The problem was the lack of info. Citylink had put out that due to the road around Murrayfield being closed the regular 900 service wouldn't be stopping at Haymarket, Roseburn Bridge & Shandwick Place. So i asked where they would be stopping & they just said Murrayfield - Costorphine Road will be closest.
But my wife said when they were there for Harry Styles, they had extra buses at a temp bus stop but you need to walk closer to the zoo.
We were all bottlenecked on exit so we splintered off through the car park and over Saughtonhall Bridge, through a couple of resedential streets eventually making ourselves onto Western Terrace, where we turned left towards the zoo. This was the big mistake. We made our way to the actual Citylink bus stop just after the turn for Balgreen Road, where there were a few other guys waiting. Then when the 900 came, it actually turned down Balgreen Road (Which it never does), so we chased it, & the driver said it was full & there were a few buses parked up that were extra buses for the gig, but they were at a temporary bus stop back towards the stadium.
We walked back the way, and eventually found the stop, with a Citylink rep at it. However, there was also a mob waiting, no orderly queue or that, maybe 80-100 people. There were extra, empty buses back a bit, but because the traffic wasn't flowing, they couldn't reach the stop. When they did reach the stop it was pandemonium, people pushing from the back, people being crushed against the bus etc, the Citylink rep had to basically act like a bounce, everyone was shouting at each other. My mate went straight to the front and was buttering up the Citylink rep, me & my 14 year old lad just sort of ghosted our way behind him, & i think we got on the 2nd bus that came along.
Once we got on the bus, it was actually not too bad, i think we got to Harthill about an hour later, so about 12.40am? My son said never again lol.
