Edinburgh Bus Station

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Edinburgh Bus Station (previously St. Andrew's Square Bus Station) is the bus station in serving central Edinburgh which opened in February 2003.^[1]

It is located on Elder Street where the buses enter, with pedestrian access at Elder Street and St. Andrew's Square. Buses and coaches serve Glasgow, Berwick-upon-Tweed, the Scottish Borders, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Fife. National Express also serves this station to destinations in England and Wales.

The station has recently been upgraded to a more modern facility. There is a newsagent and bakery on site. The central area of the bus station houses ticket offices providing timetable leaflets and information. These are generally open from 06:00 to 20:00.

The two departures and arrivals screens are also located in the central area of the station. Each service is indicated on the screen along with the departure bay and other information. Each bay has its own waiting area. Lockers are also available in the station. ^[2]

The Bus Station is open daily from 06:00 until midnight except Christmas Day when it is closed.

[edit] Services

Service	Destination	Operated by	Stand
900	Glasgow	Scottish Citylink	1 / 2
X19	Grangemouth and Falkirk	First Edinburgh	3
909	Grangemouth and Stirling	Scottish Citylink	3
53	Dalgety Bay	Stagecoach Fife	4
55	Dunfermline	Stagecoach Fife	4
X54	Dundee	Stagecoach Fife	5
X58	Kirkcaldy and Leven	Stagecoach Fife	6
X59/X60*	St. Andrews (* via Anstruther)	Stagecoach Fife	6
253	Berwick upon Tweed	Perryman's Buses	7
100/101	Biggar and Dumfries	MacEwan's Coaches	7
51	Jedburgh	Munros of Jedburgh	8
52	Kelso	Munros of Jedburgh	8
X95	Galashiels, Hawick and Carlisle	First Edinburgh	9
62	Galashiels and Melrose	First Edinburgh	10
M90	Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Inverness	Megabus	11
M91	Perth and Inverness	Megabus	12
904	East Kilbride	Scottish Citylink	13
536	Cardiff via Glasgow, Hamilton, Carlisle, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, Worcester, Monmouth and Newport	National Express	13
591	London via Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick, Morpeth, Newcastle upon Tyne or Luton, Milton Keynes	National Express	13
336	Plymouth via Glasgow, Hamilton, Carlisle, Lancaster, Preston, Salford, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Hanley, Birmingham, Bristol, Taunton and Exeter	National Express	13
539	Southampton via Glasgow, Hamilton, Carlisle, Birmingham, Stratford upon Avon, Oxford, Newbury, Winchester	National Express	13
383	Bradford via Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Newcastle Airport, Newcastle upon Tyne, Durham, Darlington, North Yorkshire and Leeds	National Express	13
	London	Silver Choice	14
X2	Rosyth Ferryport	Rennies of Dunfermline	14
		David Urquhart Travel	15
		Caledonian Travel	16
	Loch Ness and Loch Lomond	Glenton Travel / Premiere Travel	17
	Poland	Polonia / Orbis Travel	18