SCOTLAND SHUTTING DOWN
The Met Office has issued a red weather warning for wind from 10am to 5pm Friday 24 January. An Amber warning is in place from 6am to 10am.
COUNCIL SERVICES:
We will publish all the latest information about Council buildings and services on this page.
Schools, nurseries and early years
All Council schools, nurseries and early years settings will be closed on Friday 24 January. Schools will communicate directly with parents.
Bin collections
Bin collections – residents should not put their wheelie bins and boxes out for collection tomorrow. Friday collections will run over the weekend instead.
Residents should put their bins out for collection on Saturday when it is safe to do so for collection from Sunday.
Street cleansing will not operate.
Recycling centres – any bookings for recycling centres will be rescheduled
Special uplift services – residents who have booked a collection for tomorrow should not put the items out for collection. Appointments will be rebooked.
Housing and homelessness
Anyone who needs to present as homeless should contact us by phone on 0131 529 7036.
Only emergency council house repairs will take place. Non-emergency council house repairs will be cancelled and re-scheduled.
Scaffolding will be checked and taken down if possible.
Council buildings, services and parks
We will only run essential services on Friday 24 January.
The following buildings or parks/grounds will be closed on Friday 24 January:
- The Registrars Office
- All council cemeteries, Mortonhall Crematorium, and the Mortuary
- All museums, galleries, monuments and cultural venues (Usher Hall, Assembly Rooms, Churchill Theatre – this includes cancellation of a rehearsal and performance at the Churchill Theatre). Building checks will be carried out before reopening.
- Lauriston Castle grounds and Princes Street Gardens. These will also remain closed on Saturday due to extended wind warning and time needed to survey grounds.
- Ukraine Welcome Hub at Flassches Yard.
Travel disruption
Police Scotland has issued a ‘do not travel’ notice. Police Scotland travel advice
Lothian Buses expect significant disruption to their services and customers are advised to check the status of their service before travelling.
Scot Rail is suspending all train services tomorrow and there will be no alternative transport available.
For travel updates check @edintravel and @TrafficScotland on X (Twitter) as well as your travel provider.
Emergency social care service 0800 731 6969 – free phone.
NHS LOTHIAN:
EDINBURGH TRAMS:
Due to the red weather warning in place across Edinburgh tomorrow due to #StormÉowyn, Edinburgh Trams will be operating a reduced service on Friday 24 January. We will be monitoring wind speeds at key places on the track and will continue to operate in order to facilitate essential travel as long as it remains safe to do so.
Please follow @PoliceScotland guidelines and only travel if absolutely necessary.
Customers are advised to check the status of their service before travelling on Friday and Saturday, using the Bus & Tram App.
More information: https://bit.ly/3Wx6TMq
LOTHIAN BUSES
CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Service Updates
http://lothianbuses.com/service-updates/… Bus & Tram App
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