Edinburgh bus routes

77 bus routes run in Edinburgh according to the official schedule from Lothian Buses. Together they make over 2700 trips in each direction on a weekday. The longest ride is route 44 (Cowpits Road — Cockburn Crescent, about 118 minutes); the most frequent is route 100, with about 143 trips a day. The table below lists terminuses, service hours, travel time and the number of trips for every route.

Every route in one table

Route	Corridor	Service hours	Travel time	Trips (weekday / weekend)
1	Seafield Street — Clermiston Crescent	04:55 — 23:30	71 min	69 / 45
N1	Leith Street — Clerwood Park	01:00 — 01:00	39 min	1 / 3
2	Asda The Jewel — Hermiston Gait Retail Park	04:52 — 22:48	71 min	49 / 29
3	Cook Crescent — Clovenstone Drive	04:50 — 23:38	106 min	80 / 51
N3	Terminus — West Maitland Street	01:12 — 04:12	49 min	4 / 5
4	Queen Margaret University — Snowsports Centre	04:54 — 23:10	80 min	51 / 37
X4	Somers Park — Atholl Crescent	04:44 — 23:00	58 min	35 / 24
5	Asda The Jewel — Hunter’s Tryst	04:47 — 23:06	70 min	61 / 40
6	Asda The Jewel — St Andrew Street	— — —	—	0 / —
7	Craighall Road — Royal Infirmary	04:25 — 23:23	70 min	58 / 27
8	Waterfront Gait — Royal Infirmary	04:58 — 23:57	60 min	51 / 35
9	Waterfront Gait — Kings Buildings	06:46 — 23:35	54 min	51 / 30
10	Bonaly Terminus — Ocean Terminal	06:09 — 23:56	60 min	54 / 33
11	Western Harbour Park — Hyvots Bank Terminus	05:19 — 23:23	73 min	82 / 60
N11	Elm Row — Hyvots Bank Terminus	00:54 — 23:54	33 min	4 / 4
12	Marine Garage — Gyle Centre	06:21 — 21:52	89 min	31 / 14
X12	Murrayfield Road — Ingliston Park & Ride	— — —	—	0 / —
13	Craigleith Retail Park — Lochend Avenue	06:35 — 18:33	57 min	12 / —
14	Craigroyston Community High School — Greendykes Terminus	00:00 — 23:24	68 min	58 / 51
N14	Waterfront Gait — Surgeons’ Hall	00:43 — 03:43	25 min	4 / 4
15	Marine Garage — Gowkley Moss	05:59 — 18:45	67 min	18 / —
16	Silverknowes Terminus — Torphin Terminus	04:04 — 23:58	89 min	88 / 67
N16	Silverknowes Terminus — Torphin Terminus	00:13 — 03:34	53 min	8 / 8
17	Shrubhill — Terminal	02:57 — 23:13	49 min	39 / 39
18	Fort Kinnaird West — Terminal	03:08 — 23:50	86 min	38 / 28
19	Joppa Pans layby — Granton Square	05:13 — 23:26	63 min	63 / 45
X19	St Andrew’s House — Bus Terminal	06:30 — 23:10	54 min	21 / 16
20	Corn Exchange — Calder Crescent	09:55 — 14:31	27 min	6 / —
21	Royal Infirmary — Gyle Centre	04:46 — 23:50	98 min	71 / 41
22	Granton Harbour — Gyle Centre	05:42 — 23:14	61 min	35 / 28
22A	Lothian Road — Gyle Centre	04:40 — 05:40	25 min	2 / 2
23	Lennox Row — Greenbank Terminus	00:11 — 23:41	53 min	64 / 44
24	Waterfront Broadway — Royal Infirmary	05:26 — 23:22	72 min	61 / 32
25	Restalrig Avenue — Heriot Watt Campus	04:00 — 23:19	72 min	89 / 63
N25	Duke Street — Heriot Watt Campus	00:07 — 03:37	34 min	9 / 9
26	Road End — Clerwood Terminus	00:05 — 23:55	101 min	105 / 77
N26	Road End — West Maitland Street	00:45 — 04:10	44 min	5 / 7
27	Silverknowes Terminus — Hunter’s Tryst	00:11 — 23:41	67 min	70 / 49
28	Mansfield Place — Gilmerton Station Road	— — —	—	0 / —
29	Silverknowes Golf Course — Terminus	04:12 — 23:35	94 min	53 / 39
30	Queen Margaret University — Clovenstone Drive	04:32 — 23:24	81 min	95 / 75
N30	Bridge Street — Westside Plaza	00:40 — 03:39	51 min	6 / 6
31	Terminus — East Craigs Centre	00:16 — 23:58	92 min	79 / 51
N31	Burnbrae Avenue — West Maitland Street	01:03 — 01:03	28 min	1 / 3
32	Waterfront Broadway — Cockburn Crescent	06:05 — 21:41	52 min	17 / —
