Day Trips on the Moffat & Williamson 64
The Moffat & Williamson 64 follows a meandering route between St Andrews and Glenrothes which passes many tourist locations:
Some of the points of interest on the route:
Craigtoun Country Park - the 64 stops at the end of a driveway leading up to the Dukes Golf Course and Craigtoun Country Park on the outskirts of St Andrews
Magus Muir - a woodland walk and a memorial to Archbishop James Sharpe who was murdered here in 1679 during the religious wars (James Sharpe was minister of Crail Parish Church between 1648 and 1661).
Strathkinness - see the Community Garden & Orchard - or walk to Blebo Craigs for the bus back...
Ceres - for the Fife Folk Museum and various cafes
Cupar - the 65 from St Andrews may beat the 64 to Cupar but the 64 has the advantage of stopping outside Tesco's in Fife's traditional market town
Pillars of Hercules Organic Farm & Cafe starting point for many walking and cycling routes
Falkland for the National Trust for Scotland Falkland Palace - cafes and walks
64_from_29_Jul_2024.pdfSunday services only run about every two hours and connections work best in St Andrews South Street - see our article on Sunday travel for more thoughts:
Connections from the 95 to the 64 can be quite tight. The best place to change is probably at St Andrews Community Hospital where the 95 is due to arrive at 16 minutes past the hour from 09:16 to 15:16 (having departed Crail about 25 minutes earlier) - the 64 is due at the same stop 2 minutes later at 09:18, 10:18, 13:18, 14:18, 15:18... - you will see that it doesn't follow exactly the same route and times every hour.
The 95 is often running a few minutes late - but then so is the 64 - so the connection will probably work - but there is a risk that you will just miss the 64 and have to wait an hour for your connection. Unless you are watching your Live Bus Map and can see that the 64 has already departed - in which case you might stay on to St Andrews Bus Station and catch the 65 due to depart St Andrews Bus Station at 30 minutes past the hour and get to Cupar Crossgate by the Central Cafe at 52 minutes past the hour where you can pick up the 64 at 55 minutes past the hour to continue to those destinations beyond Cupar?
It can pay to be flexible about where you want to go and make your decision based on what bus you manage to catch?
If you don't have a Bus Pass then you will probably want to buy a day ticket that covers travel on both Stagecoach and Moffat & Williamson buses.
You probably want to buy an ABC Tickets East Fife Zone day ticket at £11.20.
These tickets are loaded onto a Smartcard - and if you don't already have a suitable Smartcard it will cost you £1 to buy one on the bus.
Connections on the return journey are much easier - with the 64 arriving at St Andrews Community Hospital around 2 minutes past the hour - so you can get off here and wait for the 95 - or stay on the 64 to the Byre Theatre or South Street in St Andrews and cross the road to catch the 95 on its departure from the Bus Station.
Beware that from 18:50 the 95 changes its route and travels outbound from St Andrews via Lamond Drive -but connections from the 64 are not so well timed and you may prefer to stay on the 64 to South Street and walk to St Andrews Bus Station to wait for the 95 there.
95_alt_view.pdfWe hope you enjoy your day out.
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