Thanks for getting involved in our consultation process which took place across Fife and Dundee in June, to discuss proposed timetable changes for August.
We really appreciate the feedback we've received from the web forms received through this site, in person at the drop in sessions, via email or from the feedback forms completed and returned to us. We've now went through the feedback received and made a number of revisions to our original plans.
Full details of all proposed changes (black text), as well as any confirmed revisions from customer feedback (red text) can be found below.
Timetables and online journey planning will be available by the end of July, with a start date for revised timetables of 15 August 2016.
1 Dunfermline – Aberdour Road – Castle Drive – Middlebank Street – Ferrytoll
This service would be withdrawn as the fares collected do not cover the cost of operating the service. Originally launched in August 2014 we took action to reduce costs in early 2015 but this has been insufficient to allow the service to breakeven.
Other services will provide alternatives for many parts of the route. Revised service 3/3A will link Dunfermline City Centre with Duloch and Lapwing Drive. New service 7B will link the City Centre with the Middlebank Street area of Rosyth and then to Inverkeithing. Service 87 will continue to serve the middle section of Aberdour Road.
Between service 1 and 2 withdrawals, Castle Drive will not have a service during the off peak, although frequent services will continue to pass on Queensferry Road and at Lapwing Drive.
The evening and Sunday service 1A is operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Fife Council and will be replaced between Dunfermline City Centre, Rosyth, Inverkeithing and North Queensferry by an hourly 7D service. Between the City Centre and Duloch, the 1A is replaced by an hourly service 87 in the evenings and on Sundays.
2 Halbeath P&R – Duloch – Castle Drive – Rosyth – Ferrytoll
2A Halbeath P&R – Amazon - Duloch – Castle Drive – Rosyth – Ferrytoll
The demand shown for these services, launched in August 2014, has been consistently very low outside of weekday peak times. The fares collected have not covered the cost of operating the service and, as with service 1, despite taking action to reduce costs in early 2015 this remains the case.
It is proposed that the service 2 will be withdrawn and that a 30 minute frequency on service 2A will operate but only on weekday peak times (approx 0545 – 0735 and 1625 – 1917).
Revised services 33/33A will provide links between Halbeath park & ride and Fife Leisure Park while revised services 3/3A will provide links from Duloch to Queensferry Road where services to Rosyth and Edinburgh can be connected with.
Between service 1 and 2 withdrawals, Castle Drive will not have a service during the off peak, although frequent services will continue to pass on Queensferry Road and at Lapwing Drive.
Service 2 will be withdrawn and that a 30 minute frequency on service 2A will operate but only on weekday peak times (approx 0545 – 0735 and 1625 – 1917), with an additional early morning journey added from Halbeath Park and Ride to Amazon on Saturdays.
3/3A Townhill – James Street – Abbeyview – Duloch – Pitcorthie Circulars
Services 3/3A would be revised to follow an expanded route. The existing route would continue to operate between Townhill, City Centre and Hospital Hill. This would run for most of the day at an improved 15 minute frequency, currently every 20 minutes. At Hospital Hill, services would then run in alternate loops via either St Andrews Street, Whitelaw Road, Trondhiem Parkway, Dunlin Drive, Greenbank Drive, Duloch Tesco, Lapwing Drive, Pitcorthie Drive and then back to Townhill. Service 3A would run in the alternative direction round the loop. This will give departures from the City Centre (James Street) to Duloch every 15 minutes during the day, Monday to Saturdays.
Frequency for Pitcorthie and Lapwing Drive areas remains every 30 minutes in each direction, replacing part of current service 4, while the frequency in Dunlin Drive and Whitelaw Road reduces from every 20 to every 30 minutes.
The existing service 3 route between Aberdour Road (Masterton Primary School) and Halbeath park & ride, via Sandpiper Drive and Fife Leisure Park will no longer be served due to the low use made of the existing service. Revised services 33/33A will provide links between Halbeath park & ride and Fife Leisure Park while service 2A will continue to provide peak time links between Duloch, Sandpiper Drive and Halbeath park & ride.
Some journeys on services 3/3A will extend to Amazon to suit shift times.
The evening and Sunday services are operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Fife Council and will operate as a 3 and 3A each operating every hour via the daytime route but also serving Fife Leisure Park.
4 Dunfermline – Carnock – Oakley - Blairhall
The section of route between the bus station and Duloch is transferred to revised service 3/3A (see above).
Between Dunfermline and Blairhall the current route and frequency remains every 30 minutes as now with minor timetable changes planned.
The evening and Sunday services are operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Fife Council and will operate on an hourly headway. Times will also be revised to allow better connections from Edinburgh services.
5/5A Dunfermline - Abbeyview Circulars
No major changes are planned for these services. They will continue to follow the current route, generally every 20 minutes in each direction, however in the very early mornings when demand is very low we are making some changes to times.
The evening and Sunday services are operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Fife Council and the 5 and 5A will continue to each operate on an hourly headway.
6 Steelend – Saline – Golfdrum Street - Dunfermline – Limekilns – Crombie
It is proposed that the section of route between Steelend and Dunfermline will be withdrawn. Fares collected on this service do not cover the cost of operation and many of those using service 6 currently can use service 4 to reach Oakley, Carnock or Gowkhall.
We appreciate that this leaves the villages of Saline and Steelend with only Fife Council supported service 28 and that this, in its current form, would not provide the level of service that villagers would hope for. Discussions are ongoing between Stagecoach and Fife Council as to what alternative service provision can be put in place and as discussions continue we will communicate these.
The other section of route that would be left unserved is Golfdrum Street in Dunfermline. It would be recommended that anyone with concerns about this area get in touch with Fife Council’s Transportation Services.
