McGill's Buses - Renfrewshire & Inverclyde

[Voyager lad]

Lost the 71/71A to First

Does this also include the daily 68 service?

 

[Stan Drews]

Does this also include the daily 68 service?

I think SPT are discontinuing the 68.

 

[lastbus]

And also the 11 to first

Do you have a link for SPT contract awards

 

[Stan Drews]

Do you have a link for SPT contract awards

http://www.spt.co.uk/documents/latest/Ops240120_Agenda10.pdf

 

[lastbus]

http://www.spt.co.uk/documents/latest/Ops240120_Agenda10.pdf

Thanks

 

[Voyager lad]

I think SPT are discontinuing the 68.

If this is the case it will certainly be a blow to the local area. It’s not always a heavily used service but it really does provide a vital link and it is the only bus to serve certain stops too. It’s bad enough only once a day, so it’ll be sorely missed. I wonder if SPT consulted with any community groups about its complete withdrawal?

 

[Stan Drews]

If this is the case it will certainly be a blow to the local area. It’s not always a heavily used service but it really does provide a vital link and it is the only bus to serve certain stops too. It’s bad enough only once a day, so it’ll be sorely missed. I wonder if SPT consulted with any community groups about its complete withdrawal?

No idea I’m afraid. The 68 wasn’t included in the tender spec this time. The 11 is also being cutback and will stop two hours earlier (at 2115) in the new contract. However, Upper Inverkip and Upper Skelmorlie will get a regular 578A bus every 30 minutes replacing the DRT option they currently have.

 

[AlexanderPS]

Upper Inverkip and Upper Skelmorlie will get a regular 578A bus every 30 minutes replacing the DRT option they currently have.

Seen that's been won by Millport Motors.

 

[Stan Drews]

Seen that's been won by Millport Motors.

Yeah. I assume they’ll be seeking an operating centre on the mainland, otherwise the dead trips could work out rather expensive!

 

[lastbus]

Yeah. I assume they’ll be seeking an operating centre on the mainland, otherwise the dead trips could work out rather expensive!

Do you know who’s won the 209? The contract is up in July and I would’ve thought mcgills would be interested.

 

[Volvodart]

McGills have been raising awareness of the new face mask requirement by handing out "thousands" of free face masks today.

 

[overthewater]

Any pics? would Love it to be Mcgills branded Face masks.

 

[awsnews]

Any pics? would Love it to be Mcgills branded Face masks.

See https://mobile.twitter.com/Buses_McGills

 

[gingerheid]

Yeah. I assume they’ll be seeking an operating centre on the mainland, otherwise the dead trips could work out rather expensive!

Not to mention unreliable in winter!

Edit: Though I don't think the ferry runs late enough so they'd actually have to?

 

[AlexanderPS]

Yeah. I assume they’ll be seeking an operating centre on the mainland, otherwise the dead trips could work out rather expensive!

There is a old depot in Golf Course Road in Upper Skelmorlie the DJ International used to keep buses.

 

[christopherrfc]

Frequencies on many services increasing from next monday

New Emergency Timetables commencing 29th June

McGills Buses

www.mcgillsbuses.co.uk

New Emergency Timetables commencing 29th June
We're increasing the frequency of many of our services from next Monday!
The timetables we are operating before Monday 29th June can be found here.
It is now mandatory to wear a face covering on public transport. Find out more here.
Emergency timetables commencing Monday 29th June

