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New timetables from the 5th June are now online
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/servi...rticle?SituationId=ID-12/05/2017-13:33:57:055
To reflect feedback received and current operational conditions, we are changing a number of timetables from Monday 5 June.
Further information on these changes can be found below, along with links to the new timetables:
Service X4: Leven – Markinch – Glenrothes
Fife Council are withdrawing this subsidised service but it is mostly replaced by new service X26. Service 46 will be revised to serve Markinch railway station which is not served by the X26.
Service 14: Kirkcaldy – Dunnikier Estate
Revised timetable to accommodate other changes on the network, with most journeys running 10 minutes later than previously. There are no changes to the route or frequency.
Service X37: Kirkcaldy – Glenrothes
The 1855 & 1955 Glenrothes to Kirkcaldy weekday journeys are withdrawn, with alternative journeys available on service X53. The 0750 Saturday Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes journey is withdrawn, with an alternative departure at 0805 .
Service 46/46A: Leven – Kennoway – Star – Glenrothes
Revised timetable to accommodate other changes on the network, with most journeys running earlier than previously. This service will now serve Markinch railway station and offer connections to/from services 95 and 97 from Lundin Links replacing the current X4 and 46A journeys from Lower Largo. There are no other changes to the route or frequency.
Service 55A: Dunfermline – Rosyth – Ferrytoll P&R – South Queensferry
This service has been withdrawn. Routes X55 & 747 provide alternatives between Dunfermline and South Queensferry, and route 2A provides alternatives between Castlandhill Road and Ferrytoll P&R.
Service 95: Leven – Anstruther – St Andrews
Minor timetable revisions to maintain and improve connections with revised service X58/X60 at Leven. An additional weekday journey from St Andrews at 1450 to Leven is introduced.
Service 97: Leven – Largoward – St Andrews
Minor timetable revisions to maintain and improve connections with revised service X58/X60 at Leven. An additional weekday journey from St Andrews at 1030 to Leven is introduced. The 1410 Leven to St Andrews now runs on schooldays as well as school holidays.
Fife – Glasgow services are significantly revised to increase capacity and provide new journey opportunities:
Service X24: St Andrews – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow – Airport
Service X24 now runs via Forth Valley Royal Hospital, offering new links from the Falkirk area to Glasgow, Braehead and Glasgow Airport. Between St Andrews and Glenrothes, the service now runs on a limited stop basis, with revised service X59 serving all stops on this section of route. Some early morning and late evening journeys run as service 24 between St Andrews and Glenrothes via Ladybank, observing all stops. Most journeys are retimed.
New Service X26: Leven – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow
New service X26 runs hourly from Leven to Glasgow via Windygates, Markinch, Glenrothes, Cowdenbeath and Crossgates, providing many new direct journey opportunities. Services X24 & X26 combined offer journeys between Glenrothes and Glasgow up to twice an hour, and between Halbeath P&R, Dunfermline and Glasgow up to every 15 minutes along with service X27.
New Service 26: Dunfermline – Halbeath P&R – Cowdenbeath – Fife College – Glenrothes
The one X54 journey running on weekdays only between Dunfermline and Glenrothes via Fife College is renumbered service 26, with the route, times and stopping arrangements unchanged
Service X27: Kirkcaldy – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow
The timetable is revised to give a more regular frequency of up to every 30 minutes between Kirkcaldy and Glasgow, and up to every 15 minutes between Halbeath P&R, Dunfermline and Glasgow combined with services X24 & X26. All Monday to Saturday daytime X27 journeys now start and end at Kirkcaldy, with new service X26 providing a direct Leven to Glasgow service. Services 7/7A and X58/X60 provide alternatives for travel between Kirkcaldy and Leven, and service 41 continues to link Kirkcaldy and Cameron Hospital. Sunday X27 journeys will continue to run to/from Leven, along with a small number of early morning and late evening journeys.
Fife – Dundee services are revised to increase capacity, improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities:
Service X53: Kingoodie – Ninewells Hospital – Dundee – Cupar – Glenrothes – Kirkcaldy
Revised timetable to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
The service is rerouted via Newport, restoring direct links with Ninewells Hospital and destinations in Fife. An additional AM peak journey to Ninewells and Invergowrie is added, as are later journeys to and from Kirkcaldy.
Service X54: Dundee – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
Revised timetable to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
Service X54 is rerouted to serve Thornton and Rothesay House in Glenrothes.
The Sunday frequency to Dundee is doubled to hourly and more X54 journeys run in the evenings.
Fife – Edinburgh services are significantly revised to increase capacity, improve reliability and prepare for the conversion of the Forth Road Bridge to a public transport priority route upon completion of the Queensferry Crossing.
The peak time frequency between Halbeath P&R and Edinburgh is increased to every 10 minutes. The peak time frequency between Ferrytoll P&R and Edinburgh is increased to every 5 minutes.
