First 57 diversion in St Ninians

Until 0800 hours on the 30th of May 2007 there will be a temporary closure of Cultenhove Road,St.Ninians from its junction with Cultenhove Crescent to its junction with Campbell Court in order to facilitate drainage works. During the closure First service 57 will operate as follows: Normal route to Cultenhove Road (at its junction with Wallstale Road) then via Wallstale Road, William Booth Place, MacDonald Drive, Cultenhove Road then via normal route.

Kinross Park & Ride

Kinross has a new Park & Ride system, and will be served by all routes, including Citylink express services and Stagecoach 23 service. As a result, there will be slight changes to the Stirling-St.Andrews timteable from April 16th.

Train links for Kincardine

Stagecoach are making a few changes on April 16th, which will improve rail links for Kincardine and West Fife.
The 0653 Service 71 journey from Kincardine- Inverkeithing is being retimed by 5 minutes to allow interchange with 0743 Virgin Express journey to Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, on Service 74 (Dunfermline- Falkirk) the 0718, 1723 & 1843 Kincardine – Falkirk journeys are extended to Falkirk High Station to allow for onward travel to Edinburgh. Return journeys at 0742,1750 & 1907will begin from Falkirk High Station.
Other journeys on Service 74 now extend to the Falkirk Wheel via Newmarket Street, and will only serve Falkirk Bus Station on return (Fife bound) journeys.

First changes in April Services X19,X37,X39,190

First have a few small timetable changes effective in early April.
Service X19 (Falkirk-Grangemouth-Edinburgh) sees the 0915 ex Grangemouth and 1105 and 1305 journeys from Falkirk retimed to opearate 5 minutes earlier Monday-Friday. The 1015 departure from Edinburgh (Mon-Fri) and all journeys on Saturdays will leave 10 minutes later than previous. Full details in the new Central Scotland-Edinburgh booklet.
Due to extentions in journey times between Cumbernauld & Glasgow, First services X37 from Falkirk & X39 from Stirling have revised timetables, as does SErvice 190 (Camelon-Falkirk)

Stirling-Alloa-Falkirk Evening & Weekend connections

Although their timetables dont advertise the fact, you can still travel from Stirling to destinations beyond Alloa in the evenings and on Sundays, despite First's Service 15 only operating Falkirk- Bowhouse (during the day, the service extends to Stirling via Cambus).
The off peak journeys connect with First's 62/63 services to/from Stirling, with only a few minutes connection in Alloa. Evening journeys leave Stirling at 5 miutes past the hour, and on Sundays at 20 minutes to the hour (remember Service 15 leaves Alloa at 4 minutes past the ODD hour from 1104 to 2104.

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