Bus service issues
Specific details of bus service issues can be found on the bus service providers' websites or on Traveline:
Current service issues
Updated: 13:00 Wednesday 15 February 2012
General Issues affecting all bus services in Midlothian
None reported today.
Check on the operators' own or the Traveline Scotland websites for the latest information.
Issues affecting specific bus routes:
R1 | R2 | 3/3A | N3 | R3 | 4 | R4 | R5 | 15/15A | 29/X29 | 31 | N31 | X31 |
| No. | Operator | Route Description | Issues |
|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | LCTS |
Dalkeith - Lasswade Rd - TESCO Dalkeith - Bonnyrigg - Carrington - Temple - Gorebridge - Bonnyrigg - TESCO Dalkeith - Lasswade Rd - Dalkeith |
None reported |
| R2 | LCTS | Dalkeith - Newtongrange - Gorebridge - Cockpen - Bonnyrigg - TESCO Dalkeith - Lasswade Rd - Dalkeith | None reported |
| 3 3A |
Lothian | Gorebridge - Newtongrange - Mayfield - Dalkeith - Eskbank - Gilmerton - Cameron Toll - Bridges - Edinburgh City Centre - Haymarket - Gorgie - Sighthill - Clovenstone |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street and Shandwick Place during current tramworks 04/03/2012: Revised timetable to maintain reliability. On Saturday mornings, there is a slight thinning out of the frequency prior to 0900. |
| N3 | Lothian Nightbus |
Edinburgh - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Gilmerton - Eskbank - Dalkeith - Mayfield - Newtongrange - Gorebridge | None reported |
| R3 | LCTS | Dalkeith - Lasswade Rd - Danderhall - Newton Village - Millerhill - Fort Kinnaird - ASDA @ The Jewel | None reported |
| 4 | Lothian | Hillend [for Midlothian Snowsports Centre] - Oxgangs - Haymarket - Edinburgh City Centre - Northfield - ASDA @ The Jewel |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street and Shandwick Place during current tramworks 04/03/2012: Revised Monday to Friday and Saturday timetables to maintain reliability. On Sundays, a revised timetable to provide better coordination with service 44 in the city. |
| R4 | LCTS | Dalkeith - Lasswade - Loanhead - Straiton [Retail Park/Sainsbury's / ASDA] | None reported |
| R5 | LCTS | Carrington - Temple - Gorebridge - Bonnyrigg - Lasswade - Loanhead - Straiton [Retail Park/Sainsbury's/ASDA] | None reported |
| 15 15A |
Lothian | Penicuik Town Centre - Milton Bridge [15A] / Auchendinny [15] - Easter Bush Campus [15A] / Roslin [15] - Damhead - Hillend [for Midlothian Snowsports Centre] - Morningside - Tollcross - Edinburgh City Centre - Portobello - Joppa Beach - Queen Margaret University @ Musselburgh |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks 04/03/2012: There are no changes to journeys within the Midlothian section on the regular timetable. However, a new Holiday Special service will operate on public holidays (except Christmas and New Year) plus days between Christmas and New Year when a Saturday service operates on most routes. On Holiday Special days, morning journeys from the city and late afternoon journeys from Penicuik will run via both Roslin and the Bush to provide a peak-only service via the Bush (when currently no service runs). |
| 29 X29 |
Lothian | Silverknowes [29] / Muirhouse [X29] - Western General Hospital - Edinburgh City Centre - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Gilmerton - Dobbies - TESCO Dalkeith [29] - Newtongrange - Mayfield or Gorebridge |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks 05/03/2012: The Monday to Friday off-peak timetable is revised. Journeys that currently operate to and from Mayfield will be curtailed to terminate at Gilmerton Terminus. Peak-time journeys will continue to serve Mayfield as per the current timetable. |
| 31 | Lothian | East Craigs - Corstorphine - Zoo - Haymarket - Edinburgh City Centre - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Liberton - Lasswade - Bonnyrigg Toll - Polton Mill or Hopefield - Rosewell |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street and Shandwick Place during current tramworks 04/03/2012: A revised timetable will be introduced to maintain reliability. A new earlier Saturday journey will be introduced from Hopefield. |
