Langholm Common Riding Friday 24th of July 2026.
Service Update – Langholm Common Riding.
Friday 31st July 2026:
We would like to inform customers that, due to the Langholm Common Riding, the A7 through Langholm will be closed from 07:40 to 12:00.
This closure will cause significant disruption to Service X95, and there will be periods where no through service will operate via Langholm.
The 05:52 X95 service from Galashiels will operate its normal route to Carlisle, with a duplicate service also running as far as Langholm.
The 07:52 and 10:22 X95 services from Galashiels will terminate at Whitshiels Café.
The 08:07 and 10:07 X95 services from Carlisle will terminate at the bus stop on Glenesk Road, near the Co-op supermarket in Langholm.
The 09:10 and 11:40 X95 services from Langholm to Carlisle will depart from the bus stop on Glenesk Road, near the Co-op supermarket.
The 08:55 and 10:55 X95 services from Langholm to Galashiels will depart from Whitshiels Café.
The 12:37 X95 service from Carlisle will operate its normal route to Galashiels.
All remaining journeys will operate as normal. The last service departures of the day will remain unchanged, with the 17:40 from Langholm to Carlisle and the 19:25 from Langholm to Hawick and Galashiels running as scheduled.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
Lauder Common Riding 2026.
Service Update – Lauder Common Riding 2026.
We would like to inform customers that Service 51 will be subject to minor delays and diversions during the Lauder Common Riding. Please see below for details of the journeys affected.
On Wednesday 29 July, the 18:46 service from Galashiels to Lauder will terminate at Thirlestane Drive. The 19:34 service from Lauder to Galashiels will commence from Thirlestane Drive.
On the same day, the 17:35 and 19:05 departures from Edinburgh, which are scheduled to arrive at Lauder at 19:04 and 20:34, will divert from the A68 at Carfraemill via the A697 and B6362, omitting Lauder.
On Saturday 1 August, the 07:18 and 10:18 departures from Galashiels, scheduled to arrive at Lauder at 08:11 and 11:11, will divert via the A68, B6362 and A697, omitting Lauder.
The 07:20 departure from Galashiels will operate to Thirlestane Drive, where it will terminate. The 08:04 departure from Lauder Cross will commence from Thirlestane Drive.
The 10:05 and 17:35 departures from Edinburgh, scheduled to arrive at Lauder at 11:34 and 19:04, will divert from the A68 at Carfraemill via the A697 and B6362, omitting Lauder.
All other journeys not mentioned will operate their normal route.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
Service 51 disruption/diversion Edgehead and Whitehill.
Service 51 disruption/diversion - Edgehead and Whitehill
We have been informed that major resurfacing works will be carried out on Friday 10th July 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 re-join the A68 then left onto the A6106 for Dalkeith omitting Edgehead and Whitehill villages between 0900-1630.
We apologise for any inconvenience this deviation of route may cause.