Both Ferrytoll and Halbeath also have improved frequencies on Sundays.
Services will now observe the Queensferry Road/Quality Street bus stops for improved connections with local bus services in north-west Edinburgh, including Lothian service 200 to Ocean Terminal.
When opened, buses will make use of new priority lanes and slip roads on approach to the Forth Road Bridge, bypassing peak time congestion:
New Service X5: Dunfermline – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – non stop – Edinburgh
New Service X9: Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – non stop – Edinburgh
These new commuter express services run from Dunfermline (X5) and Glenrothes (X9) to Halbeath and Ferrytoll park & rides, then non-stop to Edinburgh city centre.
Service X54: Dundee – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
Service X59: St Andrews – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
These services have revised timetables to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
Service X54 is rerouted to serve Thornton and Rothesay House in Glenrothes. The Sunday frequency to Dundee is doubled to hourly and more X54 journeys run in the evenings.
Service X59 is revised to observe all stops between St Andrews and Glenrothes.
Both services have improved connections to/from St Andrews in the early morning and late evening.
Service X55: Dunfermline – Rosyth – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
A revised timetable is introduced to improve reliability, with the hourly extension to/from Perth withdrawn and mostly replaced by new service X56. Additional PM peak departures from Edinburgh are introduced. Evening journeys now also run limited stop as service X55, with route number 55 no longer used.
Service X56: Perth – Kinross – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
This service is revised to operate throughout the day, 7 days a week, replacing service X55 between Perth and Halbeath P&R and offering faster journeys to/from Edinburgh via the M90 motorway. Frequent connections to/from Dunfermline are available at Halbeath P&R, through fares are available.
Service X58/X60: St Andrews – Leven – Kirkcaldy – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
A revised timetable is introduced to improve reliability and accommodate a forthcoming long-term closure of Hope Street, Inverkeithing. Service X60 reverts to serving Dalgety Bay rail station only, with the diversion via Moray Way North discontinued. At Inverkeithing both routes now run via Hillend Road serving the bus stops at Fraser Avenue.
New travel guides for Central Fife (in place of the current Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes and Levenmouth guides) and North East Fife, along with Express guides for Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow/Glasgow Airport, Dundee and Livingston will be available w/c 22 May. Please note that although there is no change to our JET747 or X51 services, our Edinburgh Airport and Livingston express guides have been updated and re-printed to show revised connections from 5 June 2017.
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/servi...rticle?SituationId=ID-12/05/2017-13:33:57:055
To reflect feedback received and current operational conditions, we are changing a number of timetables from Monday 5 June.
Further information on these changes can be found below, along with links to the new timetables:
Service X4: Leven – Markinch – Glenrothes
Fife Council are withdrawing this subsidised service but it is mostly replaced by new service X26. Service 46 will be revised to serve Markinch railway station which is not served by the X26.
Service 14: Kirkcaldy – Dunnikier Estate
Revised timetable to accommodate other changes on the network, with most journeys running 10 minutes later than previously. There are no changes to the route or frequency.
Service X37: Kirkcaldy – Glenrothes
The 1855 & 1955 Glenrothes to Kirkcaldy weekday journeys are withdrawn, with alternative journeys available on service X53. The 0750 Saturday Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes journey is withdrawn, with an alternative departure at 0805 .
Service 46/46A: Leven – Kennoway – Star – Glenrothes
Revised timetable to accommodate other changes on the network, with most journeys running earlier than previously. This service will now serve Markinch railway station and offer connections to/from services 95 and 97 from Lundin Links replacing the current X4 and 46A journeys from Lower Largo. There are no other changes to the route or frequency.
Service 55A: Dunfermline – Rosyth – Ferrytoll P&R – South Queensferry
This service has been withdrawn. Routes X55 & 747 provide alternatives between Dunfermline and South Queensferry, and route 2A provides alternatives between Castlandhill Road and Ferrytoll P&R.
Service 95: Leven – Anstruther – St Andrews
Minor timetable revisions to maintain and improve connections with revised service X58/X60 at Leven. An additional weekday journey from St Andrews at 1450 to Leven is introduced.
Service 97: Leven – Largoward – St Andrews
Minor timetable revisions to maintain and improve connections with revised service X58/X60 at Leven. An additional weekday journey from St Andrews at 1030 to Leven is introduced. The 1410 Leven to St Andrews now runs on schooldays as well as school holidays.
Fife – Glasgow services are significantly revised to increase capacity and provide new journey opportunities:
Service X24: St Andrews – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow – Airport
Service X24 now runs via Forth Valley Royal Hospital, offering new links from the Falkirk area to Glasgow, Braehead and Glasgow Airport. Between St Andrews and Glenrothes, the service now runs on a limited stop basis, with revised service X59 serving all stops on this section of route. Some early morning and late evening journeys run as service 24 between St Andrews and Glenrothes via Ladybank, observing all stops. Most journeys are retimed.
