All Lothian Bus services at a park and ride to the south of Edinburgh will be withdrawn from next month, it has been announced.

The X37, 47, and 47B will stop serving the Straiton park and ride from that date, with services bypassing it and running directly down Straiton Road.

Edinburgh’s NightBus network will also see service reductions from September 7, as well as some routes in the city network – though some service frequencies will be increased.

Located just over the Midlothian border, the 600-space park and ride opened in October 2008, hosting a high-frequency bus service into Edinburgh city centre.

During the pandemic, the station building there was shuttered alongside others at park and ride sites around the city, and has not reopened since.

In a statement on their website, the

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