Update 23 January 2025
The Met Office has issued a red weather warning for wind from 10am to 5pm Friday 24 January. Please follow national advice.
We’re closing all:
- non-essential buildings including schools, nurseries and early years settings
- those non-essential services where colleagues can’t work from home.
You shouldn’t travel to work (unless you're an essential worker/work in an essential service). Please contact your manager.
Severe weather
Check for the latest weather report from the Met Office and plan ahead where you can.
Check the severe weather information on the Orb.
Travel disruption
You should make every effort to get to your place of work as usual, using other means of transport if you need to.
If you can't make it in to your place of work, or if you use public transport to visit other places of work or visit customers, please speak with your line manager as soon as possible.
Travel updates
Check for live traffic updates on the Traffic Scotland website and the Edinburgh Travel News Twitter.
Trams
You can read the latest tram news and information on the Edinburgh Trams’ website
Bus
Read the latest about Lothian bus services including information about Lothian Country and East Coast buses.
Find out the latest bus information for South East and Central Scotland on the First bus website.
Walking
If you can walk, plan your journey with the route planner on walkit.com.
Cycling
Plan your cycle route using the journey planner on Cycle Streets. If you don’t have your own bike, try our cycle hire scheme - Just Eat Cycles.
Train
Find the latest train information on Scotrail.
Car sharing
Find someone to share your car journey on the Liftshare website.