Changes to Lothian Buses

Minor timetable changes:

7, 8, 33, 38

Major route and timetable changes:

21 - Revised timetable. Sunday daytime frequency reduced to every 30 minutes with all buses running to and from Clovenstone (no Gyle Centre journeys).

24 - Revised timetable. Monday to Friday additional morning journey to Royal Infirmary for 9am arrivals.

46 - New service introduced operating between Musselburgh and Rosewell via Stoneybank, Fort Kinnaird, Royal Infirmary, Dalkeith and Bonnyrigg, replacing service 49 between the Royal Infirmary and Rosewell.  

Service 46 will operate every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday daytime. This will coordinate with revised service 48, providing a bus every 15 minutes between Musselburgh, QMU, Royal Infirmary and Dalkeith.

On Sunday, it will operate every 60 minutes between the Royal Infirmary and Rosewell and on late evenings, it will operate every 60 minutes between Rosewell and Dalkeith, where a connection can be made to service 48, at Buccleuch Street.

48 - Revised route and timetable.  Extended from Fort Kinnaird to Musselburgh Grammar School via Newcraighall and Stoneybank. Coordinated with revised service 46, there will be a bus every 15 minutes between Musselburgh, QMU, Royal Infirmary and Dalkeith Monday to Saturday daytime.

49 - Revised route. Buses will operate between Fort Kinnaird and the Royal Infirmary only. The section between Royal Infirmary and Rosewell will be replaced by new service 46, following the same route as current service 49 between Rosewell, Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith and the Royal Infirmary.

400 - Revised timetable. Sunday daytime frequency reduced to every 40 minutes to improve reliability.

N11 - Revised Route. Due to extremely low customer demand overnight, the service is withdrawn from Royal Infirmary and will run City Centre to Hyvots Bank only.

N14 - Revised Route. Due to extremely low customer demand overnight, the service is withdrawn from Royal Infirmary and will run Muirhouse to Surgeons’ Hall only.

A large number of Lothian Buses travel through the Central Area, many will have minor timetables changes or be linked to the major route changes travelling to our other campuses. 

Please check the other campuses listed here or visit the Lothian Buses website for more details. 

Minor timetable changes:

15 - During the quieter summer period the 08:27 arrival has been temporarily removed.

141 - very minor change to timings.

Major route and timetable changes:

47/47B - The section of this route north of the city centre is changing to provide the route currently provided by Service 41 (Cammo - Cramond - Davidsons Mains - Blackhall - Lothian Road then onwards as normal). Bus users living on the existing 47/47B route will be able to use the altered Service 22 which will replace the section of Service 47/47B between Granton Harbour and the city centre, and then switch to 47B. The number of services arriving on campus between 8-9am will increase from 2 to 3.

King's Buildings is served by a number of public bus services. Service 12, 24 and 38 operate along the boundary of the campus on West Mains Road and Mayfield Road, and Services 3, 7, 8, 29, 31, 37, 47, N31, N37 and X62 are a 5-10 minute walk from campus at Cameron Toll. 

Minor timetable changes:

24, 38

Major route and timetable changes:

41 - Service withdrawn and partly replaced by the new Service 9 and a revised route for Service 47/47B.

9 - New service connecting Muirhouse, Wardie, Canonmills, Bellevue, Surgeons Hall, Potterrow, and then following the route of the withdrawn service 41 to KB. The section north of Surgeons Halls shares the route with the existing Service 8.

Service 8 operates through Cameron Toll, and passenger data indicates that the section between Cameron Toll and Bellevue/Canonmills has been popular with the under 22 market, indicating a concentration of student residencies in this area.

The introduction of Service 9 to replace Service 41 will seek to support this growing demand as well as continuing to support growth in passenger demand on the route through the Southside, Marchmont and the Grange.

Service 9 will have the same 20 minute Monday-Friday and Saturday frequency to KB as the withdrawn Service 41, and a 30 minute frequency on Sundays.

47/47B - The section of this route north of the city centre is changing to provide the route currently provided by Service 41. For staff or student bus users residing in this part of the city, access to KB will either mean using Service 47/47B to Cameron Toll and walking 5-10 minutes to the campus OR switching to Service 24 at the West End or Service 9 at Potterrow.

Minor timetable changes:

24, 29/X29, 37/X37, 38, N37, 113

Major route and timetable changes:

19 - Revised route and timetable. Daytime and early evening buses extended from King’s Road to Portobello and Eastfield.

22 - Revised route and timetable. Service 22 will be extended from the West End to Granton Harbour. From Lothian Road, it will operate via Queensferry Street, and will follow the current service 47 route to Granton Harbour via Western General, Crewe Toll and Waterfront Avenue creating new links from the west to the north of the city.

47/B - Revised route and timetable. Service 47/47B will operate between Cammo and Penicuik Ladywood and no longer serve the Western General. Customers from the Penicuik and Liberton areas continue to have direct connections with services 37 and X37.