Sunday, 22 March 2020

Coronavirus hits local transport UPDATED

Bus, Coach and rail services will be curtailed temporarily from tomorrow, as operators react to lower passenger numbers, and the governments advise not to travel.
First Midland Bluebird have have announced reduced services effective Monday 30th. Basically, most routes will run to Sunday service levels, with some services, which dont normally run on Sundays, running at reduced levels. Contracted services like Clackmannanshire- Forth Valley Hospital Services H1/2, Alloa Town service C1 & Stirling local services C30 & C48 will continue to operate normally.
Mackies have,this week, reduced their services to peak hour commuter services only Monday- Friday, whilst Bryants and Fergusons have withdrawn all services.
Stagecoach are reducing services to Sunday levels, with Service 8A between Dunfermline-Alloa only operating hourly between 11am- 6pm, and no services between Kincardine & Falkirk.  Express services between Kincardine/Larbert & Glasgow will operate half hourly, with no services extending to Glasgow Airport.
Citylink's 909 Service between Stirling-Edinburgh and M8 Perth- Glasgow via Stirling are both  reduced to 2 commuter journeys each way, but Glasgow- Aberdeen services will serve Stirling bus station.
Scotrail will reduce services further from Monday, with an hourly service between Alloa-Glasgow, Dunblane-Edinburgh, Glasgow-Falkirk High-Edinburgh  and Glasgow- Cumbernauld -Falkirk Grahamston-Edinburgh but only up to around 8pm.  There are reductions on services to Inverness & Aberdeen. Dunblane loses its direct services to Glasgow , with connections required at Stirling.
LNER have withrawn their 0526 Stirling-London (will start Edinburgh) and the 1500 London-Stirling services. Caledonian Sleeper services from Fort William & Aberdeen are being withdrawn , but the Inverness service, which calls at Stirling & Falkirk will continue.

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