Blue Bus of North Lanarkshire,[1] also known as Blue Bus of Shotts or Law of Shotts, is a bus operator primarily serving the area of Shotts, North Lanarkshire in West Scotland.
It is a mainly local bus operator, based at Allanton, but is also involved in private coach business. The company was formed from the remnants of the bankrupted HAD Coaches.[2] Blue Bus operate a variety of services across central Scotland. As of January 2016[update] the company operates services on four routes between Lanarkshire and West Lothian.[3] There routes restored links that had been lost since the privatisation of Scottish bus services.
In 2010 the company said they had approached Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) asking for a route serving Torbothie, Shotts to be subsidised, but were told there was no funding available.[4] The original service was to cease 6 May.[5] Ultimately, however, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport agreed to subsidize the route and the route was replaced with new service 10 May 2010.[6]
On the 26 Octoter 2010, the company was fined £3,500, when the Vosa bus compliance officers noted the early and late running on a number of occasions. A driver was also found to have taken a bus out of service and stopped at his house for lunch, he was sacked the same day. Blue Bus will be appealing the decision of the Traffic Commissioner.[7]
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