Evening & Sunday services to Forthside

Council subsided Service 16 Cambusbarron- Stirling- Airth- Falkirk) evening & Sunday journeys operated by First, will operate via Forthside from October 19th. This will ensure links to the Vue Cinema, Peak Sports vilage, and Forthbank stadium. During the day, the area is served by Stirling's Park & ride.

Service 38 frequency increased

From 19th October, First Service 38 will see an improved daytime frequency of every 20 minutes across all parts of the route, including Stirling-Falkirk via Plean.From the same date, First are making timetable amendments to a number of Forth Valley services.

End of the road for Blue Bus to Oban

The Blue Bus service 700 from Livingston-Oban, which picks up in Grangemouth & Stirling will end on 24th September. Meanwhile the Citylink service from Edinburgh-Oban & Fort William, via Stirling, ends for the summer on October 4th.

Stirling roadworks

The Stevenson Bridge across the Forth between Causewayhead & Stirling is the location for major roadworks this summer. There is no access across the bridge from Causewayhead into Stirling,although northbound traffic will still use the bridge.
As a result, bus services that normally enter Stirling via the bridge will be diverted via Springkerse and Forthbank, but will maintain the normal route out of the city.
Exceptions are First services 51,52 & 53 will terminate / depart at Union Street.
Services 54/54A " Will operate to Stirling via Alloa Road & Forthside Way, also serving Easter Cornton Rd, Lomond Cres, Strathmore Dr, Voil Rd, Vorlich Pl, Ruskie Rd and Johnston Ave (as 51/52 do normally).
The UL service will be suspended.
The Stirling Council website has a full range of revised timetables at
http://www.stirling.gov.uk/index/services/roads/public_transport/causewayheadclosure.htm
In addition, buses serving Stirling University will be further diverted over the next two weeks as roadworks close both entrances to the campus for a week each.

Alloa -Edinburgh rail service

From May 18th, there will be a peak-time direct train service from Alloa to Edinburgh, Monday to Friday. It will leave Alloa at 07.38 and arrive in Edinburgh at 08.45. This means that during the morning peak hours there will be an extra train between Alloa and Stirling.
In the evening it will leave Edinburgh at 17.33 and go to Alloa instead of Dunblane. It will arrive in Alloa at 18.42.
Alloa will also get an additional late night train from Glasgow departing at 23.18, getting back to Alloa after midnight.

Stagecoach changes

Stagecoach have registed a number of changes to services throughout Fife, effective April 27th. Amongst the changes are a new Monday-Friday service 72 from Dunfermline-Kincardine via Culross, Valleyfield & Oakley. At the same time Service 73/74, currently operating Dunfermline-Stirling via Oakley will be withdrawn, and replaced by a joint Service 78/78A Dunfermline- Falkirk or Stirling. The Stirling service will resume links from Clackmannan & Tullibody to Dunfermline.

Alloa Town service saved

WAVE have taken over Alloa's Town bus service after First dropped the service last weekend. WAVE already operate services for Clackmannan Council's Wee County Boarder routes.

First axe Alloa Town Service and Night services

First have registered its intention to scrap their Alloa Town Service 64 from 16th February, despite offering to extend the service to serve Alloa Rail station in the recent survey of Alloa's Public transport future. From the same date, Service 16 journeys between Cambusbarron & Fallin cease as well as Night Services 68N Stirling-Hillfoots and 2N between Falkirk & Denny are being scrapped.
From the same date, First have registered timetable changes to many routes including 24 Stirling-Kilsyth-Glasgow, 27 Falkirk-Kilsyth-Glasgow, 16 Stirling-Airth-Falkirk, X37 Falkirk-Glasgow, and many Stirling & Falkirk local services.
Also from Feb 16th, Hunters Hillfoots 162 service will begin & end at their Clackmannan depot.