{"id":15963,"date":"2026-09-26T11:47:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:47:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T10:47:47","slug":"bus-route-n16-edinburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh","title":{"rendered":"Night bus route N16 in Edinburgh: Silverknowes Terminus \u2194 Torphin Terminus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N16 in Edinburgh links \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d and \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d. This is a night route. In one direction or the other it serves 26 stops that it skips on the way back. The return journey starts at \u201cMorningside Station\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-edinburgh#routes\">All routes in Edinburgh \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6acb357128c6d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6acb357128c6d\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#The_route_of_bus_N16\" >The route of bus N16<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Other_routes_along_the_way\" >Other routes along the way<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Passes_and_concessions\" >Passes and concessions<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Questions_about_bus_N16\" >Questions about bus N16<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Where_does_bus_N16_start_its_return_journey\" >Where does bus N16 start its return journey?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Does_bus_N16_stop_at_%E2%80%9CGreenbank_Park%E2%80%9D\" >Does bus N16 stop at \u201cGreenbank Park\u201d?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n16-edinburgh\/#Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N16_to_another_bus_route\" >Where can I change from bus N16 to another bus route?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_route_of_bus_N16\"><\/span>The route of bus N16<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.iedinburgh.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-edinburgh-bus-n16-en-v1-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.iedinburgh.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2026\/10\/top-transport_pilotx-edinburgh-bus-n16-en-v1-map.jpg\" alt=\"Night bus route N16 in Edinburgh on the map: the route both ways\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>From \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d to \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d: 75 stops. On the way: \u201cMuirhouse Gardens\u201d, \u201cMuirhouse View\u201d, \u201cSalvesen Crescent\u201d, \u201cSalveson Gardens\u201d, \u201cPennywell Cottages\u201d, \u201cWaterfront Gait\u201d, \u201cEdinburgh College\u201d, \u201cGranton Mains East\u201d, \u201cCaroline Park Grove\u201d, \u201cRoyston Mains Street\u201d. Then \u201cRoyston Mains Road\u201d, \u201cGranton Park Avenue\u201d, \u201cGranton Square\u201d, \u201cCorinthian Quay\u201d, \u201cGranton Breakwater\u201d, \u201cWardie Steps\u201d, \u201cSt Columbas Hospice\u201d, \u201cVictoria Square\u201d, \u201cStarbank Road\u201d, \u201cPier Place\u201d. Then \u201cFishmarket Square\u201d, \u201cAnnfield\u201d, \u201cNorth Leith Sands\u201d, \u201cCommercial Street\u201d, \u201cVictoria Quay\u201d, \u201cSandport Street\u201d, \u201cThe Shore\u201d, \u201cParliament Street\u201d, \u201cSt Anthony Street\u201d, \u201cKirkgate Centre\u201d. Then \u201cFoot of the Walk\u201d, \u201cBalfour Street\u201d, \u201cPilrig Street\u201d, \u201cShrubhill\u201d, \u201cElm Row\u201d, \u201cLeith Street\u201d, \u201cPrinces Street (Waverley Steps)\u201d, \u201cLothian Road\u201d, \u201cUsher Hall\u201d, \u201cBread Street\u201d. Then \u201cHome Street\u201d, \u201cWhitehouse Loan\u201d, \u201cBruntsfield Place\u201d, \u201cHoly Corner\u201d, \u201cChurchhill\u201d, \u201cSpringvalley Gardens\u201d, \u201cMorningside Station\u201d, \u201cComiston Gardens\u201d, \u201cSouth Morningside Primary School\u201d, \u201cBraid Burn\u201d. Then \u201cGreenbank Loan\u201d, \u201cGreenbank Park\u201d, \u201cGreenbank Row\u201d, \u201cBraidburn Valley\u201d, \u201cOxgangs Crescent\u201d, \u201cOxgangs Green\u201d, \u201cOxgangs Place\u201d, \u201cOxgangs Avenue\u201d, \u201cOxgangs Library\u201d, \u201cCockit Hat\u201d. Then \u201cDreghorn Avenue\u201d, \u201cDreghorn Drive\u201d, \u201cDreghorn Park\u201d, \u201cRedford House\u201d, \u201cRedford Road\u201d, \u201cThorburn Road\u201d, \u201cWestgarth Avenue\u201d, \u201cSt Cuthbert&#8217;s Church\u201d, \u201cBarnshot Road\u201d, \u201cWest Mill Road\u201d. Before \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d: \u201cFernielaw Avenue\u201d, \u201cWoodfield Avenue\u201d, \u201cTorphin Bank\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>On the way back the bus takes a different route, from \u201cMorningside Station\u201d to \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d (51 stops). Only in this direction does it call at \u201cMorningside Place\u201d, \u201cViewforth\u201d, \u201cGranton Medway\u201d and \u201cSilverknowes Place\u201d. Only in the direction of \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d does it call at, among others, \u201cCorinthian Quay\u201d, \u201cComiston Gardens\u201d, \u201cSouth Morningside Primary School\u201d, \u201cBraid Burn\u201d, \u201cGreenbank Loan\u201d and \u201cGreenbank Park\u201d. For the way back, board nearby: \u201cCorinthian Quay\u201d \u2192 \u201cGranton Square\u201d (150 m). Towards \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d, board nearby: \u201cMorningside Place\u201d \u2192 \u201cChurchhill\u201d (150 m), \u201cViewforth\u201d \u2192 \u201cBruntsfield Place\u201d (100 m), \u201cGranton Medway\u201d \u2192 \u201cGranton Square\u201d (50 m) and \u201cSilverknowes Place\u201d \u2192 \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d (50 m).