Minor changes will also be introduced to the Crombie end of the service although the route and frequency will generally remain as present.
The 6 will be revised to operate as an Oakley – Saline – Steelend – Wellwood – Dunfermline – Limekilns – Crombie service operating every hour during the majority of the day, with an additional early morning journey in to Dunfermline to enable better connections to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Kirkcaldy.
The Golfdrum Street area will be served by a revised Fife Council supported service 89/89A.
7 Leven – Buckhaven – Victoria Hospital – Kirkcaldy – Dalgety Bay – Dunfermline
We are proposing a new timetable for this service and a slight amendment to the route in Rosyth.
Service 7 would operate every 30 minutes (from approximately 0500 until 1800) Monday to Saturdays and then every hour in the evening and Sundays as now. The busier sections of the route will be enhanced with service 7A (see below) also running every 30 minutes to provide a 15 minute frequency between Leven, East Wemyss, Dysart, Victoria Hospital and Kirkcaldy bus station. New service 7B (also see below) will run every 30 minutes providing a co-ordinated 15 minute service between Dunfermline, Rosyth, Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay.
While the new service 7 will run slightly less frequently during off peak periods than at present, the new timetable will run more frequently in some cases than presently as there will be an end to the various schoolday / non schoolday variations.
In Rosyth, service 7 will be rerouted to serve Camdean. This means stops at Dick Place and Tesco will no longer be served by service 7, although service 7B will serve these stops. In Camdean, the service will follow the current service 19 route and stops.
7A Leven – Methilhill – Victoria Hospital – Kirkcaldy
After requests, this service will be rerouted in Kirkcaldy. It will now operate from Dysart via Loughborough Road, replacing service 13, and then via Victoria Hospital. This will reinstate links from the Methilhill area to the hospital. The top section of Windmill Road will no longer be served although alternative services are available at Rosslynn Street and The Fairway.
The frequency will be reduced slightly from every 20 to every 30 minutes, but will combine service 7 to provide an improved 15 minute frequency between Leven, East Wemyss, Dysart and Victoria Hospital.
At Kirkcaldy most journeys on service 7A will continue to Central Fife Retail Park as service 15. This will provide better links from Leven, the coastal communities and east Kirkcaldy to the retail park.
7B Kelty – QM Hospital – Dunfermline – Middlebank – Inverkeithing – Dalgety Bay
This new service would replace service 9 between Kelty and Dunfermline. It would then offer an improved frequency on the Dunfermline to Dalgety Bay corridor alongside service 7.
Operating every 30 minutes during the daytime, the new service will cover the current route to Dunfermline then via Queensferry Road, Middlebank Street, Rosyth Crossroads, Castlelandhill, Inverkeithing Square, Dalgety Bay Link Road, Moray Way (The Bridges) and terminate at Regents Way shopping centre. At peak times some journeys will serve Hillend Industrial Estate and St Davids Harbour.
The route will offer cross town links to Queen Margaret Hospital, improved service provision for eastern Rosyth and the southern part of Dalgety Bay.
For residents of Kelty, the existing 30 minute daytime frequency will continue to be provided but the extension to Dalgety Bay will provide direct links to employments areas at Pitreavie and Hillend.
On Sundays the service will operate with route number 7C between Kelty and Inverkeithing only via the weekday route except for in Rosyth where buses will follow the service 7 route through Camdean rather than Middlebank Street.
There is a greatly reduced demand for the later evening service between Dunfermline and Kelty and this will be withdrawn after journeys at the end of visiting hours to Queen Margaret Hospital, however Stagecoach and Fife Council continue discussions about what alternative transport provision can be made.
8 Dunfermline – High Valleyfield – Kincardine – Alloa – Stirling
9 Kelty – QM Hospital – Dunfermline – High Valleyfield
Service 9 would be withdrawn and replaced by new service 7B between Dunfermline and Kelty (see above). The section between Dunfermline and High Valleyfield would be replaced by a revised service 8.
The current service 8 is a commercial service, ie operated without local authority subsidy, and the fares collected are insufficient to cover the cost of operation. The busiest section of the route is between High Valleyfield and Dunfermline.
Our proposal is for the service 8 to operate every 30 minutes between Dunfermline bus station, High Valleyfield and Culross. The section of route between Culross and Stirling would be withdrawn.
For those using service 8 wholly within Clackmannanshire or Stirling, a choice of alternative services are available provided by either First or Mackies. Kincardine will continue to be served by the Glasgow express services so will still be linked to Dunfermline but no direct link will exist between High Valleyfield/Culross and Kincardine and there will be no service between Kincardine High Street and Clackmannan.
The loss of the service linking West Fife and Stirling will be a disappointment to those who use it currently but the changing retail demand has seen use of the route decline and now become unsustainable.
The revised proposal is for the service 8 to operate every 30 minutes from Dunfermline bus station to High Valleyfield with one journey an hour continuing to Culross. The other journey will continue to Kincardine via the A985 and then on to Clackmannan and Alloa (8A).
For those using service 8 beyond Alloa to Stirling, a choice of alternative services are available provided by either First or Mackies. Kincardine will also continue to be served by the Glasgow express services but between Culross and Kincardine only Fife Council service 28 will operate.
The current commercial evening service for High Valleyfield will be withdrawn but discussions are continuing to take place with Fife Council about any possible alternative provision.