| N31 | Lothian Nightbus |
Edinburgh - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Liberton - Lasswade - Bonnyrigg - Hopefield [main road] - Rosewell Road - Polton St - Bonnyrigg [then back to city] | None reported |
| X31 | Lothian | Brixwold/Dalhousie Mains [Baird's Way south entrance] - Cockpen Rd - Bonnyrigg - Lasswade - Liberton Hospital then non-stop to Surgeon's Hall (to 02/03/2012) or Salisbury Place (from 05/03/2012) - Bridges - Edinburgh City Centre - Haymarket |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks 05/03/2012: X31 buses from Brixwold will run around Hopefield before heading for the city. Times will be adjusted to better coordinate with service 31 buses. The X31 will call at all stops from Salisbury Place to Haymarket (currently Surgeons' Hall to Haymarket). |
| 33 | Lothian |
NEW SERVICE Baberton - Westburn - Longstone - Balgreen - Haymarket - Princes St - Bridges - Commonwealth Pool - Cameron Toll - ERI - Danderhall - Sheriffhall Park and Ride (peak extensions to Dalkeith - Dalkeith Heights - Dalkeith Campus on Mondays to Fridays) |
05/03/2012: This service will be extended into Midlothian to cover the withdrawal of the 48 and X48 services. 33 journeys will run at comparable times to the 48/X48 buses over the Dalkeith extension, except that they will run Mon-Fri only and not at all on Saturdays. At peak times the 33 will run every 10-12 minutes from Sheriffhall to the city, reducing to every 15 minutes in the off-peak. Coordinated with the 49 that also runs every 15 minutes, this will give a Lothian bus every 7-8 minutes in the off-peak. Late evening and Sunday 33s will turn at Fernieside (just south of the ERI) but service 49 will continue to provide links to Danderhall and Sheriffhall Park and Ride at these times. |
| 37 47 X47 |
Lothian | Penicuik [Deanburn or Ladywood] - Penicuik Town Centre - Bilston - Loanhead [37] or Straiton Park and Ride [47, X47] - Cameron Toll - Bridges - Edinburgh City Centre - Western General Hospital - Silverknowes [37] or Granton [47, X47] |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks 04/03/2012: A revised timetable will be introduced to maintain reliability. On Sundays the hourly 47 (currently running between the city and Straiton Park and Ride) will be extended southwards to Penicuik Ladywood, reinstating the link between Penicuik and the A701 Retail Corridor (ASDA, IKEA, Sainsbury's, Straiton Retail Park). The Sunday extension is introduced on a trial basis - use it or lose it! |
| N37 | Lothian Nightbus |
Silverknowes - Western General Hospital - Edinburgh City Centre - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Straiton - Bilston - Ladywood [from city only] - Penicuik Town Centre - Deanburn | Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks |
| 48 X48 |
Lothian |
WITHDRAWN AFTER SERVICE ON SATURDAY 3 MARCH 2012 Sheriffhall Park and Ride - Danderhall - ERI - Cameron Toll [48] - Bridges - Edinburgh City Centre - Haymarket - Zoo - Corstorphine - Ingliston Park and Ride - Ratho |
14/01/2012: Diverted from Princes Street and Shandwick Place during current tramworks 03/03/2012: Service runs for the last time - it is withdrawn after today. See Service 33 for details of a replacement facility over the Midlothian section of route. |
| 49 | Lothian | Rosewell - Polton Mill - Bonnyrigg - TESCO Dalkeith - Eskbank - Dalkeith - Sheriffhall Park and Ride - Danderhall - ERI - Cameron Toll - Bridges - Edinburgh City Centre - Leith Walk - Lochend - Portobello - ASDA @ The Jewel | 04/03/2012: A revised timetable will be introduced to maintain reliability and to coordinate with service 33 on the section of route from Sheriffhall to the city via the ERI. |
| 51 52 |