<\/p>\n<p>In practice: you can get to \u201cGreenbank Park\u201d on this bus only in the direction of \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d, to \u201cOxgangs Place\u201d only in the direction of \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d and to \u201cOxgangs Library\u201d only in the direction of \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Other_routes_along_the_way\"><\/span>Other routes along the way<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Shared sections with other routes: between \u201cElm Row\u201d and \u201cSouth Morningside Primary School\u201d it shares the road with route N11; between \u201cKirkgate Centre\u201d and \u201cLeith Street\u201d it shares the road with route N14; between \u201cCommercial Street\u201d and \u201cKirkgate Centre\u201d it shares the road with route N35.<\/p>\n<p>Connections by stop, in route order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stops from \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d to \u201cPennywell Cottages\u201d: bus N37<\/li>\n<li>Stops from \u201cSt Anthony Street\u201d to \u201cShrubhill\u201d: bus N25<\/li>\n<li>\u201cElm Row\u201d: buses N25 and N26<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLeith Street\u201d: buses N25, N26, N43 and N44<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPrinces Street (Waverley Steps)\u201d: buses N3, N25, N26, N30, N31, N37, N43 and N44<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLothian Road\u201d: buses N3, N25, N26, N30, N31, N37, N43 and N44<\/li>\n<li>\u201cUsher Hall\u201d: buses N26, N30 and N31<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBread Street\u201d: bus N30<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSilverknowes Place\u201d (only towards \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d): bus N37<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pages for these routes: <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n11-edinburgh\">bus N11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n14-edinburgh\">bus N14<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n25-edinburgh\">bus N25<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n26-edinburgh\">bus N26<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n3-edinburgh\">bus N3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n30-edinburgh\">bus N30<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n31-edinburgh\">bus N31<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n35-edinburgh\">bus N35<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n37-edinburgh\">bus N37<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/bus-route-n44-edinburgh\">bus N44<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Passes_and_concessions\"><\/span>Passes and concessions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Our page \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/how-to-pay-for-public-transport-edinburgh\">How to pay for public transport in Edinburgh<\/a>\u201d describes tickets, passes and concessions, including any differences between modes of transport.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Questions_about_bus_N16\"><\/span>Questions about bus N16<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_does_bus_N16_start_its_return_journey\"><\/span>Where does bus N16 start its return journey?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>At \u201cMorningside Station\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_bus_N16_stop_at_%E2%80%9CGreenbank_Park%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>Does bus N16 stop at \u201cGreenbank Park\u201d?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Only in the direction of \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d: in the other direction it does not stop there.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_I_change_from_bus_N16_to_another_bus_route\"><\/span>Where can I change from bus N16 to another bus route?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Most routes stop at \u201cPrinces Street (Waverley Steps)\u201d and \u201cLothian Road\u201d (N3, N25, N26, N30, N31, N37, N43 and N44). All other stops with connections are listed above.<\/p>\n<p><em>Checked on 26 September 2026. Source of the route and stops: Lothian Buses.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bus route N16 in Edinburgh links \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d and \u201cTorphin Terminus\u201d. This is a night route. In one direction or the other it serves 26 stops that it skips on the way back. The return journey starts at \u201cMorningside Station\u201d. All routes in Edinburgh \u2192 The route of bus N16 From \u201cSilverknowes Terminus\u201d to \u201cTorphin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":15964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6674],"tags":[],"moimportance":[],"motype":[],"moformat":[],"class_list":["post-15963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-im-a-passenger"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15963"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17340,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15963\/revisions\/17340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15963"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=15963"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=15963"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iedinburgh.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=15963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}