9/9A (new) Denhead/Bonnybank – Kennoway – Leven – Buckhaven – Methilhill
These new services will replace the busiest sections of current services 48/48A/49/49A. The existing 30 minute frequency will be maintained between Kennoway shops, Myreside Avenue, Linwood Drive, Leven, Lower Methil or Aberhill Tower Bar, Buckhaven, Methilhill and Queens Square. Hourly extensions will operate from Denhead (9) or Bonnybank (9A).
Between Leven and Kennoway, the service will be supplemented by services 41B, 43 and 46, maintaining the 4 or 5 journeys per hour between the two towns.
The evening and Sunday service provided by Fife Council will remain largely as the current timetable and operate as service 49. This will include one early morning journey for staff at Cameron Hospital.
11 Kirkcaldy – Brodick Road – Redcraigs – Retail Park
12 Kirkcaldy – Brodick Road – Birnam Road – Retail Park
We are proposing to extend service 12 to Glen Bruar Place, reinstating links between that area and Torbain Primary School.
Frequencies on services 11 and 12 will be improved in the weekday afternoon with the current combined 15 minute frequency replaced by the same 10 minute frequency operating during the rest of the day. There will be minor changes to the timetables of both routes throughout the day and weekends.
Service 11A in the evening will no longer extend to the Retail Park however the 12A continues to serve this at these times.
13 West Wemyss – Dysart – Victoria Hospital – Kirkcaldy – John Smith Business Park
This service is operated by Stagecoach under contract from Fife Council. They have requested that the service return to serving Dysart Road rather than Loughborough Road, service 7A replacing it there.
The service will be revised to serve the Sauchenbush area on every journey and will also be amended to serve the John Smith Business Park just at peak times.
14 Kirkcaldy – Dunnikier Estate
The Monday to Saturday daytime service on this route is operated commercially and due to a substantial reduction in passenger use over the last year or so, we have unfortunately come to the conclusion that the current 20 minute frequency is no longer viable. We are proposing therefore that the service will be revised to operate hourly from around 0800 until 2300, a slightly later start as now on a Sunday.
The routing around Dalmahoy Crescent will be retained for off peak journeys.
To allow for earlier journeys and connections, a 0740 arrival in Kirkcaldy will be added to the timetable.
15 Kirkcaldy – Templehall – Harris Drive – Retail Park – Glen Bruar Place
Service 15 would be revised to operate on a 30 minute frequency rather than the current 20 minute off peak service. The peak service would remain similar to now.
As described above it is proposed that most journeys on service 15 will connect with service 7A at Kirkcaldy bus station and therefore will offer an advertised connection for through travel to Victoria Hospital, Dysart and Leven.
Service 15 will continue to serve Glen Bruar Place alongside the extended service 12 offering up to five departures an hour to and from the bus station.
16/A Kirkcaldy Circulars
We launched these new services in November 2015 with an aim of opening up new links to the many retail, employment and health facilities around Kirkcaldy. Unfortunately the numbers of passengers making use of the services is extremely low and we cannot continue to support the losses so would propose full withdrawal of the routes.
This would leave the Sauchenbush and Spey Road/Oswald Road areas without an alternative bus service. Fife Council are aware of this and are looking at options for service 13 to serve the Sauchenbush area, it already serves this area in the evening and on Sundays. The Spey Road, Park Road, Oswald Road area is a relatively small area with other services available in surrounding streets (St Clair Street, Dunnikier Way and Overton Road), the furthest walk to an alternative bus stop being less than 500 metres.
The 13 service is being amended to serve the Sauchenbush area, whilst the 41 service is being continued and will operate via the Lawson St, Park Road, Oswald Road area.
17 Dunfermline – Garvock – Leisure Park – Cowdenbeath – Kelty
18 Kirkcaldy – Victoria Hospital – Cowdenbeath - Kelty
Both of these services are proposed for withdrawal. Both are commercially operated and the fares collected do not cover the cost of operating the routes.
This will leave some areas without a Stagecoach service however alternative services are available between Kelty and Cowdenbeath, operated by Bay Travel, and within Cowdenbeath itself, revised services 33/33A and service 81.
For those travelling from Kelty to Kirkcaldy, alternative facilities will be available with service X55 rerouted via Halbeath park & ride and service X27 now operating twice an hour from there direct to Victoria Hospital and Kirkcaldy bus station. Journey times will be reduced as a result with the fastest journeys over 20% quicker than at present.
Between Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy, a revised service 33/33A would continue to offer two journeys an hour from the town via Victoria Hospital as the current 18 and 33 do now.
The section of route between Dunfermline and Cowdenbeath on service 17 would be largely replaced by the revised 33/33A, following the current 33 route from Dunfermline bus station via Bellyeoman Road, Queen Margaret Hospital, Asda, Fife College, Fife Leisure Park, Halbeath park & ride, Crossgates and then alternate journeys via Hill of Beath or Moss-side Road. This will leave the Garvock Hill area of Dunfermline without a service although discussions are ongoing with Fife Council as to how this can be resolved and any further developments will be communicated.
We understand another operator is considering the commercial introduction of a Kelty to Kirkcaldy service via Cowdenbeath and Auchtertool replacing the 18 and part of the X26.
Fife Council have advised us that the 89/89A service will be revised to operate along the Garvock Hill area in Dunfermline providing hourly links to Queen Margaret Hospital and Dunfermline bus station.
19 Ballingry – Cowdenbeath – Dunfermline – Rosyth – Hilton Road
It is proposed that service 19 be subject to minor changes of route. The diversion via Main Street in Halbeath introduced last November will be withdrawn with service 81 providing an alternative daytime service. In Rosyth, all journeys would follow a common route from the Halt direct via Queensferry Road to the Crossroads, Castlelandhill, Ridley Drive, Admiralty Road, Castle Road and terminate at Hilton Road. This would operate every 10 minutes during the daytime improving frequencies between Rosyth and the Dockyard area, and from Rosyth to Dunfermline.
