York Place, Edinburgh - Road Works
Due to roadworks on Elderstreet, there is no left turn from York Place into Edinburgh Bus Station.
During these road works, our services will take the following diversion
Left at the bottom of North bridge onto Princes street then right onto north St Davids street then right onto Queen street for Edinburgh bus station.
Please note that during this diversion, the bus stop outside St James Quarter will not be served.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause
Service 51 disruption/diversion Edgehead and Whitehill
We have been informed that major resurfacing works will be carried out on Monday 12th October until Friday 16th October at Edgehead that will result in the C34 Whitehill road being closed between 0900 and 1630.
This will result in service 51 operating normal route before and after the closure.
During the closure, service 51 will operate from Ford right onto the B6372 to rejoin the A68 then left onto the A6106 for Dalkeith omitting Edgehead and Whitehill villages between 0900-1630.
For further information please visit our social media sites.
We apologise for any inconvenience this deviation of route may cause.
Lauder High Street major evening resurfacing works
We have been informed that major evening resurfacing works within Lauder town centre will be carried out that will result in service 51 terminating and departing from Thirlestane Drive as follows.
Monday 12th – Friday 30th October excluding weekends , departures from Galashiels at 1846 and 2046 to Lauder will terminate at Thirlestane Drive and the departure from Lauder to Galashiels at 1934 and 2134 will depart from Thirlestane Drive.
All other journeys not mentioned will operate normal route with minor delays.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Bus Stop Improvement Works.
Preparation works for new real-time information screens will begin at a number of bus stops across the Scottish Borders.
During these works, some bus stops may temporarily be without their usual bus stop pole or flag. These stops will remain in use and buses will continue to serve them as normal unless specifically advised otherwise.
Thank you for your patience while these improvements are carried out.
Lowther Street, Carlisle Bus Stand Closures.
Lowther Street, Carlisle Bus Stand Closures.
We have been advised that the bus stands on Lowther Street, Carlisle will be closed from Tuesday 1st of September 2026 to allow essential street refurbishment works to be carried out.
As a result, Service X95 will temporarily relocate from Stand K (Club Britannia) to Stand J (Howards Arms), located further north along Lowther Street.
The local authority anticipates that these works will remain in place until January 2027.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Roadworks Innerleithen. - Stops not in use.
Roadworks Innerleithen.
We have been informed that there will be essential SGN works being carried out on Horsbrugh Street, Innerleithen between Monday 19th October until Friday 11th December 2026 that will affect services X62 and school service P06.
Although road closure is on Horsbrugh Street, the bus stops on Pirn Road will be closed when traffic control is in operation at the junction with the A72.
Customers will be required to board and alight on the Main High Street stops during this time.
In relation to the P06 service to/from Peebles High School, all pupils be required to board and alight on the High Street that normally boarded on Buccleuch Street, Innerleithen during these works.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service 51 – Lauder High Street Evening Resurfacing Works.
Service 51 – Lauder High Street Evening Resurfacing Works.
Due to major evening resurfacing works in Lauder town centre, some evening Service 51 journeys will temporarily terminate and depart from Thirlestane Drive.
Affected dates: Monday 12 October to Friday 30 October (excluding weekends)
Journeys affected:
Galashiels to Lauder:
18:46 departure will terminate at Thirlestane Drive
20:46 departure will terminate at Thirlestane Drive
Lauder to Galashiels:
19:34 departure will operate from Thirlestane Drive
21:34 departure will operate from Thirlestane Drive
All other Service 51 journeys will operate their normal route, although minor delays may be experienced while the works are in progress.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused and thank customers for their patience and understanding.
51 service delayed
Due to roardworks within Edinburgh servie 51 departing Pathead at 17:04 for Galashiels is running approximatley 30 minutes late.
We are sorry for any Inconvenience Caused.