No.	Route	Changes	Timetable
1/1A	Johnstone Station to Kilmacolm	Every 2 hours 40 mins	Click here
2/2A	Johnstone Station to Bridge of Weir	No Service
3	Neilston to Glasgow	Every 30 mins	Click here
6	Paisley to Silverburn	Normal Service	Click here
6B	Duntocher to Gartnavel Hospital	Normal Service	Click here
7	Paisley to Linwood	Every 15 mins	Click here
10	Ben Hope Avenue to RAH Hospital	Hourly	Click here
11	Gartnavel Hospital to Clydebank	Stops at 9.15pm. Runs every 90 mins on Sundays.	Click here
17	Paisley Town Centre to Glasgow	Every 30 mins	Click here
20	Johnstone, Cochrane Castle, Paisley and Whitehaugh Avenue	Every 30 mins	Click here
21	Paisley to Braehead	Every 60 mins.	Click here
22/22s	Paisley to Erksine Sempill Avenue	Hourly.	Click here
23	Erskine to Glasgow	Every 15mins	Click here
26/26A	Nethercraigs to Glasgow	Every 10 mins	26 Mon-Sun 26A Mon-Sat 26A Sunday
38/38A	Kilbarchan/Spateston to Glasgow	Every 10 mins	Click here
51/51A	Oakbank Drive to Paisley	At least every 20 mins	Click here
52	Barrhead Circular	Every 20 mins	Click here
54	Paisley to Neilston	Every 30 mins	Click here
60	Paisley, Foxbar and Heriot Avenue	Every 30 mins	Click here
61	Paisley to Foxbar Road	Every 10 mins	Click here
64	Phoenix Retail Park to Gallowhill	Every 15 mins	Click here
66	Dykebar Hospital Hospital to Paisley	Every 20 mins	Click here
68	Buchanan Bus Station to Torrance	Normal Service	Click here
71/71A	Torrance to Buchanan Bus Station	71 - No Service 71A - Normal service Mon - Fri. No service on Sundays.	Click here
72	Buchanan Bus Station to Kirkintilloch	6.30pm to Kirkintilloch will not operate.	Click here
81/81A/81B	Linnvale to Duntocher	Service ends at 9.43pm. 81B 2 hourly on Sundays	Click here
103	Glasgow to Barrhead	Normal Service	Click here
118	Hardgate to Gartnavel Hospital	Service ends at 10pm. 2 hourly on Sundays.	Click here
121	Govan to Victoria Infirmary	Service ends at 9.45pm.	Click here
132	Coatbridge to Moodiesburn Circular	Mon-Fri no service. Sunday runs until 5.34pm.	Click here
141	Partick Bus Station to Gartnavel Hospital	Mon-Fri normal service. Sunday every 90 mins.	Click here
147/147A	Kilsyth to Monklands Hospital	Normal Service	Click here
165	Cairns to Rutherglen	Mon-Fri normal service. Sunday service ends at 8pm.	Click here
164/64	Halfway to Glasgow	Reduced Service	Click here
166	Neilston to Gallowhill	Normal Service	Click here
172/172A	Halfway to East Kilbride	Every 2 hourly	Click here
178/178A	Moodiesburn to Kirkintilloch	Every 2 hourly	Click here
202	Airdrie to Salsburgh	Mon-Sat normal service. Sunday service ends at 10.04pm.	Click here
208	Silverton to Westcliff	Revised timetable	Click here
210/210A/210X	Carluke to Wishaw General Hospital	Mon-Fri normal service. Sunday service ends at 8.48pm.	Click here
210	Lawhill to Wishaw General Hospital	No Service
213	Ballieston to Airdrie	No Service
218	Silverton to Westcliff	Revised timetable	Click here
243	Carluke Cross to Hamilton Bus Station	Normal Service	Click here
245	Moodiesburn to Coatbridge	Every 2 hourly	Click here
247	Kirkintilloch to Monklands Hospital	Every 30 mins.	Click here
247B	Braidwood to Carluke Tesco Circular	No Service
248	Wishaw Hospital to Holytown	Normal Service	Click here
264	Asda Linwood to Paisley Town Centre	No Service
307	Lochwinnoch to Johnstone	Every 90 mins	Click here
310	Moodiesburn to Shettleston	Revised service	Click here
312	Coatbridge to Caldecruix	Mon-Sat normal service. Sunday service ends at 6.35pm.	Click here
329	Buchanan Bus Station to Stobhill Hospital	Hourly	Click here
330	Greenock to Pennyfern	Mon-Fri every 90 mins. Sunday servce	Click here
331	Greenock to Branchton	Mon-Fri every 90 mins. Sunday service stops at 7.45pm.	Click here
337	Kilmarnock to Beith	Service ends at 7pm.	Click here
364	Newton Farm to Parkhead	5.40pm to Newton Farm will not operate.	Click here
374	Shawlands to Silverburn	Every 2 hourly	Click here
395	East Kilbride to Uplawmoor	Every 2 hourly	Click here
507	Greenock to Gourock	Hourly	Click here
517	Burns Square to Greenock	Every 15 mins	Click here
521/521A	Bishopton to Erskine	Normal Service	Click here
531	Greenock Tesco to Slaemuir and Kilmacolm	Every 30 mins	Click here
532	Greenock Tesco to Devol	Every 30 mins	Click here
533	Greenock Tesco to Oronsay Avenue	Every 30 mins	Click here
535	Muirdykes Avenue to Larkfield	One morning service	Click here
538	Mallard Crescent to Greenock	Every 30 mins	Click here
540	Gourock to Cardross Crescent	Every 45 mins	Click here
543	Levan Road to Greenock	Every 20 mins	Click here
545	Inverclyde Royal Hospital to Port Glasgow Bus Station	Every 20 mins	Click here
547	Greenock Town Centre to McInroys Point	Hourly	Click here
550	Broomhill Circular	Every 30 mins	Click here
576	Greenock to Largs	Service ends at 10.15pm.	Click here
578	Greenock to Largs	Service ends at 11.15pm.	Click here
757	Paisley to Clydebank	Every 30 mins	Click here
801	Earnhill Road to Greenock Town Centre		Click here
802	Earnhill Road to Port Glasgow		Click here
803	Earnhill Road to McInroys Point		Click here
901	Largs to Gourock and Glasgow	Hourly	Click here
904	Johnstone to Largs. 38 can be used to connect to Paisley.	Every 30 mins	Click here
906/906X	Largs to Inverkip to Glasgow	Hourly	Click here
X21	Paisley to Glasgow	No service
X22	Greenock to Clydebank	Hourly	Click here
X23	Erskine to Glasgow	Revised service	Click here
X6A	Johnstone Station to Bridge of Weir and Linwood	Every 90 mins	Click here
X7/X7S	Greenock to Glasgow	Every 30 mins	Click here
XP21	Paisley to Glasgow	No service
XP23	Erskine to Renfrew and Glasgow	Revised service	Click here

Download timetable

 

[route101]

Interesting , hopefully First Glasgow are next

 

[overthewater]

Mgills is going to have real trouble of this really happen, if Braehead does not reopen

Intu Braehead faces administration putting thousands of jobs at risk

The Renfrew shopping centre could never reopen as bosses remain locked in crunch talks with lenders in a desperate bid to settle their debt.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Before covid19 hit the UK, Intu already had debts of £4.5 billion, losses doubled to £2 billion over the last year and the value of its property estate has also nearly halved.