The service via Kings Road (19A) would be withdrawn due to low usage, but alternatives are available from bus stops on Admiralty Road, Park Road/Park Road West and at Rosyth Halt.
Camdean would no longer be served by service 19 however it will now be served by service 7 (and Sunday only 7C) which will maintain links with Dunfermline and to Rosyth shopping areas. It will open up new links to Inverkeithing and to Dalgety Bay, Kirkcaldy, Victoria Hospital and Leven.
At peak times, the service currently operates into the Dockyard site at Wood Road. Traffic congestion caused by this diversion has caused reliability problems elsewhere on the route so we are proposing that service 19 would terminate at Hilton Road at all times, however at weekday peak times a new X19 service will be introduced running to/from Wood Road and then fast to Dunfermline bus station via Kings Road.
As presently, evening and weekend journeys will run via the Fife Leisure Park and these in future will operate as service 19A.
An earlier weekday morning journey from Ballingry is introduced (departs 0443) to open up access to employment opportunities around Dunfermline and Rosyth for shift workers. Improved early morning connections are planned to service 747 for journeys to Edinburgh Airport.
In general all times are subject to minor alterations but overall frequencies and times of operation remain as at present.
23 St Andrew – Cupar – Kinross – Dollar – Stirling
The service between St Andrews and Stirling has historically been an important link but demand for the service has reduced in recent years as alternative services have been introduced or improved. There are still busy journeys but these can no longer support the poorer performing journeys and so we are proposing some slight reductions to the timetable.
Currently the service operates every 2 hours giving six return journeys a day. We are proposing to reduce this to four return journey a day. These will still provide the current journeys to and from Dollar for school pupils.
Passengers between St Andrews and Cupar have access to alternative hourly services X24, X59, 64/A and 94/A. Between Cupar and Bow of Fife, the 64/64A offers hourly journeys and between Cupar and Auchtermuchty, the 94A offers a 2 hourly service. From Auchtermuchty, the 66 offers a 2 hourly service to Gateside and Burnside. Beyond Burnside, the 23 is joined by service 56 at Mawcarse and the X55 at Milnathort to provide services into Kinross. West from Kinross, the 23 is the only timetabled bus service through Crook of Devon, Rumbling Bridge and Yetts o’ Muckart but from Dollar there is once again a number of other local services along the Hillfoots and into Stirling.
Fife Council service 66 will provide an earlier journey from Kinross as partial replacement allowing for connections to service 94A for onward travel to St Andrews.
X24 St Andrews – Glenrothes – Dunfermline – Glasgow
It is proposed that, subject to agreement with the owners, service X24 will be extended to Glasgow Airport. This will then offer an hourly service, seven days a week connecting Fife, including Halbeath park & ride, and Cumbernauld directly to Glasgow Airport and its range of flight destinations.
To allow the extension to the route, the timetable will be changed. This will include an earlier journey to Glasgow from Dunfermline, arriving at 0510. The overall frequency between Halbeath and Glasgow city centre will remain every 20 minutes.
Between St Andrews and Glenrothes, the existing service 24 will be revised to operate as an X24 offering St Andrews a direct departure from Glasgow at 2115 rather than the current last through departure at 1925 on Monday to Saturdays. The 2305 from Glenrothes to St Andrews will continue to divert via Ladybank. New service X53 will provide other evening services to Ladybank.
X26 Kirkcaldy – Auchtertool – Dunfermline - Glasgow
X27 Leven – Kirkcaldy – Dunfermline – Glasgow
It is proposed that service X26 routing between Kirkcaldy and Halbeath park and ride be withdrawn and that all journeys would in future operate as service X27 via A92, Chapel and Victoria Hospital to reach Kirkcaldy. This will increase the frequency of express services from West Fife (Kincardine, Cairneyhill, Crossford and Dunfermline) to Victoria Hospital from once an hour to twice an hour. Kirkcaldy maintains its twice hourly links to Glasgow.
This will result in the loss of service for Auchtertool and the Mossgreen area of Crossgates. Crossgates is served by alternative services 19 and 33 on Main Street, Dunfermline Road which is at most around 800 meters from existing bus stops. Bay Travel also operate a local service through the Mossgreen area so no stops will be left unserved. Auchtertool will not be so easily served as no alternative services are currently available. Fife Council are aware of this and should a solution be agreed we will communicate this.
Fife Council have advised that another operator is considering the introduction of a commercial service via Auchtertool on route between Cowdenbeath and Kirkcaldy.
The Sunday service on the X27 will be extended so all journeys start/finish at Leven, and an additional later Monday to Saturday return journey from Leven to Glasgow is introduced offering a 2045 departure from Glasgow, one hour later than present.
30 Caskieberran – Glenrothes – Woodside
This service would replace the existing G6 service. The route would remain the same with a revised timetable in operation but overall the general hourly frequency Monday to Saturday daytime would remain.
X30 Dunfermline – Cowdenbeath – Kinglassie – Glenrothes
The existing one weekday morning journey on this route will be renumbered as an X54 and slightly retimed.
32 Glenrothes – Kinglassie – Cardenden – Kirkcaldy
This Fife Council supported service would be extended beyond Glenrothes bus station to replace service G7 operating via Pitteuchar, Bankhead and Stenton. This will open up new cross town links and should prove useful for those travelling from Cardenden and Kinglassie to Fife College and Bankhead Industrial area.
The current hourly frequency would continue to operate although evening and Sunday times would change slightly to improve reliability.