New Service X26: Leven – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow
New service X26 runs hourly from Leven to Glasgow via Windygates, Markinch, Glenrothes, Cowdenbeath and Crossgates, providing many new direct journey opportunities. Services X24 & X26 combined offer journeys between Glenrothes and Glasgow up to twice an hour, and between Halbeath P&R, Dunfermline and Glasgow up to every 15 minutes along with service X27.
New Service 26: Dunfermline – Halbeath P&R – Cowdenbeath – Fife College – Glenrothes
The one X54 journey running on weekdays only between Dunfermline and Glenrothes via Fife College is renumbered service 26, with the route, times and stopping arrangements unchanged
Service X27: Kirkcaldy – Halbeath P&R – Kincardine – Glasgow
The timetable is revised to give a more regular frequency of up to every 30 minutes between Kirkcaldy and Glasgow, and up to every 15 minutes between Halbeath P&R, Dunfermline and Glasgow combined with services X24 & X26. All Monday to Saturday daytime X27 journeys now start and end at Kirkcaldy, with new service X26 providing a direct Leven to Glasgow service. Services 7/7A and X58/X60 provide alternatives for travel between Kirkcaldy and Leven, and service 41 continues to link Kirkcaldy and Cameron Hospital. Sunday X27 journeys will continue to run to/from Leven, along with a small number of early morning and late evening journeys.
Fife – Dundee services are revised to increase capacity, improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities:
Service X53: Kingoodie – Ninewells Hospital – Dundee – Cupar – Glenrothes – Kirkcaldy
Revised timetable to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
The service is rerouted via Newport, restoring direct links with Ninewells Hospital and destinations in Fife. An additional AM peak journey to Ninewells and Invergowrie is added, as are later journeys to and from Kirkcaldy.
Service X54: Dundee – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
Revised timetable to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
Service X54 is rerouted to serve Thornton and Rothesay House in Glenrothes.
The Sunday frequency to Dundee is doubled to hourly and more X54 journeys run in the evenings.
Fife – Edinburgh services are significantly revised to increase capacity, improve reliability and prepare for the conversion of the Forth Road Bridge to a public transport priority route upon completion of the Queensferry Crossing.
The peak time frequency between Halbeath P&R and Edinburgh is increased to every 10 minutes. The peak time frequency between Ferrytoll P&R and Edinburgh is increased to every 5 minutes.
Both Ferrytoll and Halbeath also have improved frequencies on Sundays.
Services will now observe the Queensferry Road/Quality Street bus stops for improved connections with local bus services in north-west Edinburgh, including Lothian service 200 to Ocean Terminal.
When opened, buses will make use of new priority lanes and slip roads on approach to the Forth Road Bridge, bypassing peak time congestion:
New Service X5: Dunfermline – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – non stop – Edinburgh
New Service X9: Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – non stop – Edinburgh
These new commuter express services run from Dunfermline (X5) and Glenrothes (X9) to Halbeath and Ferrytoll park & rides, then non-stop to Edinburgh city centre.
Service X54: Dundee – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
Service X59: St Andrews – Glenrothes – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
These services have revised timetables to improve reliability and offer new journey opportunities.
Service X54 is rerouted to serve Thornton and Rothesay House in Glenrothes. The Sunday frequency to Dundee is doubled to hourly and more X54 journeys run in the evenings.
Service X59 is revised to observe all stops between St Andrews and Glenrothes.
Both services have improved connections to/from St Andrews in the early morning and late evening.
Service X55: Dunfermline – Rosyth – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
A revised timetable is introduced to improve reliability, with the hourly extension to/from Perth withdrawn and mostly replaced by new service X56. Additional PM peak departures from Edinburgh are introduced. Evening journeys now also run limited stop as service X55, with route number 55 no longer used.
Service X56: Perth – Kinross – Halbeath P&R – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
This service is revised to operate throughout the day, 7 days a week, replacing service X55 between Perth and Halbeath P&R and offering faster journeys to/from Edinburgh via the M90 motorway. Frequent connections to/from Dunfermline are available at Halbeath P&R, through fares are available.
Service X58/X60: St Andrews – Leven – Kirkcaldy – Ferrytoll P&R – Edinburgh
A revised timetable is introduced to improve reliability and accommodate a forthcoming long-term closure of Hope Street, Inverkeithing. Service X60 reverts to serving Dalgety Bay rail station only, with the diversion via Moray Way North discontinued. At Inverkeithing both routes now run via Hillend Road serving the bus stops at Fraser Avenue.
New travel guides for Central Fife (in place of the current Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes and Levenmouth guides) and North East Fife, along with Express guides for Edinburgh, Edinburgh Airport, Glasgow/Glasgow Airport, Dundee and Livingston will be available w/c 22 May. Please note that although there is no change to our JET747 or X51 services, our Edinburgh Airport and Livingston express guides have been updated and re-printed to show revised connections from 5 June 2017.
