edinburgh since 1954, originally from Eastfield to Juniper Green but nowadays extended at both ends to run from Wallyford or Whitecraig to Balerno. In this picture, fleet number 665 is seen pulling away from the Haymarket stop on Dalry Road with the first part of the new landmark Haymarket Square development rising behind. The bus has just crossed the Haymarket railway tunnels which pass under the new development, itself built on the site of the former Morrison Street Goods Depot. Just visible in the distance to the left of the new office block is the Heart of Midlothian FC war memorial commemorating the club’s players and staff who died in WW1.

Princes Street, Edinburgh

SJ71 HKB is a Volvo B5TL/Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC new to Lothian Buses in October 2021 as their number 665.

Lothian Buses Volvo B5TL Alexander Dennis Enviro 400MMC SJ71HKB 665 working route 34 Ocean Terminal North Leith to The Avenue Riccarton

Lothian Buses - 2021 Volvo B5TL Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC

Lothian Buses No.665 dodges the roadworks on Leith Walk working service 25 to Heriot-Watt university at Riccarton.

Lothian Buses
Volvo B5TL
ADL Enviro400MMC