Wednesday, 16 January 2008

Dunfermline stance changes

From Jan 21st, several stances in James Street Dunfermline will be moved to the site of the new bus station in Queen Anne Street (near the Post Office). Services to the Central belt are mostly effected, with Stagecoach Express services to Glasgow, and routes 74 & 78 to Falkirk & Stirling moving to the new site.

Wednesday, 28 November 2007

First Scotrail improvements

Effective with the new winter timetables on December 9th, First Scotrail are improving Sunday services between Stirling and Glasgow Queen Street. The new service will depart Stirling hourly from 1025 til 2125, returning at 1015 through to 2215.
In addition, Dunblane-Edinburgh services will resume through service to Newcraighall from the same date.

First Rail to Manchester

First's TransPennine Express will be crossing the border, from 9th December, when they start new services from both Glasgow Central & Edinburgh to Manchester and Manchester Airport.
Services will leave Glasgow at 0640, 0840 & 1340 weekdays, and from Edinburgh at 0821, 1152, 1552 & 1752. Journey times are just under 3 1/2 hrs. There are also 3 return journeys from Edinburgh & 1 from Glasgow on Sundays.
Fares start at £15 each way.

Tuesday, 18 September 2007

Late 78 changes

From October 29th Stagecoach service 78 journeys between Stirling- Dunfermline will be rerouted in Valleyfield. at the same time, the last two journeys from Dunfermline will leave later than at present, ie: 2220 to Clackmannan & 2320 to Kincardine.

Stagecoach express improvements

Stagecoach have announced increased capacity on it's express services from Fife to Edinbugh & Glasgow. Existing services X24 & X26 will be retimed, and together with new X27 will provide a bus every 20 minutes weekdays, and half hourly on Sundays from Dunfermline & Kincardine to Glasgow. First service will now arrive in Glasgow at 7.45am, and late buses depart Glasgow at 2255 and 0030 hrs. A combination of services will result in at least 8 buses an hour from Ferrytoll to Edinburgh. The new services commence on October 29th

Wednesday, 15 August 2007

Denny service cut

Following Goosecroft's departure from the route, First are abandoning their Service 139: Denny - Stirling ,with effect from Saturday 18th August 2007. They had operated a daytime hourly service on the route.

Open Day at Bus Museum

This weekend, The Scottish Vintage Bus Museum at Lathalmond, north of Dunfermline, are having their annual Open Weekend. Open 10am-5pm each day.