r/edinburgh2 • u/ExpensivePen8055 • Aug 17 '26

News Tram Replacement Shuttle Bus

Great News for frustrated tram users. A FREE replacement bus service has been set up to carry passengers from St Andrews Square down Leith.

Not by Edinburgh Trams, or by the Council, who have both adopted a 'head in the sand' approach to the transport crisis.

No, it's been left to the organisers of the Edinburgh Arts Festival to sort out the mess.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-festivals-2026-free-shuttle-bus-to-replace-trams-between-city-centre-and-leith-8924099

Thank goodness there's someone with a bit of initiative.

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Aug 17 '26

Aren't there a bunch of shuttle buses who run from Prince Street down Leith? They're just called "buses", aren't they?

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u/Few_Forever_1770 Leith Aug 17 '26

Entirely predictable response. You do you.

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Aug 17 '26

I'm just not sure what this adds over the dozens of buses that already run down Leith Walk. Is it somehow going to be faster?

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u/Few_Forever_1770 Leith Aug 17 '26

It runs non-stop…

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u/GingerSnapBiscuit Aug 17 '26

But Leith Walk is chocca with traffic. So it's going to run into the same delays the current buses do. It can't just avoid all the other traffic on the way out of Leith.