33	Wester Millerhill — Westburn Grove	04:45 — 23:12	89 min	49 / 35
X33	Semple Street — Retail Park	16:26 — 17:41	98 min	3 / —
34	Ocean Terminal — The Avenue	04:49 — 23:19	78 min	59 / 36
35	Ocean Terminal — The Avenue	05:08 — 23:38	78 min	59 / 42
N35	Ocean Terminal — Heriot Watt Campus	00:00 — 01:02	48 min	2 / 2
36	Ocean Terminal — Gyle Centre	05:08 — 22:20	90 min	41 / 26
37	Silverknowes Terminus — Terminus	04:12 — 23:35	103 min	68 / 52
N37	Terminus — Silverknowes Neuk	00:31 — 04:08	50 min	5 / 5
38	Waterfront Broadway — Royal Infirmary	05:17 — 21:25	72 min	42 / 18
39	Schools Campus — Cameron Crescent	06:45 — 18:45	43 min	13 / —
43	St Andrew’s House — Scotstoun Terminus	06:12 — 23:30	59 min	49 / 40
N43	Leith Street — Royston Roundabout	00:30 — 00:30	73 min	1 / 2
44	Cowpits Road — Cockburn Crescent	04:24 — 23:06	118 min	87 / 53
N44	Leith Street — Cockburn Crescent	00:30 — 01:35	34 min	2 / 3
45	Joppa Pans — Heriot Watt Campus	05:54 — 18:38	79 min	26 / 10
47	Cammo Terminus — Wyvis Park	00:03 — 23:33	102 min	46 / 36
47B	Cammo Terminus — Wyvis Park	05:14 — 08:06	103 min	10 / —
X47	East Craigs Centre — Frederick Street	07:15 — 07:31	39 min	2 / —
49	Fort Kinnaird — Royal Infirmary	04:49 — 23:50	77 min	55 / 39
60	Torphichen Street — Holyrood Gait	09:10 — 17:10	20 min	9 / —
68	Gyle Centre — Gyle Centre	09:01 — 15:30	65 min	7 / —
69	Asda The Jewel — Asda The Jewel	09:00 — 15:30	55 min	7 / —
70	Hermiston Park & Ride — Gyle Centre	06:00 — 22:40	30 min	17 / 15
71	Scotstoun Terminus — Gyle Centre	06:42 — 19:05	37 min	13 / 11
98	George Street (The Dome) — Royal Highland Centre	— — —	—	0 / 42
100	Waverley Bridge — Terminal	00:00 — 23:50	29 min	143 / 143
106	High Street — Western General Hospital	06:17 — 22:08	96 min	19 / 15
110	Market Street — Railway Station Journey Hub	06:40 — 18:50	47 min	15 / —
111	High Street — Royal Infirmary	06:05 — 17:05	85 min	10 / —
115	Robertson Avenue — Macmerry Business Park	08:30 — 16:35	19 min	9 / —
124	Tesco — Usher Hall	04:58 — 23:12	111 min	33 / 25
140	Tesco Terminus — Town Centre	04:57 — 23:10	67 min	21 / 15

Not every route number has a page. We do not publish a route when something necessary is missing from the open data — the weekday schedule, the opposite direction or the name of a terminus. Where the stop list is incomplete but the terminuses and the official schedule are accurate, the page exists — and says so plainly.

What a ride costs

A single ride costs £2.40 — fare in effect since 22 February 2026. The same fare applies to Lothian buses in Edinburgh.

A single bus journey costs £2.40 and covers one journey only — it gives no transfer and is not valid on Edinburgh Trams. A City DAYticket is £6.00 and works on both bus and tram; contactless travel is capped at £5.70 a day.

Common questions

How many routes run in Edinburgh?

77 bus routes per the official schedule from Lothian Buses.

What does a ride cost?

£2.40 for a single ride — fare in effect since 22 February 2026.

Which route takes the longest?

Route 44 (Cowpits Road — Cockburn Crescent): about 118 minutes one way.

Where can I see exact departure times?

Trip-by-trip times are published by Lothian Buses; this page gives service hours and the number of trips per day.

Data as of August 22, 2026. Schedule and route list — Lothian Buses. Fares — Lothian Buses. Stop list, schedule and route geometry come from the official GTFS feed (Bus Open Data Service (BODS)).

23.08.2026

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