From Sunday 6 April, a service change will take effect across the Lothian network to improve reliability and enhance capacity where required.
There will also be a revision of our East Coast Buses network in response to growing customer demand across East Lothian. Following the award and acceptance from East Lothian Council for three tender services, East Coast Buses will now operate supported Services 120, 121 and 123. Formerly operated by Eve Coaches, these supported services will now be provided by East Coast Buses with revised routes and timetables in place to improve connectivity with the wider East Coast Buses network.
Please note there are no changes to our Lothian Country network at this time.
Following a review, we’ve taken the decision to revise our two Skylink services which are now provided as part of our regular city offering, providing easier, faster and more cost-effective connections for those travelling between Edinburgh Airport and the city suburbs. Skylink 200 will become Service 17 and Skylink 400 will become Service 18, with regular city fares applying on these routes for those travelling to the airport.
Timetables
A summary of the service change can be found below, including links to timetable PDFs where applicable.
Service 1
Revised timetable.
Service 2
Revised timetable.
Service 3
Revised timetable.
Service 4
Revised timetable.
Service 5
Improved timetable. Sunday frequency will be increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes.
Service 7
Revised timetable.
Service 8
Improved timetable. Evening frequency will be increased from every 40 minutes to every 30 minutes.
Service 9
Improved timetable. Evening frequency will be increased from every 40 minutes to every 30 minutes.
Service 10
Revised timetable.
Service 11
Revised timetable.
Service 12
Revised timetable. Journeys to Holy Rood RC High School, to and from Leith, will be withdrawn from the end of the school term in June.
These journeys, provided on a commercial basis, are no longer financially viable following changes introduced through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme.
Service 14
Revised timetable.
Service 15
Revised timetable.
Service 16
Revised timetable.
Service 17
Revised service and timetable. Formerly the Skylink 200, this service will now join the ‘city’ network to reflect the core journeys being made, with the ‘city’ fare now additionally valid to/from the airport on this service. The Nightbus N200 journey will now become a regular Service 17 journey.
Service 18
Revised service and timetable. Formerly operating as Skylink 400, this service will now be part of the ‘city’ network to reflect the core journeys being made, with the ‘city’ fare now additionally valid to/from the airport on this service.
The NIghtbus N400 journey will now become a regular Service 18 journey and will begin from Fairmilehead instead of Hyvots Bank.
There will be revised early morning and late evening journeys on all days, with the Saturday daytime frequency reduced from every 30 minutes to every 40 minutes, reflecting customer demand.
Service 19
Revised timetable.
Service 20
Revised timetable.
Service 21
Revised timetable.
Service 22/22A
Revised timetable.
Service 23
Revised timetable.
Service 24
Revised timetable.
Service 25
Revised route and timetable. This service will operate via Marionville Road due to ongoing accessibility issues on Lochend Drive.
Service 26
Revised route and timetable. This service will operate between Clerwood and Seton Sands, with the existing section between Prestonpans and Tranent withdrawn and partially replaced by the new East Coast Buses Service X4.
Service X26
Revised timetable.
Service 27
Revised timetable.
Service 29
Revised timetable.
Service X29
Revised timetable.
Service 30
Revised timetable.
Service 31
Revised timetable. Improvements will include a later journey to Polton Mill on Sundays.
Service 32
Revised timetable.
Service 33
Revised timetable.
Service 34
Revised route and timetable. On Saturdays and Sundays only, Service 34 will no longer serve Heriot Watt Research Park and will instead operate via The Avenue and Riccarton Mains Road.
This route change will improve reliability and reflects the lower weekend customer demand at the Research Park.
Service 35
Revised route and timetable. On Saturdays and Sundays only, Service 35 will no longer serve Heriot Watt Research Park and will instead operate via The Avenue and Riccarton Mains Road.
This route change will improve reliability and reflects the lower weekend customer demand at the Research Park.
Service 36
Revised timetable.
Service 37
Revised timetable.
Service X37
Revised timetable.
Service 38
No changes.
Service 44
Revised timetable.
Service X44
Service withdrawn. Links for Windygoul, Tranent and Wallyford will be partially replaced by new East Coast Buses Service X4.
Service 45
Revised timetable.
Service 46
Revised timetable. Monday to Saturday evening service will now operate full route, instead of operating only between Dalkeith and Rosewell, improving connectivity for Rosewell and Bonnyrigg.
Service 47/47B
Revised timetable.
Service X47
Revised timetable.
