I was really annoyed with Lothian buses this evening. When I reached George street and walked down to where the 37/47 bus stop was, opposite the Scott monument I found that it was all taped up as they were digging up the road There were no warnings that it was going to happen and no signs telling you where the next stop was. As it turned out, I had to walk up to the Scotsman building and was not happy as I have problems with walking at the moment.

Anyway I arrived to find that an X47 was due. However, a few minutes later the bus tracker changed it to 23 minutes In the end it turned up with 17 minutes still to go

Quite agree with you - they love to move stops about with no warning. George Street is a pain with stops for different routes being blocks apart so you have to walk halfway along the street to get another bus.
The bustrackers are definitely not the most reliable things as they often show "5 minutes" just as the bus appears or "DUE" when it does not arrive for ages. Hopefully they can perfect the technology.

Noticed tonight the bus stop from Princes Street is now round in South St Davids Street opposite Jenners but right at the traffic lights which mean't no queing buses trying to get round the corner delayed by buses at the stop - of course this could all change again without notice. I think George St is a muddle, but the buses seem to flow so much better than they did on Princes Street.

Just in case you can't keep track of where bus stops are in Edinburgh, as from tomorrow (6th June) buses from Midlothian will not be stopping on Princes Street (anywhere) and will instead be using a new bus stop in St Andrews Sq (southside).

+ According to my sources there might be a few changes to Lothian Buses in towards the end of July, with very few of its services escaping some change...

Great! Just when I was getting used to using the one in Princes street. It was quite close to the Waverley for the 22 which I usually use. However, it looks as if I'll be better off using the 16 instead. I take it that the 37/47 buses will no longer stop at the Waverley either. I tend to get off on the bridges but I think there are a few who hang on a bit longer. I hope they know what is happening otherwise they may be a bit miffed. Anyway, thanks for the information musicman.

Here is a list of the changes;

http://www.lothianbuses.com/news/?changes-to-your-buses-from-sunday-26-july-2009-66.html

On reading this, it looks like the 37 will no longer serve Ladywood (except a handful of runs), X47 goes off-peak only and the 47 will remain as is..

Thanks for the link to that musicman. It looks like they are cutting back the service (although they don't say that of course) with no 37s to Ladywood and no X47s during the day so that means up to 4 less buses every hour by my reckoning.
Hopefully they can make them a bit more reliable since I have often seen two buses following each other up to Ladywood or Deanburn lately, with long delays between services.
We shall wait and see how it turns out.....

See there seem to be no changes to the 22 or 26 routes so we will continue to see loads of those shiny new buses following each other round the city!

The new 37 / 47 / X47 bus timetables are available in PDF format to download now

http://www.lothianbuses.com/downloads/leaflets/r37_090726.pdf

There are still going to be 37 buses from Deanburn every 15 minutes but the 47 service from Ladywood will be every 30 minutes during the day. This means the park and ride also gets less services, the last X47 in to the city is at 8.32 and people working on Saturdays will have to allow more time as there are no X47s.
It will be interesting to see how the changes work in practice after the 27th.....any regular bus users can let us all know how good or bad the revised service is

The X47 becoming peak time only is no surprise, the one concern I have is that come public holidays time when a Saturday service is run there will no X service which tended to be well used. I think Penicuik still cannot complain about the level of service though as it means there are still 6 buses an hour via Bilston & 2 via Morningside. Is almost a slap in the face for the promotion of park & ride though to see the service level drop by 2 buses and to me an attraction of a park & ride would be a fast bus into the City. I guess only time will tell..

Cutting down the number of services passing the park and ride does seem a bit odd, especially when it has not been very successful anyway (25% max usage). Just to make things even sillier, Midlothian are still planning another P&R at Lothianburn - why they cannot spend the money on something more useful I do not know!
Quite agree about the holiday services - I used to hate that as the reduced number of buses were all packed out, especially now that the Saturday service usually applies to days when banks, shops etc are still open.

Well, there has not been much of a change as far as I'm concerned. However, it seems that the X47 that I use at night is arriving earlier than usual which means I can get home earlier.

Having travelled on all three bus routes today (37, 47 and X47) I have found that one thing which has not changed is buses following each other along the route. There did seem to be more people at the Park and Ride this afternoon as I headed in to Edinburgh, but that could just be due to them having a 30 minute wait between buses.
Anyone else care to let us know their experiences of the "revised" services??

The X47 in the morning I get was fine but there was no intended timetable change, however this evening just after 5 I reached the bus stop on George Street having just missed an X47, 47 & a 37 all following each other (those rear destination blinds can be useful!), anyway within a couple of minutes another 47 appeared and it caught up with and passed the previous 47 at Salisbury Place, the 37 at Burdiehouse and the X47 was in view for most of the journey - X47 was turning out of Park & Ride as we went in and I was home in Penicuik by about 5.55. Mondays are generally quieter though so I'd expect things to be different later in the week and of course the real test will be once schools are back.
The only thing is, Lothian can change timetables over and over again and still not get it right thanks to the unpredictable traffic conditions particularly within the City Centre. I guess only time will tell.

I see the old buses that are being used on the 15's are now few and far between, indeed the last of the madder and white buses are now only used on the 15 & 32 services so not many left in service. Be a shame to see them go, but I guess thats modernisation..