Lothiancountry, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lothian, have today announced a further expansion of bus services in West Lothian from the start of December.
Service X18 will run from Armadale to Edinburgh operating via Bathville Cross, Armadale Cross, Armadale East, Bathgate Town Centre, Wester Inch Village, Boghall, Dechmont, Uphall, Broxburn, Ratho Station, Maybury, Corstorphine, Haymarket and Princes Street. The service, which will commence on 2 December, will run up to every 30 minutes during the day and hourly in the late evenings, 7 days a week.
The N28 night bus service will be introduced on 1 December, operating hourly on Saturday & Sunday mornings from 0025 – 0325 from Leith Street (Omni Centre). The service will operate through to Princes St, The Exchange, Fountainpark, Sighthill, Wilkieston, East Calder (Langton Rd), Mid Calder (Ochiltree), Dedridge East, Livingston Bus Terminal, Craigshill, Ladywell, Deans North, Deans South.
Return buses back to Edinburgh will operate directly from Deans South via Carmondean, Eliburn, Alderstone Road and Livingston Bus Terminal before returning to the outward route back to Leith Street. Fares will be set at £3.00 within the countryWEST zone, £5 to the CityWEST zone and £6 throughout lothianWEST area.
This third stage of the operation’s West Lothian expansion will introduce Lothiancountry services to a new part of Armadale and in response to customer feedback, provide direct links to Edinburgh City Centre for residents of Bathgate, Uphall and Broxburn.
Nigel Serafini, Commercial Director for the Lothian group said:
We are delighted to be able to introduce these additional services including the expansion of our Nightbus network within our Lothiancountry operations. Levels of customer feedback and interaction have been huge, allowing us to continue the development of our service and ticketing offering. We listened to customer feedback and recently introduced our 5 day m-ticket bundles which are valid for up to 180 days giving customers great value and flexibility.