Service 48
Revised timetable. Monday to Saturday late evening timetable will be revised between Dalkeith and Gorebridge, associated with changes to Service 46.
Service 49
Revised timetable.
Service 200
Service withdrawn. Please see Service 17.
Service 400
Service withdrawn. Please see Service 18.
Service X4
NEW SERVICE. The Service X4 will operate between Haymarket and Tranent (Windygoul) via A1, Wallyford, Prestonpans and Blindwells. The service will operate Monday to Saturday daytime every 30 minutes, with an hourly service in the evenings and on Sundays.
Service X5
Revised timetable.
Service X6
Revised route and timetable. The Service X6 will operate Monday to Friday peak time only between the Western General Hospital and Haddington via Fort Kinnaird, Wallyford (Masons Way) and Tranent.
Service 106 will continue to provide local links from Tranent to Haddington with additional journeys introduced and more ‘fast’ X7 buses provided for Haddington.
Service X7
Improved timetable. More ‘fast’ buses for Haddington, East Linton and Dunbar with Monday to Saturday daytime frequency increased from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes.
Service 106
Revised route and timetable. To maintain timetable reliability, this service will no longer operate via Wallyford Loan and will instead serve Haddington Road. Service 106 will also not serve Queen Margaret University turning circle, and will serve new stops being added to the main road.
Additional journeys will be introduced to partially replace the Service X6 between Tranent and Haddington, with later evening journeys between Musselburgh and Haddington.
Service 107
Revised timetable.
Service 113
Revised route and timetable. To maintain timetable reliability, this service will no longer operate to the Western General Hospital and will instead terminate at Haymarket.
The Service X6 will continue to provide a Monday to Friday peak time link between East Lothian and the Western General Hospital with connections for East Coast Buses services also available at Abbeyhill (Service 19) or West End (Services 19, 22, 37). The Sunday daytime frequency will be increased from hourly to every 30 minutes.
Revised terminus in Dunbar. Service 120 will start at Yosemite Park and operate to Spott Road via Brodie Road.
In North Berwick town centre, buses will revert to operate via Westend Place.
Improved timetable. Service 120 will be increased to operate every hour Monday to Saturday, and every 2 hours on a Sunday.
Revised route. In North Berwick, Service 121 will no longer serve the Seabird Centre and Dundas Street. Instead, it will start from Church Road and operate along Station Road and Clifford Road. Service 121 will additionally serve Grange Road and Pilgrims Way.
In Haddington, Davidson Terrace and Hospital Road will no longer be served. Buses will now operate via Haldane Avenue and the B6471 to provide local links to Haddington Retail Park before terminating in the town centre. New bus stops will be installed on Haldane Avenue to provide access to East Lothian Community Hospital.
Revised timetable. Service 121 will be increased to operate every 90 minutes Monday to Saturday, and every 2 hours on a Sunday.
Revised route. In Haddington, Wellside and Long Cram will no longer be served, with buses remaining on the A6093.
Both short loops (Bolton and Gifford) and long loops (Pencaitland, Glenkinchie and Gifford) will operate anticlockwise, apart from the 07:30 journey that will operate clockwise to cater for Knox Academy pupils.
Revised timetable. Service 123 will operate a short loop every 90 minutes followed by a long loop every 90 minutes. A Sunday service will be introduced with buses operating a short loop every 2 hours.
Service 124
Revised timetable.
Service 128 (school service)
Revised route and timetable. This service will now serve Blindwells South to continue to provide journeys for Preston Lodge pupils travelling from Blindwells (previously provided by Service 26).
Service 139
Revised timetable.
Service 140/141
Revised timetable.
Service N3
No change.
Service N11
No change.
Service N14
No change.
Service N16
No change.
Service N18
No change.
Service N22
No change.
Service N25
No change.
Service N26
No change.
Service N28
No change.
Service N30
No change.
Service N31
No change.
Service N35
No change.
Service N37
Revised timetable. Saturday and Sunday morning frequency will be reduced from every 30 minutes to every 60 minutes, reflecting customer demand.
Service N43
No change.
Service N44
No change.
Service N107
No change.
Service N113
No change.
Service N124
No change.
Network Maps
Revised network maps showing the changes to services which take effect from Sunday 6 April can be viewed below.
Fares Review
From Sunday 6 April, fares across Lothian’s group of companies – Lothian, Lothian Country, and East Coast Buses – will be revised for the first time in two years.
For full details of the fares review, please visit Fares revision on Lothian network.
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