33/A Dunfermline – QM Hosp - Cowdenbeath – Lochgelly – Cardenden – Victoria Hosp - Kirkcaldy
We are proposing that service 33 is improved from an hourly service to become a half hourly service. This will double the frequency of service between Queen Margaret & Victoria Hospitals and between Queen Margaret and Halbeath park & ride. Cardenden and Lochgelly will gain enhanced service levels to the employment and leisure areas of west Dunfermline as a half hourly link will be provided to Fife Leisure Park.
In Cowdenbeath alternate journeys will operate via either Moss-side Road & Stenhouse Street or via Hill of Beath and the Fountain (33A). Earlier morning journeys into Dunfermline will cater for employment at Fife Leisure Park and the hospital.
In association with Fife Council plan to provide an improved evening service with hourly departures from Kirkcaldy until approximately 2300 Monday to Saturday and we will be introducing a Sunday daytime service to the route.
In Dunfermline, the 33A service will operate via Laurieston Drive.
34 Kirkcaldy – Cardenden – Lochgelly – Ballingry
This service is proposed for withdrawal. It currently operates hourly off peak, with a gap between 1345 and 1655 on weekdays. For the section of route between Kirkcaldy and Lochgelly, either the revised service 33/33A will continue to cater for passengers or service 32 will continue to serve Corrie Centre and Dundonald in Cardenden.
Overall frequency remains at two per hour between Kirkcaldy and Lochgelly with the 33/33A all routed via Lindores Drive in Kirkcaldy.
For those travelling from Ballingry, Lochore or Glencraig service 19 provides a 10 minute frequency into Lochgelly from where the improved 33/33A runs every 30 minutes to Kirkcaldy. The improved service levels on service 33 will also allow for later evening return journeys from Kirkcaldy than at present with service 34.
35 Cupar – Newburgh – Perth
36 Glenrothes – Newburgh – Perth
We are proposing that this service would in future only run between Newburgh and Perth, on a similar frequency to present. Between Glenrothes and Newburgh, the service is only one of several running through these remote communities and overall demand for the service has fallen so resources would be concentrated on the busier section of route.
Alternatives are available; between Newburgh and Auchtermuchty service 94A runs every two hours, Auchtermuchty to Glenrothes has service 66 every two hours and from Dunshalt to Glenrothes there is additional services 64/64A every hour.
A shoppers service on a Saturday would continue to run from Glenrothes to Perth, the present 36A being renumbered a 66A.
As parts of this service lie in Perth and Kinross Council’s area we continue discussions with them regarding some changes to tendered journeys between Abernethy and Perth in the evenings.
The revised proposal is for the 36 service to remain at hourly intervals through the day between Perth and Glenrothes on Monday to Saturdays. A Sunday service will be provided with journeys every 2 hours between Newburgh and Perth.
X37 Kirkcaldy – Gallatown – Woodside – Glenrothes – North Glenrothes – Flemington Road
The current X40 would be revised. We are proposing that this would extend beyond its current terminus at Pitcairn Avenue via Collydean and Rothes Road to Glenrothes bus station, replacing part of the current 39B, and then continue to Asda and Flemington Road for Morrisons and Aldi. This would replace part of service 38 and maintain links from North Glenrothes to Asda whilst creating new links to the other supermarkets.
To recognise the change from differing route numbers for Cadham or Collydean we are proposing that the whole service becomes X37, meaning services in both directions around the North Glenrothes loops would be an X37.
There would be some amendments to the timetable and some additional morning peak journeys introduced.
38 Newcastle – Napier Road – Glenrothes – Flemington Road
This service would be replaced by new service X37 serving Flemington Road and a revised 39B serving Napier Road. It would be necessary to change buses at Glenrothes bus station for travel between Newcastle and Morrisons but no area would be left unserved.
39/A/B Kirkcaldy – Victoria Hospital – Thornton – Pitteuchar – Newcastle / Leslie
In November 2015 we carried out some major changes to the Glenrothes bus network. These were aimed at trying to increase access to alternative retail destinations as the traditional town centre shops suffered decline. Whilst the changes were welcomed by many during the consultation period, the demand for the revised service has not grown sufficiently to cover the cost increase generated by adding additional vehicles into the network.
Based on actual demand, we are therefore proposing that the 39/39A between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes be reduced from a 10 minute daytime frequency to a 15 minute frequency allowing for the withdrawal of the current 39B service. No areas of route would be lost by this withdrawal, with the 39/39A still covering the same route between Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes, and still providing a frequent link with Thornton and Victoria Hospital. New service X37 would replace the 39B between Glenrothes bus station, Collydean and Pitcairn Avenue. Direct links between Collydean and Victoria Hospital would be discontinued but interchange from the X37 at either Glenrothes or Kirkcaldy bus stations would allow for frequent connections to the hospital.
Our proposal would see the 39/39A continue to serve the current routes from Kirkcaldy to Glenrothes bus station but then both would leave via Church Street, omitting Asda which would require a connection to the new X37 service. Leslie would continue to be served half hourly as now by the 39A.
Within Glenrothes service 39 would be revised to operate through to Whitehills Industrial Estate at peak times to open up new connections to employment opportunities. During the off peak daytime, one journey an hour would also be rerouted via Napier Road to replace service 38. These journeys would now run as service 39B and between these and service 32, Napier Road will continue to have two buses an hour.
We are proposing to reduce the very late evening frequency from half hourly to hourly as demand for these journeys is very low.
Following feedback, we have amended proposals so that the 39 and 39B service will serve St Claire Street to facilitate easy access to Rejects and the nearby Aldi, but will not therefore serve Asda. Asda continues to be served by the 39A service.
