Ferrytoll to Edinburgh Park with AB1

As of Friday 14th February 2025, our autonomous bus trial, and the AB1 service has come to an end. 

 

AB1 ran from May 2023 and was the first registered autonomous bus service in the UK. 

 

It ran using a fleet of five autonomous buses operating over the Forth Road Bridge connecting Fife with the west of Edinburgh. 

 

The project, named CAVForth was a joint venture between Fusion Processing Ltd, Stagecoach, Alexander Dennis, Transport Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University and Bristol Robotics Lab and was part funded by the UK Government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, with the project's ambitious aim to demonstrate autonomous technology in a real-world environment.