{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/worlds-first-autonomous-full-sized-bus-service-coming-to-edinburgh-this-spring-will-be-expanded/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"No Frills News"}},"contentfulNfnPost":{"postTitle":"World’s First Autonomous Full-Sized Bus Service, Coming to Edinburgh This Spring, Will Be Expanded","slug":"worlds-first-autonomous-full-sized-bus-service-coming-to-edinburgh-this-spring-will-be-expanded","createdLocal":"2023-02-07 14:31:08.620759","publishDate":"None","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","sourceUrl":{"sourceUrl":"https://edinburghguide.com/news/21082-worlds-first-autonomous-full-sized-bus-service-coming-to-edinburgh-this-spring-will-be-expanded"},"postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"<p>Edinburgh bus passengers will be boarding the world’s first fully sized, self-driving bus from Spring of this year, with plans just announced to add an electric bus on a longer, more complex route as part of the project’s second phase.\nCAVForth is an autonomous bus service starting this Spring, initially on a 14-mile route from Edinburgh Park transport hub, across the Forth bridge, to Ferrytoll Park &#x26; Ride in Fife.\nUnder the £10.4 million expanded project, CAVForth2, the Edinburgh to Fife automated bus route will have an additional five-mile section added, to Dunfermline city centre.\nAB1 makes test voyage with volunteer passengersLast month (20th January), 22 volunteer bus riders completed a test run on Stagecoach's first autonomous bus AB1.\nIt's expected that the buses will be used by both commuters and people looking to experience the pioneering automated service.</p>"}}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"worlds-first-autonomous-full-sized-bus-service-coming-to-edinburgh-this-spring-will-be-expanded"}}}