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Ember: Electric coach service

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AIR is going stop a newhouse from October change
Trying to combat Flixbus as well then, Must be bricking it doing all these changes, Ember are £4.40 cheaper for a return to the Airport than Citylink as well, Ember £5.30 single & Citylink are £7.50, Noticed on Megabus it's £13.49 so Ember still edge out cheaper, Plus Citylink charge booking fees online
 
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smsm1

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Trying to combat Flixbus as well then, Must be bricking it doing all these changes, Ember are £4.40 cheaper for a return to the Airport than Citylink as well, Ember £5.30 single & Citylink are £7.50, Noticed on Megabus it's £13.49 so Ember still edge out cheaper, Plus Citylink charge booking fees online
Woah, it used to be that megabus would be the cheap coach operator years ago.
 

CMBS

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Trying to combat Flixbus as well then, Must be bricking it doing all these changes, Ember are £4.40 cheaper for a return to the Airport than Citylink as well, Ember £5.30 single & Citylink are £7.50, Noticed on Megabus it's £13.49 so Ember still edge out cheaper, Plus Citylink charge booking fees online
Used the E20 on Sunday last week and I was pretty much the only person on it the full way from Glasgow, changed to the AIR and about a third of the seats must have been taken.
Don't know about Flixbus as I personally find them to be poor value but 090 passengers numbers from what I've observed at BBS are surprisingly doing well, I'd imagine it must be popular with European tourists.
 
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Used the E20 on Sunday last week and I was pretty much the only person on it the full way from Glasgow, changed to the AIR and about a third of the seats must have been taken.
Don't know about Flixbus as I personally find them to be poor value but 090 passengers numbers from what I've observed at BBS are surprisingly doing well, I'd imagine it must be popular with European tourists.
090 can either be rammed or dead, hit and miss really
 

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I’ve heard locally a rumour about an Ember service coming through Falkirk? Haven’t seen anything to confirm it but could be a very interesting move, if anyone has heard anything?
 

CMBS

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From a recent newspaper article:-

Funnily enough I predicted an Aberdeen to Fraserburgh/Peterhead service would happen
I’ve heard locally a rumour about an Ember service coming through Falkirk? Haven’t seen anything to confirm it but could be a very interesting move, if anyone has heard anything?
Don't know about it but I'd imagine its a Glasgow to Fife service considering they are recruiting in Fife at the moment, The X24/7 already stops in Forth Valley Hospital.
 

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So is the rumour about Citylink going to Falkirk is because Ember thinking of Falkirk? The route in Question wouldn't be going to Fife, The one I've heard is Glasgow - Falkirk - Edinburgh Airport.

The last time there was express to Falkirk must be nearly 30 years ago when First tried the X17, which was a Saturday only service. Before that it was another Saturday or Weekend only service with X28 Fife Scottish. Before that X22? and old 980 Citylink service?

From 1998? to Covid Falkirk had a 15min service to Glasgow & Edinburgh on the trains. The Car Congestion around Jct 5 on M9 would highlight plenty still took the car.
 
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