Service Change – 13 September 2020Reinstatement of Nightbuses and increased service frequency

Lothian is pleased to announce that a further service change will be introduced to the network from Sunday 13 September, which will see the reinstatement of Nightbuses and increased frequency across a number of services.

Since lockdown was first imposed back in March as a result of the Covid-19 crisis, teams across Lothian have continued to analyse travel patterns and customer feedback to ensure the business is meeting the needs of as many passengers as possible.

With the reopening of the hospitality sector, it is hoped the reinstatement of Nightbus services will help support those employed in bars and restaurants across the capital and the Lothians. As students return to their studies later this month, a change to services calling at college and university campuses will also be welcome news.

    • Service 15: Introduced between the City Centre and Pentland Science Park for Easter Bush Campus
    • Service 25: More buses in the evenings and on Saturdays & Sundays for Heriot Watt University
    • Service X29: Will serve Edinburgh College Granton Campus.
    • Service 30/N30: More evening buses for Queen Margaret’s Musselburgh Campus
    • Service 34: More buses on Mondays to Fridays
    • Service 35: More buses on Mondays to Fridays. The route is altered to serve Heriot Watt University Research Park in both directions as per Service 34.
    • Service 38: Minor timetable change on Monday to Friday morning peak to increase capacity for Edinburgh University and The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
    • Service 45: Will be reinstated during the day on Mondays to Fridays, serving Heriot Watt and Queen Margaret Campuses
    • Service 47: Some morning and afternoon journeys will serve Easter Bush Campus as Service 47B.

Across the network, many services will operate to revised timetables with improvements to evening and weekend frequencies, in addition to minor changes which will increase reliability.

 

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Service change update

The full list of changes which will come into effect on Sunday 13 September can be found below. Timetable information is also available here.

 

Lothian Buses

Service 1

Minor timetable changes with improvements to the evening and Sunday service.

Service 2

Early morning and late evening timetable improved. Saturday frequency increased to every 20 minutes.

Service 3

Revised timetable. Frequency increased to every 10 minutes on Saturday, and to every 20 minutes on Sunday during the day.

Nightbus N3 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 4

Revised timetable with improvements to the evening service.

Service 5

Revised timetable with improvements to the evening service. Saturday frequency increased to every 15 minutes.

Service 7

Revised timetable. Early morning and late evening timetable improved. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes.

Service 8

Minor timetable changes to improve reliability.

Service 10

Revised timetable with Monday-Friday frequency increased to every 12 minutes during the day. Improved late evening service on all days.

Service 11

Revised timetable. Evening frequency on Monday-Saturday increased to every 20 minutes. Sunday daytime frequency also increased to every 20 minutes, but remains every 30 minutes in the evening.

Nightbus N11 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 12

Minor timetable changes with later evening journeys introduced.

Service 14

Revised timetable. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes.

Service 15

Reintroduced between the City Centre (Waterloo Place) and Pentland Science Park during the day on Mondays to Saturdays.  The frequency will be every 30 minutes on Mondays to Fridays and hourly on Saturdays.

Service 16

Revised timetable. Evening frequency on Monday-Saturday increased to every 20 minutes. Sunday daytime frequency also increased to every 20 minutes, but remains every 30 minutes in the evening.

Nightbus N16 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 19

Revised timetable. Daytime frequency increased to every 15 minutes Monday to Friday and every 20 minutes on Saturdays.

Service 21

Revised timetable. Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 15 minutes and every 20 minutes on Sunday.

Service 22

Revised timetable. Monday-Friday daytime frequency increased to every 10 minutes, every 12 minutes on Saturday and every 20 minutes on Sunday during the day. Monday-Saturday evening frequency increased to every 20 minutes.

Nightbus N22 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 23

Revised timetable with Monday-Friday frequency increased to every 12 minutes during the day. Improved late evening service on all days.

Service 24

Minor timetable changes with additional late evening journeys.

Service 25

Revised timetable. Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 10 minutes, and to every 20 minutes on Sundays during the day. Evening service improved on all days.