40/A Edinburgh – South Queensferry
In order for us to improve reliability we believe that service 40 cannot continue to operate during the evening peak as delays on the A90 approaching the Forth Road Bridge are greatly impacting on this service. We are therefore proposing that some journeys will change from being a 40 to a 40A whereas other journeys will follow a new route variation 40B that will operate in a one way loop of the town from Dalmeny then via Scotstoun, Ecline, town centre and back to Edinburgh via Dalmeny.
The evening service will also be revised with late evenings reduced to an hourly frequency however changes to service X55 will still allow for two “all stops” journeys per hour between Edinburgh to Barnton as now. All the evening journeys would follow the new 40B route.
X40 Kirkcaldy – Gallatown – Woodside – Glenrothes – North Glenrothes
This service would be replaced by new service X37. All current route and frequency would be retained.
41 Cupar – Kennoway – Kirkcaldy
41B Cupar – Kennoway – Leven - Buckhaven
The existing daytime, Monday to Saturday journeys on service 41 are run commercially by Stagecoach and the fares revenue no longer covers the cost of operation. Our proposal therefore is that the service would be withdrawn. This does not affect the service 41B as this is operated by Stagecoach on behalf of Fife Council. This will mean that any current users of the 41 will continue to have access to the two hourly service and can connect at Leven bus station to any of the seven departures each hour to Kirkcaldy, five of which also serve Victoria Hospital. Those travelling from Cupar to Kirkcaldy will continue to have an hourly express service which also serves the hospital (new X53).
The tendered evening and Sunday journeys on service 41 will be a matter for Fife Council to consider as part of the consultation.
This proposal has been heavily revised following the period of consultation. The 41 service is maintained on broadly its current timetable whilst the Fife Council provided service 41B is revised. The evening and Sunday timetable continues in its present form.
Service 41 will connect at Kennoway with services to/from Leven during off peak periods. Between Leven and Buckhaven, service 41B will become part of new service 47 but on a similar frequency to current. Casan will be served by routes 41B and 41C.
42/B St Andrews – Leuchars – Tayport – Dundee
We are proposing to improve the frequency of the 41 service between Dundee and Tayport. This would see the current 20 minute frequency improved to every 15 minutes. One journey per hour would continue to extend beyond Tayport to Leuchars and St Andrews with peak time journeys via Strathkinnes as now (service 42B).
The hourly journey currently between Dundee, Tayport and Cupar would be replaced by an improved express service X53/X54 (see below). Although through journeys would no longer be possible between Tayport and Cupar the number of such journeys made is small and it would still be possible to connect between services at either St Michaels or at Guardbridge.
Evening and Sunday service provision will be improved with an hourly service all evening with later journeys at 2255 and 0010 and an hourly Sunday service between the 42B and 53.
X42 Kirkcaldy – Glenrothes – Ladybank – Cupar – Dundee – Ninewells Hospital
This service would be replaced by new service X53. Our proposal is that the new service would operate on a similar frequency to now, hourly, but would terminate in Dundee city centre rather than at Ninewells Hospital. Whilst this will be less convenient for those travelling to Ninewells there are in the region of 30 journeys per hour between the city centre and the hospital provided by Stagecoach and other operators. Interchange will be relatively easy.
Please see X53 for an update on this service plan.
43/A Whitehills – Glenrothes – Kennoway - Leven
44/A/B Whitehills – Glenrothes – Methilhill - Leven
45 Glenrothes - Markinch
46/A Glenrothes – Star – Kennoway - Leven
X4/A Glenrothes – Markinch – Leven
No major changes are proposed for these services, only some minor timing amendments.
47 Leven – Mountfleurie
This service would be withdrawn. Although important for those who use it currently, the level of demand is not sufficient to allow for continued operation.
Other services are available in parts of the route; Sainsburys (43, 46, X4), Scoonie Road (9/9A, X60, 95), Mountfleurie Street (43, 46, X4 on Glenlyon Road) and Windygates Road (X4, X27).
After discussions with Fife Council and reviewing the consultation events, this service will continue, operating every hour in the off peak period. Evening and Sunday service provided by Fife Council will be renumbered service 49.
48/A/B Levenmouth Circular
49/A/B Levenmouth Circular
These services have again suffered from loss of demand due to the local economic issues. We are proposing that the services be withdrawn although new services 9 and 9A will cover the majority of these routes at the current frequencies.
The only section of route no covered by the 9/9A will be that between Queens Square, Methilhill and Kennoway shops. Alternative services are available, though with service 43 running between Windygates and Kennoway and the 44 running via Windygates and Methilhill. Both 43 and 44 then continue to Leven so direct links from Windygates to Leven are maintained twice hourly. The only direct links that are no longer available are journeys from Windygates to Buckhaven as this would require a connection at Methilhill or Leven bus station at most times of the day (service 44B continues to operate at peak times). Cameron Hospital retains service 44 which allows for connection to the rest of the Levenmouth area (again allowing for connection for Buckhaven).
The evening and Sunday tendered services will have some changes to the timetable and the frequency of operation will remain the same. An additional early morning journey catering for those working at Cameron Hospital will also be introduced.
X51 Dunfermline – Ferrytoll – Livingston
We launched the weekday timetable on this service in August 2015 and to date the daytime shoppers journeys have proven very popular. Unfortunately the peak time commuter journeys have not generated sufficient demand to justify the cost of providing these journeys and so we propose to withdraw the early morning and last evening journeys on weekdays.
It is also proposed that the service revert to stopping at all stops between Dunfermline and Ferrytoll, albeit via the same route as now.
