Airlink 100orBus 18 to the Royal Infirmary?

From

Stop A on the plaza outside the terminal, by the Edinburgh sign

To

Waverley Bridge, beside Waverley station, via Haymarket, the West End and Princes Street

Runs

All night

Journey

24–41 min

It is £1.90 cheaper than the tram to the same square and runs when the tram does not. The trade is a bus rather than a tram, and a road that slows to 41 minutes around 08:15 on weekdays.

Lothian's timetable makes the ride 24 minutes at night and early morning, 36 through most of the day and 39 to 41 in the peaks. The airport calls it "an average of 30 minutes".

It runs all night, every night, but expect up to 40 minutes between buses from 01:00 to 04:00 — timetables disagree on the exact departures. Night journeys do not run on the mornings of 25 and 26 December and 1 January.

The Princes Street set-down stop is closed "until further notice" after the fire of 9 July 2026: buses set down at Shandwick Place or Hanover Street instead, then Waverley Bridge as usual.

Paying cash on board needs the exact fare. Contactless at the door is the same £6.00 and, on the same card all day, caps at the £14.00 Network DAY — which is only worth reaching if you also return to the airport the same day.

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From

Stop C on the plaza outside the terminal

To

The Royal Infirmary at Little France and on to Fort Kinnaird, via Edinburgh Park, Oxgangs and Fairmilehead

Runs

05:37–23:10

Journey

57–76 min

Over an hour to the Royal Infirmary on a suburban route; the airport quotes an hour and a quarter to Fort Kinnaird. It exists here because it is £2.40 and it is the direct bus to the hospital.

A city bus with no luggage rack. Exact fare if you pay cash.

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