Lothian Buses festive timetable: This is when services are running in Edinburgh over Christmas and New Year 2018
This year Lothian Buses will bring their annual festive timetable into operation from Monday 24 December 2018 to Thursday 3 January 2019.
Will any Edinburgh buses run on Christmas Day?
On Christmas Day, Lothian Buses will still run special services on the 3, 7, 8, 16, 22, 26, 30, 34, 37, 44 and 100 routes to get locals to both the Royal Infirmary and Western General hospitals, as well as Edinburgh Airport.
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Mon 24 Dec - Saturday service
Tue 25 Dec - Special service
Wed 26 Dec - Special service
Thu 27 Dec - Saturday service
Fri 28 Dec - Saturday service
Sat 29 Dec - Saturday service
Sun 30 Dec - Sunday service
Mon 31 Dec - Saturday service
Tue 1 Jan - Special service
Wed 2 Jan - Sunday service
Thu 3 Jan - Normal service resumes
Will any Edinburgh buses run on Hogmanay?
A special bus service will be running in the very early hours of 1 January to get everyone home after their New Year celebrations.
The routes will depart from Queensferry Street, Haymarket Station, Dalry Road, Lothian Road, Nicolson Street, Leopold Place and Elm Row, dropping passengers off in the outskirts of the city, as well as parts of East and West Lothian.
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