Citylink to launch new coach service between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh city centre

A new coach service is set to provide a direct transfer between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh city centre.

Scottish Citylink’s 903 will launch on Saturday, October 24, operating hourly between the airport, the SEC, Glasgow city centre and Baillieston.

Alternate trips will extend either to Bathgate and Edinburgh, or to Uddingston and Blantyre.

Citylink says the new route, operated by West Coast Motors, creates a series of new journey opportunities which are not currently available to passengers.

The 903 service will also serve stops in Renfrew and Yoker, as well as Harthill Services and Ingliston Park and Ride.

Journeys within the SPT area will be included in the £2 bus fare cap scheme, with single tickets between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh city centre priced at £10.70.

Coaches with UBS charging points, fold-down table and reading lights will operate on the route.

Scottish Citylink managing director Simone Walsh said: “This is a exciting new route for lots of reasons and one that we’re so pleased to be announcing.

“It will represent the first direct coach transfer between Glasgow Airport and Edinburgh city centre, it offers new journey options that customers don’t currently have available, and it provides the perfect complement to our longstanding AIR service between Edinburgh Airport and Glasgow city centre.

“We’re delighted to be working alongside the team at Glasgow Airport on this, to help them deliver another reliable and affordable public transport link for their customers to benefit from. We very much look forward to welcoming customers on to our new services.”

Gavin Birch-Williams, managing director at Glasgow Airport, added: “Connectivity is essential to ensure that Glasgow Airport is accessible to a wider reach of people, and we want to make those journeys as easy as possible.

“We will continue to work with our partners to strengthen those connections, and we look forward to welcoming passengers travelling on the new route.”