X53 Dalgety Bay – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
Demand for this peak hours only service has fallen steeply and the remaining demand is predominantly that between Ferrytoll park & ride and Edinburgh. We are therefore proposing withdrawal of this service as part of an overhaul and improvement package for the X58 and X60 services. This will see frequency between Dalgety Bay and Edinburgh change from every 15 minutes at peak to every 20 minutes.
As the X58 and X60 do not serve St Davids Harbour peak journeys on new service 7B will be routed this way to allow connection into Edinburgh services at Inverkeithing.
X53 (new) Kirkcaldy – Glenrothes – Ladybank – Cupar – Dundee
This service would replace most of the X42. Operating hourly over the same route as the X42 to Dundee city centre. Additional stopping points would be introduced at Cupar for the oats factory to allow access to employment opportunities and at Drumoig to allow travel to and from Cupar.
The service will be operated by a fleet of Express City Connect single deckers offering air conditioning, WiFi and leather seats.
Following the consultation, the service will continue to Ninewells Hospital via the University and then on to the Technology Park, Invergowrie and Kingoodie. A much improved hourly evening service will also be introduced as well as a two hourly Sunday service between Dundee and Kirkcaldy.
Several commuter trips will also serve Letham Road End to maintain a link at peak times to Dundee, Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy. Letham continues to be served by the 64 service every hour
X54 Dundee – Glenrothes – Halbeath – Ferrytoll - Edinburgh
In order to grow demand for the X54, we are proposing that it be rerouted from the New Inn Roundabout via the A914 to Cupar and then again via the A914 to Dundee city centre. This would introduce new stops at Kettlebridge, Balmalcolm, Pitessie, Cupar Knox Gardens, Cupar railway station, Cupar East Road, Dairsie, Balmullo, St Michaels, Drumoig and Forgan Roundabout. For Kettlebridge, Balmalcolm and Pitessie this would give them a direct bus to Dundee and a doubling of frequency to Edinburgh, which Cupar and Dairsie would also benefit from.
Cupar will then benefit from a 30 minute express service to and from Dundee, all of which will serve the city centre and not just the bus station.
The existing X54 route from New Inn Roundabout via A92 through Freuchie, Ladybank, then A92, Letham, A92, Newport to Tay Bridge would no longer be served. For Freuchie and Letham the new X53 will continue to provide links to Dundee and in addition to this local services 64/A and 66 will continue to offer links to Glenrothes. Letham will continue to be served but only by service 64/64A which would offer connections to Dundee from Cupar. The small villages along the A92 would not be served by any services but demand is extremely small. Newport will be served by revised Stagecoach Strathtay services 39/39A (see below).
Overall journey time remains similar to the current A92 and Newport route. The plan sees all journeys removed from Newport.
Service provision remains similar to now with frequency and first or last departures much as now.
X55 Perth – Kinross – Kelty – Dunfermline – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
X56 Perth – Kinross – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
We are proposing a revised X55 timetable offering faster journeys between Dunfermline and Edinburgh. The route would be revised to omit Inverkeithing, except for evening journeys operating as service 55. Stopping arrangements would also be revised with fewer stops to improve journey times. Between Dunfermline and Ferrytoll buses would stop at Kingsgate, St Leonards Asda, Cottage Inn, King Malcolm Hotel, Cypress Grove, Pitreavie Bank Card Centre, Carnegie Campus, Rosyth Tesco/Dick Place, Palace, Parish Church, Crossroads and Ferrytoll. The revised service would operate every 20 minutes during the daytime, Monday to Saturdays, and hourly in the evenings. As now there would be a half hourly Sunday daytime service.
North of Dunfermline the route will be diverted via Halbeath P&R to allow for connections between the express network and in Perth the Broxden section of route would be withdrawn. Stopping arrangements on Halbeath Road would be amended to match other express services with East End Park, Whitefield Road and Fife College becoming the new standard stopping pattern for all.
Following requests from Perth & Kinross Council, between Kinross and Kelty journeys would observe new stops at Gairneybridge Farm and Hatchbank Road.
Commuter express X56 would no longer serve Kelty to improve journey times from Kinross and Perth to Edinburgh but additional journeys on the X55 would be extended to/from Kelty.
56 Halbeath – Kelty – Kinross – Perth
This service is financially supported by Perth & Kinross Council and Fife Council. We are exploring timetable options for the service in conjunction with the Councils, given the availability of the express X55 route.
From mid August, service 56 is unlikely to extend beyond Kinross to Kelty and Halbeath, but revisions to the X55 and X56 allow for the vast majority of journey opportunities to remain.
Following the consultations and discussions with Perth & Kinross Council, the service will be amended to operate every 2 hours between Kinross and Perth. The first journey in the morning and the last in the early evening would also extend to start/finish in Kelty whilst the same journey would also start/finish at Perth College. A 2 hourly Saturday service would also operate.
The evening and Sunday service is operated under tender to Perth & Kinross Council and discussions are continuing about this aspect of the service.
X57 Kirkcaldy – Burntisland – Dalgety Bay – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
Demand for this peak hours only service has fallen steeply and the remaining demand is predominantly between Ferrytoll park & ride and Edinburgh. We are therefore proposing withdrawal of this service as part of an overhaul and improvement package for the X58 and X60 services.
The very small number of people using the service from Kinghorn, Burntisland and Aberdour will be able to connect at either Dalgety Bay or Inverkeithing Square with the revised X58 and X60 for onward travel to Edinburgh.
57 Kirkcaldy – Kinghorn - Burntisland
This service is not heavily used and as such does not cover its cost of operation. We are therefore proposing withdrawal. For most users, the service 7 offers a direct replacement, or for those in Burntisland, it may require a connection between the service 7 and Fife Council supported service B1, operated by Bay Travel.
