Forth Valley hit hard by Scotrail staff crisis

Alloa-Glasgow were wiped out today as Scotrail cancelled in the region of 100 services due to staff shortages. A number of Dunblane/Stirling to Edinburgh and Dundee-Glasgow services were also cancelled. Scotrail had similar issues last year, and has since recruited 100 new drivers, yet are still having to cancel services on a widespread scale.

First slash services across East Central Scotland

First have announced plans to slash services across their South East & Central Scotland division.
The group were recently released from undertakings placed on the company 14 years ago when they aquired Stathclyde Buses following an investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.
Amongst the cuts announced this week are a complete withdrawel from East Lothian, and cuts to services across the Forth Valley and Borders areas, although no cuts are planned for West Lothian.
Midland Bluebird cuts include complete withdrawel of Service 60 (Clackmannan-Stirling-Stenhousemuir), and Services 24 & X86 from Stirling and Falkirk to Kilsyth, and reduced timetables & rerouting of other services  in the Alloa & Hillfoots (62/63) and West Stirlingshire (C11/12) areas.
First stress that their plans are purely consultative at present, hoping that local authorities will step in to subsidise the routes,  But the changes will be effected from August 15th.
Falkirk Council are also undertaking a retendering of their services, so further changes will be forthcoming there.