Nightbus N25 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 26

Revised timetable. Frequency increased to every 10 minutes on Monday to Saturday, and every 15 minutes on Sunday. Evening frequency increased to every 15 minutes.

Nightbus N26 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service X26

Minor timetable changes.

Service 27

Revised timetable with Monday-Friday frequency increased to every 12 minutes during the day. Improved late evening service on all days.

Service 29

Minor timetable changes with improvements to the evening service.

Service X29

Minor timetable changes. In Edinburgh buses will start and terminate at Muirhouse instead of Crewe Toll to serve Edinburgh College Granton Campus.

Service 30

Minor timetable changes with improvements to evening service.

Nightbus N30 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service 31

Revised timetable on all days of the week.  Frequency increased to every 10 minutes Monday to Saturday. Improved evening service.

Nightbus N31 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service X31

Revised timetable.

Service 33

Minor timetable changes on all days with Improvements to evening service.

Service X33

Revised timetable.

Service 34

Revised timetable. Monday-Friday daytime frequency increased to every 15 minutes. Improvements to evening service on all days.

Service 35

Revised route and timetable. Service 35 will serve Heriot Watt University Research Park in both directions as per Service 34.

Monday-Friday daytime frequency increased to every 15 minutes. Improvements to evening service on all days.

Service 36

No change.

Service 37

Revised timetable. On Mondays to Fridays additional journeys will serve Easter Bush in the early morning and evenings. Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20 minutes.

Nightbus N37 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service X37

Revised timetable. In Edinburgh, buses will start and terminate at Granton Harbour instead of Crewe Toll to serve Edinburgh College Granton Campus.

Service 38

Minor timetable change on Monday to Friday morning peak to increase capacity for Edinburgh University and The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Service 41

Minor timetable changes with improvements to the evening service.

Service 42

Minor timetable changes.

Service 44

Minor timetable changes with improvements to the evening service.

Nightbus N44 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

Service X44

Revised timetable.

Service 45

Service reintroduced on Monday to Friday daytime, every 30 minutes.

Revised route – Service 45 will no longer serve Hermiston Park&Ride and Heriot Watt Research Park but will instead access Heriot Watt Campus direct via The Avenue.

Service 47

Revised Monday to Friday timetable. Some morning and afternoon journeys will serve Easter Bush Campus as Service 47B.

Service 48

Minor timetable changes with improvements to the evening service on all days of the week.

Service 49

Revised timetable with improvements to the evening service.

 

Airport Services

Airlink 100

Revised timetable and Night Service reintroduced. Airlink will operate every 12 minutes 04:00 to 01:00 and every 30 minutes between 01:00 and 03:30.

Skylink 200

Revised timetable. Sunday frequency increased to every 30 minutes.

Skylink 300

No change.

Skylink 400

Minor timetable changes to improve reliability.

 

EastCoastbuses

EastCoastbuses X5

No change

EastCoastbuses X7

Revised Monday to Friday peak timetable with enhanced frequency – up to every 20-mins.

EastCoastbuses 104

Minor timetable changes on Monday-Saturday with more buses serving Haddington, Amisfield Park in the afternoon.

EastCoastbuses 106

Minor changes to the early morning and early evening timetable on Mondays to Fridays.

EastCoastbuses 113

Minor changes to the evening timetable.

Nighthawk N113 reintroduced – see Nightbus section below.

EastCoastbuses 124

Minor timetable changes on all days.

EastCoastbuses 139

No change.

EastCoastbuses 140

Revised timetable with improvements to Monday-Saturday early morning and early evening service.  Sunday timetable will start 1hr earlier and operate 1hr later in the evening.

EastCoastbuses 125-6-7

Morning journeys moved 3 minutes earlier to improve arrival times at North Berwick High School.

 

Lothiancountry

Lothiancountry 43
Revised timetable with improved frequency at peak times on Mondays to Fridays.

Lothiancountry X17
This service is re-numbered 276 – see below.

Lothiancountry X18

Revised timetable with improved mid-evening timetable to and from Edinburgh.  First early morning journey to Whitburn extended from Broxburn to start in Edinburgh city centre.

