My Bus Edinburgh

Niall Scott

About this app

Download the latest version of the official Edinburgh transport tracking application for Android. This application will let you view live (or estimated) transport departures for Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams services in Edinburgh, Scotland.

My Bus Edinburgh has the following features;

* View the next departures for each bus service at each stop serviced by Lothian Buses and estimated times for Edinburgh Trams.
* Keep a list of your favourite bus stops to easily revisit them later.
* Fully integrated Google Maps which can show your location as well as nearby bus stops and coloured bus routes.
* Search for stops by name, stop code, and scan bus stop QR codes.
* Get the latest incident and diversion news in the Updates section.
* Favourite bus stops can be saved to the home screen on your device for opening easily later.
* Nearest bus stops listing.
* Google Street View linking.
* Automatically backs up your favourites and preferences, and restore them on a new device.
* EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE: add proximity alerts to alert you when you are near a selected bus stop. May not work reliably on some versions of Android.
* EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE: add bus time alerts to alert you when a selected bus service is near a selected bus stop.
* Dark mode.
* And more...

The features you are able to use is dependent on what version of Android is installed on your device. Experimental features are not guaranteed to work correctly - use with caution.

A very big thank you to Anthony Totton for supplying the artwork.

This application is officially endorsed by The City of Edinburgh Council.

Follow My Bus Edinburgh on Bluesky for the latest updates: https://bsky.app/profile/mybusedinburgh.bsky.social

Explanation of permissions;

- Network based and GPS locations: used in the bus stop map and nearest bus stops listing to find your location.
- Internet access: used to load bus times, update the bus stop database and load Updates.
- Access network state: to detect whether internet access is available, to intelligently use the network only when it is available.
- Vibrate: used for alerts.
- System boot: to update the stop database and re-schedule set alerts.
- Post notifications: used by alerts to show notifications.

Disclaimer: this application does not support any other operator in Edinburgh than Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams, because it is not technically possible. The data comes straight from the My Bus Tracker service, operated by The City of Edinburgh Council. While The City of Edinburgh Council endorse this app, they do not take any responsibility for it.

All data given by the application is a computational estimation and as such, should be treated as a guide only.

Ratings and reviews

This is a great app and so easy to use. It's my go to for any bus information in Edinburgh. When there was a recent problem, I emailed the developer and got a very prompt reply with a detailed explanation of what the issue was and when it would be resolved. I would highly recommend it. ex

Has been my go-to for bus times in Edinburgh for many years. Easy to use and gives you exactly the information you need. Recently real time information hasn't been coming through so I contacted the developer who explained there is a problem with the source feed, that he is resolving with the suppliers. I would urge people to keep hold of the app in the meantime. I'm sure the tracker will be just as good as before once the issues are worked through.

Been a problem with bus times, for around a week. Just showing 'estimated times', some of which are wildly off (thanks to LB, rather than the app). Still the best travel app for getting around Edinburgh, when working fully. Easy to use and keep up to date. As a frequent bus user, this is one of my most used apps.

What’s new

Any comments? Send me an email. I hope you enjoy the new update.

Apologies about the recent issues. This was beyond my control. However I'm delighted to report this has now been solved.

Version 3.3
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- Fix for all buses showing as "DUE" by migrating to new bus tracker data source provided by City of Edinburgh Council. See any new issues? Please send me an email to let me know.
- Android 16 support
- Small UI fixes for edge-to-edge support