Recent content by Al Pal

There is clearly strong demand — two full buses morning and afternoon suggests that. Under-22 travel is reimbursed through the national concession scheme, so passengers are not travelling for free in revenue terms. If the loadings are consistently high, surely this is ultimately a commercial...

If the bus is carrying a full load in the morning and afternoon surely the bus can run commercially? JMB are doing this in South Lanarkshire and by the sound of things making a good fist of it. I take the youngsters that travel to school from Dumfries to Thornhill are placement requests. As...

Very much so. Dumfries depot had two busses in Citylink livery R105 LSO & N144 XSA. That thought also popped into my head if the changes were to happen the 974 instead of the X74. Makes me wonder if the rumours are true what will happen to Eastfield Road site. West Coast Motors taking this over...

Not knowing very much about Dumfries depot operations. Just looking at the new X74 timetable. I would assume Dumfries will become an outstation to Cumbernauld. My assumption is 3 vehicles need to be based in Dumfries overnight (possibly 4 with one as a spare with Cumbernauld 80 miles away) and 2...

thanks busman84. It caught me off guard - didn’t get a chance to spot the destination blind.

Sorry a wee bit late with this. Airport decker on Christmas Eve opposite the Crow wood hotel, Muirhead. A rather unusual sighting.

Dumfriesians = Doonhamer Although on topic. Train service is horrendous on a Sunday. Stagy X74 has a right decent service for a Sunday, although not helpful if you want to travel south.