Edinburgh bus station

Edinburgh Bus Station
Station bays in April 2012
Location	Elder Street, Edinburgh Scotland
Coordinates	55°57′20″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9555°N 3.1917°W / 55.9555; -3.1917Coordinates: 55°57′20″N 3°11′30″W / 55.9555°N 3.1917°W / 55.9555; -3.1917
Owned by	Coal Pension Properties
Operated by	Edinburgh City Council
Bus stands	18
Bus operators	First Scotland East Megabus National Express Perryman's Buses Prentice Westwood Scottish Citylink Stagecoach East Scotland
Connections	Edinburgh Waverley (200 metres) St Andrews tram stop
History
Opened	April 1957
Location
Edinburgh Bus Station Location within Edinburgh city centre

Edinburgh Bus Station (previously St Andrew Square Bus Station) is the bus station serving central Edinburgh which opened in its present form in February 2003.

It is located on Elder Street where the buses enter, with pedestrian access at Elder Street and St Andrew Square. Buses and coaches serve Glasgow, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Perth, Dundee, Aberdeen and Fife. Megabus and National Express also serve this station to destinations in England and Wales. The Bus Station along with the adjacent Multrees Walk development, including Harvey Nichols and a host of other high end retailers was designed by the Edinburgh office of the architectural firm CDA.

From May 2014, the bus station has been served by the adjacent St Andrew Square tram stop of Edinburgh Trams, giving a direct connection to/from Edinburgh Airport.

St Andrew Square bus station was opened in April 1957 by the Scottish Motor Traction company, with 16 stances over 5 platforms with underground subways connecting the platforms. By the late 1960s an office block was built on the air space above the station, with the building supports ate into the platforms thus reducing the space. The station closed on 2 July 2000 as part of developments of the site, which included a new bus station and Scotland's first Harvey Nichols store.

During its reconstruction a number of issues appeared, including a number of bus operator complaining the departure fees were too high and planning not to transfer services back into the bus station. Plans appeared which could have seen the bus station moved within four years to a new redevelopment at Waverley. In a report to councilors, the director of city development, Andrew Holmes, said: "With the delivery of this project now a firm prospect in the next few years, there are potentially opportunities for accommodating integrated facilities for strategic bus services."