Within Kinghorn, the furthest distance to an alternative bus stop is less than 500 metres.
X58 Leven – Kirkcaldy – Dalgety Bay – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
X60 St Andrews – Anstruther – Leven – Kirkcaldy – Dalgety Bay – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
X62 St Andrews – Anstruther – Leven – Kirkcaldy – Dalgety Bay – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
We are proposing to enhance this service at peak times by offering three journeys per hour between Leven, Kirkcaldy, Dalgety Bay and Edinburgh. This 20 minute frequency will replace the current 30 minute service. The X62 variant will also be withdrawn with all journeys either following the X58 or X60 routes. X60 will now serve Pentland Rise in Dalgety Bay in addition to the railway station giving this area of Dalgety Bay double the number of journeys per hour into Edinburgh, during off peak periods. Evening and Sunday service levels will remain as now.
Service X58 will be withdrawn between Leven and St Andrews due to the low overall use made of this part of the route. At peak times a new service 97 will replace it, at times when the X58 is at its busiest. This will become the only regular bus service through Largoward. During other times of the day, there is an existing demand responsive transport service for the Largoward area that Fife Council plan to amend to offer connection at Upper Largo to our other services. Travel between Leven, Upper Largo and St Andrews will still be possible every hour on service X60.
Overall the remainder of the route continues with present frequencies.
The Friday and Saturday night service N58 from Edinburgh to Kirkcaldy would also be withdrawn due to the decline in demand for this service.
Following consultations, there will be additional journeys provided on service 97 between St Andrews and Leven to give a broadly hourly service during the daytime with connections at Leven bus station to/from Kirkcaldy.
The N58 will also continue to operate for the duration of the Edinburgh Fringe period.
X59 St Andrews – Glenrothes – Halbeath – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh
X61 Glenrothes – North Kirkcaldy – Halbeath – Ferrytoll - Edinburgh
We launched the present X61 service in early 2015 but to date the number of people using the service from Kirkcaldy, Thornton and Glenrothes areas has remained consistently small and is a long way short of the numbers required to pay for a coach service. Therefore, we are proposing that the X61 is withdrawn.
The improvements to service X27 will partly replace the X61 through Victoria Hospital and north Kirkcaldy, allowing for connection at Halbeath park & ride to the frequent services for Edinburgh. The overall frequency between north Kirkcaldy and Halbeath remain at two per hour as now. The section of route between Gallatown and Glenrothes will not be directly replaced but connections are possible from other local bus services (39/39A/39B) to Edinburgh services at Kirkcaldy bus station (services X58/X60).
The frequency between Halbeath park & ride and Edinburgh will be maintained with a general 20 minute frequency during off peak periods provided by services X54 and X59.
Service X59 would be subject to minor changes to times and additional journeys would be added between Halbeath and Edinburgh.
64/A Glenrothes – Ladybank – Cupar – Strathkinnes – St Andrews
At Fife Council's request, some evening journeys will be rerouted via Glenrothes Hospital.
77/77B Gauldry – Wormit – Newport – Dundee – Invergowrie
We are proposing that the current service 77/77B be replaced by an extension of the current service 39 (Arbroath to Dundee) with the section of route between the city centre and Invergowrie/Kingoodie withdrawn. Alternative services exist for connection to Ninewells Hospital (16, 73 and X7) or to reach Invergowrie (16) but none are currently proposed for Kingoodie. Perth & Kinross Council are aware of this service withdrawal and are currently looking at options for southern Invergowrie and Kingoodie as part of an ongoing review.
The frequency between Dundee and Gauldry would remain as now, half hourly. The infrequent extensions to Balmerino would be withdrawn, however there are limited alternative bus services provided by Moffat & Williamsons and a Fife Council Demand Responsive Transport scheme available.
The revised plan sees the 77/77B replaced on the Fife side of the Tay by an extension to the Arbroath to Dundee service 39. The 39 would also extend on occasion to Balmerino. The service from the City Centre to Ninewells, Invergowrie and Kingoodie will be replaced by the new X53 service running from Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes and Cupar.
81 Parkneuk – Dunfermline – QM Hospital – Ballingry – Glenrothes
This service will be rerouted via Halbeath village, partly replacing service 19, and will in future serve Scott Street, Dunfermline in both directions. Some early morning and late evening journeys are extended to and from Dunfermline bus station. Other minor timetable amendments would be made.
92 St Andrews University
Operation of this university term time service would be enhanced for the new academic year.
95/395 Leven – Anstruther – Crail – St Andrews
Minor changes to evening and Sunday timetable to improve connections with X60.
201 Glenrothes – Leslie – Kinross
This service is financially supported by Perth & Kinross Council and we are exploring future timetable options with them. Perth & Kinross Council have been holding their own consultation in Kinross-shire as part of their planning process to decide on future requirements, for more information at this stage we would suggest you contact the council directly.
747 Halbeath – Ferrytoll – Edinburgh Airport
We are proposing the introduction of earlier and later journeys on this service which would mean the service running 24 hours a day to accommodate the needs of travellers and staff coming in from Fife.
Our proposal is for this to include revised routing so that all journeys serve Halbeath park & ride so journeys to or from Dunfermline would operate via Halbeath Road rather than Queensferry Road.
Fife Council school services are subject to change from the beginning of the new term in August. Please contact your local authority for details of any changes during the school holidays.
but there were already talking with the council, Bay Travel etc over the last two weeks. Bay travel already know what its doing to cover some of the lost work. Stagecoach are probably just tidying up some minor points. When will Fife council start to tell people of there changes.....