As coronavirus forced the country into lockdown many centres have not been paying rent as they remained closed for the past three months.

But Intu confirmed today that some of its creditors were not prepared to offer a debt repayment waiver of more than 18 months.

Trafford Centre owner Intu Properties warned shopping malls across the UK may have to close if a deal cannot be met before the weekend.

The group, which also owns Lakeside in Essex, confirmed it has put the KPMG administration group on stand-by is hoping to arrange a so-called standstill agreement on terms which at this stage it is unlikely to be more than 15 months.

It emerged earlier this month that KPMG had been appointed to make contingency plans for Intu's administration.

 

[CM]

Mgills is going to have real trouble of this really happen, if Braehead does not reopen

Intu Braehead faces administration putting thousands of jobs at risk

The Renfrew shopping centre could never reopen as bosses remain locked in crunch talks with lenders in a desperate bid to settle their debt.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

They probably won't be in trouble if it shuts as the businesses will just move elsewhere and McGill's can adjust their services to suit. What the local councils need to do here in the event of Braehead closing is to encourage the businesses within it to re-locate to Paisley etc and perhaps try and get new life back into these town centres. There's too many big shopping centres in Glasgow so losing one isn't going to be a big deal.

 

[PaulMc7]

There's a lot of town centre shopping centres in Glasgow but not many of them are that big. As far as big shopping centres go there's Buchanan Galleries, St Enochs, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort and maybe Parkhead at a push. Losing Braehead will certainly be a big dent especially as Mcgills only have the 3 and 6 to Silverburn and the 310 for the Fort and 64/164/364 spt runs for Parkhead

The best bet Mcgills can hope for is to either make quicker direct services into the city centre from the likes of Paisley/Johnstone/Barrhead etc or compete harder with First towards Silverburn and the Fort and given the current climate I don't see that happening

 

[156478]

Mgills is going to have real trouble of this really happen, if Braehead does not reopen

Intu Braehead faces administration putting thousands of jobs at risk

The Renfrew shopping centre could never reopen as bosses remain locked in crunch talks with lenders in a desperate bid to settle their debt.

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Real trouble is an understatement and a half!

The company that owns Braehead is doomed, there's been no financial saviours have come out to save the company and tenants are dropping like flies or will be wanting substantially reduced rents.

Braehead is a catch 22 for McGill's, its a massive customer generator but its also destroys punctuality and adversely adds to journey times.




It used to be I would buy gift vouchers for Shopping Centres rather than an individual retailer as I always assumed a Shopping Centre would never fail.....

 

[PaulMc7]

Used to go to college in Paisley 7/8 years ago and honestly getting caught in traffic at Braehead was always the worst. Used to either get the 23 to get a 21/26/101 or get a 26 straight and it was horrendous. Renfrew Cross used to be pretty bad too though.

Hard to predict what else Mcgills could really do in order with their services. From several trips into Paisley from Clydebank even the likes of Erskine seem far quieter than they used to be although I'm not a regular Mcgills user so I don't know fully what it's like

 

[Volvodart]

McGills have tweeted that they have 15 "Fast Response Team" buses out in Renfrewshire and Greenock to step in when services get busier to allow for physical distancing.

 

[route101]

McGills have tweeted that they have 15 "Fast Response Team" buses out in Renfrewshire and Greenock to step in when services get busier to allow for physical distancing.

Has that been in place for a while or from just today>

 

[Stan Drews]

Has that been in place for a while or from just today>

They’ve had a small number in place for some time, but increased the numbers at the start of this week.

PS, Could an admin (or the OP?) delete the Survival part of the thread title? If it did have some relevance, it has long since become irrelevant. Thanks!

 

[overthewater]

At least we never got into a debate the new name should be.

 

[Volvodart]

The recent inter operator ticket acceptance has finished following First Glasgow withdrawing from it.

 

[Stan Drews]

The recent inter operator ticket acceptance has finished following First Glasgow withdrawing from it.

The similar agreements with Stagecoach continue.

Johnstone depot also re-opened yesterday, so no more E200MMCs on the 38.

 

[Jordan Adam]

The recent inter operator ticket acceptance has finished following First Glasgow withdrawing from it.

Makes sense given services are increasing. It's a shame such set ups can not be permanent and more widespread.

 

[route101]

Would be nice for the daytripper to be accepted on McGills , are they accepted on SPT tenders?