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Registered local bus service
X18
Regent Road, Edinburgh to Whitburn, Polkemmet Road
Via Haymarket, Corstorphine, Broxburn, Uphall, Wester Inch, bathgate
Run by Lothian Country Buses Limited on licence PM0002883.
Kind of service
Limited Stop
Public subsidy
None recorded
Running since
1 December 1999
Current version from
22 February 2026
Where it runs
Registered with 2 transport authorities. A service has to be registered with every authority whose area it runs through.
Other routes run by Lothian Country Buses Limited
- N18
Regent Road, Edinburgh to Polkemmet Road Whitburn
Via Bathgate
Normal Stopping
- N28
Leith Street, Edinburgh to Livingston Bus Terminal
Via Calder Road, East/Mid Calder, Dedridge East, Livingston Centre, Craigshill, Ladywell
Normal Stopping
- N28
Livingston Bus Terminal to Bathgate
Via Craigshill, St John’s Hospital, Ladywell, Knightsridge, Deans
Normal Stopping
- N43
Edinburgh, Leith Street to Deans, Royston Roundabout
Via Craigleith, Blackhall, Queensferry, Kirkliston, Winchburgh
Normal Stopping
- X19
Edinburgh, Regent Road to Winchburgh, M9 Junction
Via Corstorphine, Newbridge, Kirkliston
Limited Stop
- X27
Bathgate, Morrisons to Regent Road, Edinburgh
Limited StopPart subsidised
Other operators in The City of Edinburgh Council
- AIR
Buchanan Bus Station, Glasgow to Edinburgh Airport
Via Eurocentral, Harthill, Ratho Station
Scottish Citylink Coaches LimitedLimited Stop
- Airport Shuttle
Secure Airparks, 100 Ingliston Road, to Coach Park - Edinburgh Airport
Via Quality Hotel
Secure Air ParksLimited Stop
- City Sightseeing Edinburgh
Waterloo Place, Edinburgh to Waterloo Place, Edinburgh
Via West End, Grassmarket, Lauriston, Old Town, Holyrood
Edinburgh ToursNormal Stopping
- E1
George Street, Edinburgh to Bridge of Don P&R
EmberNormal Stopping
- E15
Oban to Edinburgh
Via Tyndrum, Dunblane, Grangemouth, Edinburgh Airport
EmberLimited Stop
- E19
Fleming Road, Livingston to Edinburgh Airport
Via Broxburn, Uphall
EmberLimited Stop
What this record is
Registration PM0002883/5 is the permission to run this route, not a timetable. It records the start, the finish, the places between and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or the transport authority. To see what the licence behind it authorises overall, open the operator profile.