Munro's | Edinburgh Bus Station - Bridges - Cameron Toll - ERI [Main Road] - Danderhall - Dalkeith - Whitehill - Edgehead - Pathhead - Lauder - St Boswells - Jedburgh [51] or Kelso [52] | None reported |
| 62 62A |
First | Edinburgh Bus Station - Bridges - Cameron Toll - Straiton - Bilston - Roslin [62A] - Penicuik Town Centre - Leadburn - Peebles - Innerleithen - Galashiels - Tweedbank - Melrose | None reported |
| 67 | Lothian | Bush [Gowkley Moss Rbt] - Easter Bush Campus - Bilston - Straiton Park and Ride - King's Buildings - Bristo - George IV Bridge - Edinburgh St Andrew Square | None reported |
| 86 86A |
First | Charlotte Square - Edinburgh City Centre - Bridges - Cameron Toll - ERI - Danderhall - Dalkeith - Mayfield - Newtongrange - Gorebridge | Diverted from Princes Street to run via George St during current tramworks |
| 92 92A |
First | Woodburn - Dalkeith - Eskbank - TESCO Dalkeith - Bonnyrigg - Cockpen Rd - King's Gate - Newtongrange - Newtonloan Toll - Barleyknowe/Lady Brae/Gorebridge [92 clockwise, 92A anticlockwise] | None reported |
| 95 95A X95 |
First | Edinburgh Bus Station - Bridges - Cameron Toll - ERI [Main Road] - Melville Dykes - Eskbank - Newbattle - Newtongrange - Newtonloan Toll - Dewar Park - Birkenside [A7] - North Middleton [A7] - Galashiels - Selkirk - Hawick - Longtown - Carlisle | None reported |
| 100 101 102 |
MacEwans | Edinburgh Bus Station - Tollcross - Morningside - Hillend [for Midlothian Snowsports Centre] - Boghall Farm - Flotterstone Visitor Centre - Mauricewood/Penicuik Town Centre [101, 102] or Lawhead [100] - Silverburn - Ninemileburn - Carlops - West Linton - Biggar - Abington - Moffat [100, 101] or Thornhill [102] - Dumfries | None reported |
| 110 | First | Dalkeith - Dalkeith Campus - Crossgatehall - Elphinstone - Tranent - Port Seton - Cockenzie | None reported |
| 128 | Eve's | ERI - The Wisp - Fort Kinnaird - Newhailes - Musselburgh - Levenhall - Prestonpans - Haddington | None reported |
| 139 | First | Beeslack High School - Auchendinny - Roslin - Bilston - Loanhead - Straiton or Lasswade/Bonnyrigg/Dalkeith | None reported |
| 141 142 241 |
First | Fort Kinnaird - Stoneybank - Musselburgh inc TESCO - Inveresk - Whitecraig - Dalkeith - Eskbank - Midlothian Community Hospital - Bonnyrigg - Lasswade - Loanhead - Nivensknowe - Bilston [141/241] - Roslin [141] - Penicuik Town Centre [141/241] or Straiton [142] | None reported |
| 199 | MacEwans | Edinburgh Bus Station - Tollcross - Morningside - Hillend [for Midlothian Snowsports Centre] - Boghall Farm - Flotterstone Visitor Centre - Mauricewood - Penicuik Town Centre - Broughton - Moffat - Dumfries | None reported |
| 328 428 |
First | Cousland - Crossgatehall - Dalkeith Campus - Newbattle [428] - Dalkeith - Eskbank - Lasswade Rd - Melville Dykes - Danderhall Edmonstone Rd - ERI - The Wisp - Hilltown - Newton Village - Millerhill - Old Craighall - Musselburgh - Levenhall | None reported |
| 383 | National Express | Edinburgh Bus Station - Dalkeith - Galashiels - Jedburgh - Newcastle - Durham - Darlington - Ripon - Harrogate - Leeds - Bradford - Oldham - Manchester - Manchester Airport - Chester - Wrexham |
05/02/2012 : Short distance journeys of less than 50 kms no longer possible due to deregistration of the service. The coach service will continue to carry passengers travelling further than 50 kms. 27/02/2012 : Introduction of new National Express timetable across the UK. Awaiting final details of successor service for the 383 from National Express.
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| 400 401 |
Horsburgh | ERI - Gilmerton - Hermiston Gait Park and Ride - Ratho [400] - Livingston - St John's Hospital | None reported |
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HcL | Dial-A-Bus service 0131 447 1718 | None reported |
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HcL | Dial-A-Ride service 0131 447 9949 | None reported |
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FM Travel | Ring and Go 01968 677370 | None reported |


