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Edinburgh generally has a good bus service. Most routes are operated by Lothian Buses.

Its site has full details of routes, timetable and fares (there are season ticket deals for students) and a searchable database with streets and destinations.

Sample Result

Routes that serve Lauriston Place – click the route number for the timetable
Route No.	Route Description
23	Trinity – Canonmills – The Mound – Tollcross – Morningside – Craighouse Campus – Greenbank – Craiglockhart Campus – Glenlockhart
27	Silverknowes – Muirhouse – Crewe Toll – Canonmills – The Mound – Tollcross – Craiglockhart – Oxgangs – Hunter’s Tryst
35	Edinburgh Airport – Ingliston Park & Ride – Sighthill – Chesser – Fountainbridge – Canongate – Leith – Ocean Terminal
45	Riccarton – Currie – Colinton – Craiglockhart Campus – Tollcross – St. Andrew Square – Willowbrae – Brunstane
N27	Muirhouse – Crewe Toll – City Centre – Tollcross – Hunter’s Tryst

LB fares are simple – you pay £1 (no change available from driver) and travel as far as you like on the same bus. For £2.50 you get unlimited travel on day time buses. A bargain way to explore the city and get to know it. Get off when you see something interesting and perhaps get back on a bus from a different route!

Most bus routes are radial and pass along Princes Street, this is helped by it being mostly bus and bike only, but does mean it can be very congested/slow at ‘rush hour’.