Lothiancountry X27

Minor timetable changes.  Later evening bus from Whitburn to Livingston on Mondays to Saturdays.  Last Sunday evening bus from Edinburgh will extend to Whitburn.

Lothiancountry X28

Minor timetable changes on all days.  Last evening bus from Edinburgh will extend from Deans North to Bathgate.

Lothiancountry 275

Revised route and timetable.  Buses will now serve Bathgate Morrisons in both directions.  On journeys to Bathgate Rail Station, the route is altered to operate via Menzies Road and South Bridge Street instead of Whitburn Road.  Later evening journeys introduced between Livingston and Broxburn.

Lothiancountry 276

Previously service X17, now renumbered to service 276 operating between Loganlea, Livingston and Broxburn. Revised timetable with a later journey in each direction.

Lothiancountry 280

Revised timetable, daytime frequency remains every 30-mins.  The Sunday late evening timetable is improved with later journeys to match the Monday to Saturday timetable.

Lothiancountry 281

New service. Operates on a 30 min frequency Monday-Saturday between Livingston and Fauldhouse via Bathgate, Birniehill, and Whitburn.  The route between Livingston and Bathgate is the same as the 280, so the daytime frequency on this section increases to every 15-mins.  Between Bathgate and Fauldhouse, the service will operate via Morrisons, Birniehill, M8 Distribution Park, East Whitburn, Whitburn and Longridge.

Lothiancountry N28

Service re-introduced on all days of the week with 1-journey per night from Edinburgh to Bathgate.  The route is altered and will now follow the daytime equivalent of the X28, serving Kirknewton, St John’s Hospital and Knightsridge, and will extend to Bathgate.  Within the City, all bus stops along the route will be served.

Lothiancountry N43

Service re-introduced on all days of the week with 1-journey per night from Edinburgh to Queensferry.

 

Night Services (from 14th September)

Nightbus N3

Service reintroduced between Haymarket and Gorebridge via Gilmerton, Dalkeith and Mayfield. It will operate hourly all week.

Nightbus N11

Service partly reintroduced between City Centre and Hyvots Bank via Morningside, every hour.

Nightbus N16

Service reintroduced between Silverknowes and Torphin via Leith, City Centre and Morningside. Buses will operate every 30 minutes between Silverknowes and City Centre, and every hour between City Centre and Torphin.

Combined services N11 and N16 provide a bus every 30 minutes between Morningside, the City Centre and the top of Leith Walk.

Nightbus N22

Service partly reintroduced between City Centre and Edinburgh Park via Stenhouse and Broomhouse, every hour. The section in Leith is replaced by service N16 running every 30 minutes.

Nightbus N25

Service reintroduced between Leith Street and Heriot Watt University via Gorgie and Sighthill. It will operate hourly all week.

Nightbus N26

Service reintroduced between Clerwood and Seton Sands via City Centre, Portobello and Musselburgh. It will operate hourly all week.

Lothiancountry Nightbus N28

Service reintroduced between Edinburgh and Bathgate via Kirknewton, East Calder, Mid Calder and Livingston. It will operate one journey per night.

Nightbus N30

Service reintroduced between Clovenstone and Musselburgh via City Centre, Craigmillar and Queen Margaret University. It will operate every hour.

Nightbus N31

Service reintroduced between Haymarket and Bonnyrigg via Liberton. Two journeys per night will operate.

Nightbus N37

Service reintroduced between Silverknowes and Penicuik via City Centre, Liberton, Kaimes, Loanhead. It will operate hourly all week.

Lothiancountry Nightbus N43

Service reintroduced between City Centre and Queensferry via Craigleith and Barnton. It will operate one journey per night.

Nightbus N44

Service reintroduced between City Centre and Balerno via Slateford and Currie. Two journeys per night will operate.

Airlink 100

Night Service reintroduced running every 30 minutes between 01:00 and 03:30.

EastCoastbuses Nighthawk N113

Service reintroduced between Haymarket and Ormiston via Brunstane, Musselburgh, Wallyford and Tranent. One journey per night will operate.