Stagecoach increased Crieff -Stirling service

Stagecoach are making a number of changes in their Perthshire network from November. Amongst their changes are withdrawal of Service 47 Crieff-Stirling and replacing it with a Service 15A Perth-Crieff-Stirling hourly service.
From the same date , a small number of changes will apply to their Express network, including the withdrawal of the early morning X24 0348 Halbeath-Kincardine-Glasgow Airport service.

Midland Bluebird report increased passenger numbers

Local bus operator, First Scotland East/Midland Bluebird, has recorded an increase in passenger numbers across a range of services, according to Edinburgh Chamber Of Commerce.
The company, which operates across Central Scotland and on key routes into Edinburgh, has seen a year on year passenger increase in excess of 40% on one service and rises of more than 5% on others
Service 29, Falkirk to Bathgate has seen the biggest increase, of more than 48% in passengers in the past year and the company has now extended the service to Broxburn.
Service 2, Falkirk to Dunipace, has also been attracting significantly more passengers, with a rise of more than 12%, since the service has been extended into Stirling.
Other route successes include:
• Services 62/63, Stirling Alloa Circular: almost 7.6% increase (having reduced the daytime frequency between Alloa & Stirling by 30% lasy year)
• Service 5, Langlees to Bo’ness: a rise of more than 8.2% – and now benefiting from the Falkirk area cut-price zonal fares package announced last year
• Service 38, Stirling to Edinburgh Royal Route: an increase of more than 5.5%  (having removed service 60 journeys between Stirling & Falkirk)
• Service 21, Edinburgh to Fauldhouse: an increase of more than 21% – with the service extended to include Edinburgh Airport, Gyle and Edinburgh Park
There has also been a passenger increase of more than 7% on the high frequency Services 27/28, between Bathgate, Livingston and Edinburgh.

Citylink serve Bo'ness

From next Monday, Citylink's 909 service between Stirling & Edinburgh, will be re routed through Grangemouth, and will serve Bo'ness.  The move comes just month's after locals in the West Lothian town formed their own Boness Area Community Bus Association, to fill the long standing gap in the local transport network.

Hillpark services withdrawn on safety grounds

Midland Bluebird have withdrawn their 54A service from Bannockburn's Morrison Drive area during the current roadworks. This is due to other road users not adhering to the one-way system currently in place.  Service 54A will use diversion via Pirnhall Roundabout and vice versa, effectively cutting out all services between Bannockburn and Whins Of Milton.  Buses were recently withdrawn from nearby Clark Street recently due to illegal parking.
UPDATE 29/5/17 : Service 54A has returned to normal route.

Change of operator on Stirling local services

Two local bus services in the Stirling area, currently run by Hunters, will be operated by First from July 3rd. The two services, financed by the council, are the C30 Stirling-Riverside-Causewayhead and C48 Bannockburn-Braehead-Cornton-Dunblane. Timetables will be unchanged.

Citylink renew Inverness link

From June 5th, Citylink's M8 service which serves several points in the Stirling area enroute from Glasgow-Dundee will be making an additional stop at Broxden Services, near Perth. This will allow connection with Citylink's services to Inverness. For the last few years, regular connections between Stirling and Inverness were not possible.

Stagecoach beef up express routes

Stagecoach are withdrawing services between South Queensferry and Edinburgh next month, and moving their resources to improving their Express services from Fife.  Included in their plans, which begin June 5th, is a coach every 15 minutes between Kincardine and Glasgow, with two buses each hour now serving Forth Valley Hospital, The Service X24 which operates to Glasgow Airport will also serve the hospital.

First changes May 8th

First Midland Bluebird have a small number of service changes across the Forth Valley starting on Monday. Whilst there are enhancements in some areas, other area's like residential areas of Whins Of Milton, Cowie & Sheildhill will see local service withdrawn.
Amongst the changes, Service 2 from Falkirk to Dunipace, extends to Stirling University, and X39 from Glasgow extends via Stirling  University to wallace Monument. In the Falkirk area, Service 29 Bathgate service extends to Broxburn. There are timetable changes to Services 4 & 38.
Back in the Stirling area, the 54 Cowie-University service will be cut to a 20 minute service, and will no longer operate a circular route, and all journeys will operate via Cornton. The Clark Street journeys are withdrawn, with one journey per hour operating via Glasgow Road, two journeys via Braehead.

Diversions affect buses to Stirling & over Kincardine Bridge.

A number of planned road closures across the area will distrupt bus services in the next few weeks. From today until Tuesday Kerse Road in Stirling is closed at the railway bridge, with buses from Fallin operating via Forthside Way.
Gas renewals on the A907 between Causewayhead and Manor Powis from 13th February through March 19th, means  First's 62/63 services will between Tullibody & Stirling, will divert via Springkerse.
From Tuesday 14 February, various road closures will take place on the Kincardine Bridge, affecting Stagecoach 28, X24 and X27 services.
Minor delays may also affect route 8 /8A journeys to/from Alloa.
From Tuesday 14 - Thursday 16 February, between 2000 and 0530 each evening, and all day on Friday 17 February, the Kincardine Bridge will be fully closed and all journeys will divert via the Clackmannanshire Bridge.
From Saturday 18 February - Tuesday 7 March, the bridge will be closed southbound and all journeys towards Glasgow will divert via the Clackmannanshire Bridge.
From Tuesday 7 March - Tuesday 28 March, the bridge will be closed northbound and all journeys from Glasgow will divert via the Clackmannanshire Bridge.