The change will see the Lothian Country ‘cityWEST’ zone become an extension of the ‘city’ fares zone, with Adult single tickets for Queensferry, Newbridge & Dalmahoy to Edinburgh city centre reduced to £2.00. Lothian DAYticket, LATEticket, Family DAYticket and countryWEST DAYticket will now also be valid in cityWEST zones.

Sarah Boyd, Managing Director for Lothian said: “These changes have only been made possible as a result of successful and sustained customer growth on our Lothian Country network. The implementation of this change will help improve boarding speeds and end to end journey times on our service 43, where customer numbers have grown over 50% since its launch in 2017.”

The company have also announced new services for west Edinburgh, following a procurement exercise and successful contract awards by City of Edinburgh Council from the same date (Sunday 30 June).

• Service 20 will be operated by Lothian and run Slateford – Kingsknowe – Westside Plaza – The Calders, hourly, Monday to Saturday. Service commences Monday 1 July.
• Service 32 will be operated by Lothian and run Balerno – Currie – HWU – Hermiston P&R – Gyle Centre – Cammo – Cramond, hourly, Monday to Saturday. Service commences Monday 1 July.
• Service 70 will be operated by Lothian Country and run Gyle Centre – Ratho Station – Ratho – Hermiston P&R, hourly, each day. Ratho and Ratho Station are now part of the revised cityWEST fare zone. Service commences Sunday 30 June.
• Service 71 will be operated by Lothian Country and run Queensferry – Kirkliston – Gyle Centre, hourly, each day. Queensferry and Kirkliston are now part of the revised cityWEST fare zone. Service commences Sunday 30 June.

Sarah added: “We recognise the ongoing developments and opportunities in west Edinburgh and are fully committed to maximising the role that the bus network can play in delivering an inclusive and accessible transport solution.”