All change at Lothian Buses - including new airport link
The 200 service will connect Ocean Terminal with Edinburgh Airport.
Lothian Buses is announcing a big shake-up of its timetable and the creation of 55 jobs as it sees demand for its services increase.
Bosses are looking for 45 new drivers and 10 apprentice engineers.
They are needed to work on a new airport link covering the north of the city as a well as other timetable changes coming in next month.
Richard Hall, Managing Director at Lothian Buses, said: “We are delighted to be able to expand on our smart, efficient network to provide more vital links for our customers across the city and beyond.
Main service changes:
Service 200: A brand new service will be introduced and every 30mins, every day of the week from 4am until midnight. Route: Ocean Terminal – Newhaven – Granton – Muirhouse – Drylaw – Blackhall – Clermiston – Drum Brae – Gogarburn – Airport.
Service 3: This service will be re-routed to serve Bonnyrigg Road and the A7 in both directions to give better coverage of Eskbank. Two buses per hour during the day on Mondays to Fridays will be re-routed to serve Dalkeith Campus instead of Mayfield, to partly replace the 49. Mayfield will instead benefit from the 33 being re-routed around the Mayfield loop.
Service 15/X15: This service will now operate between Penicuik and Lochend providing more direct journeys from Lochend to the City Centre.
Service 18: The current service will be extended from the RIE to Fort Kinnaird via the bus-only link road through Greendykes. Daytime frequency doubled to every 30mins on all days of the week.
Service 21: This service will now use the bus only link from RIE through Greendykes to create quicker links and a better frequency for customers.
Service 36: This service will be extended from Glenlockhart to The Gyle Centre via Longstone, Sighthill, Hermiston Gait and Edinburgh Park. This will provide new direct links from Bruntsfield, Morningside and Longstone to the Gyle area, as well as providing direct links between Napier’s campuses at Sighthill, Glenlockhart and Merchiston.
Services 10, 23, 27: Sunday daytime frequency increased to every 20mins (up from every 30mins).
Services 24 & 29: Saturday daytime frequency increased to every 20mins.