Day Trips from Crail by Stagecoach bus

Here are some suggestions for possible day trips from Crail:

Edinburgh - so popular that we have written some special "crib sheets" on catching the bus to Edinburgh - changing buses outside Aldi in St Andrews or catching a Glasgow express from St Andrews and changing at Halbeath Park & Ride - to speed up your journey and give you more time in Edinburgh, The last bus back from Edinburgh is at 21:30 Monday to Saturday and that should get you on the last bus through Crail arriving at 01:00.

Glasgow - timings on this bus make for simpler connections in St Andrews. Again we have produced some "crib sheets" with suggested connections as sometimes you can save time on the Glasgow to Crail journey by changing buses at unusual places like Dairsie to take advantage of the timing of the 65 Perth to St Andrews bus. The last weekday bus back from Glasgow is an X27 at 20:15 changing in Leven to the 95 that wanders around the East Neuk and gets to Crail at 01:00.

Dunfermline - is on the route to Glasgow - you can use the guidance from our Glasgow "crib sheets". The last bus back from Dunfermline is an X27 at 21:25...

Stirling - is easiest to get to using the Stagecoach Express X22 from Dunfermline. 95 buses towards St Andrews approximately hourly from around 06:46 give easy changes to the X24 to Dunfermline and onto the X22. For example, the 06:46 from Pinkerton Road in Crail gets to St Andrews at 07:17 for the 07:40 X24 getting to Dunfermline at 09:14 for the 09:30 X22 getting to Stirling at 10:24. The last bus back from Stirling at 18:30 gets to Dunfermline at 19:24 where an X27 at 19:30 will get you to Leven for 20:58 connecting with the 21:20 95 getting to Crail High Street at 22:19.

X22_Jul_2024.pdf

All the day trips on this page can be done using a Stagecoach East Scotland Dayrider ticket costing £11.50

Perth - the Stagecoach 65 service between St Andrews and Perth changes its timetable from Monday 24th March 2025. This bus makes for an easy day trip. On weekdays the first 95 that connects is the 07:46 from Pinkerton Road which on schooldays arrives outside St Andrews Bus Station at 08:17 where you wander into the Bus Station for the 65 at 08:30 getting to Perth at 09:52. Connections continue roughly hourly until mid-afternoon. On Saturdays there is also a connection an hour or so earlier on the 95 from Pinkerton Road at 06:36. There are good connections in the opposite direction on the 65 departing Perth at 15:00 getting to St Andrews at 16:25 for the 95 at 16:35 getting to Pinkerton Road at 17:05. Departures from Perth at 16:00, 17:12, 18:15, 19:15 and 20:15 should also connect reasonably well. On Friday and Saturday nights there is a late night connection on a 65 departing Perth at  21:45 getting to St Andrews Bus Station at 23:07 with a long wait for the 95 at 00:35 getting to Crail High Street at 01:00.

65 March 2025.pdf

Dundee - the 99 service between St Andrews and Dundee is so frequent that it's really easy to just hop from the 95 to the 99 at almost any time of day. It is worth allowing plenty of time for delays over the Tay Bridge or in pop-up roadworks around Leuchars or Guardbridge if your travel is intended to get you to a timed appointment. The last sensible bus back from Dundee is at 23:28 from Dundee Railway Station, 23:42 from Dundee Bus Station, 00:01 from Leuchars Railway Station getting to St Andrews for 00:13 and the late night 95 that departs at 00:35 and gets to Crail at 01:00.

Trips to Dundee can be done using the cheaper North East Fife Dayrider Ticket at £8.50.

99 March 2025.pdf

All the buses on this page run to timetables which repeat hourly for much of the day

Montrose and Stonehaven - changing at Dundee to the X7 will get you to various East Coast towns including Montrose and Stonehaven. An example journey would be to take the 95 at 08:49 from Pinkerton Road getting to St Andrews at 09:21 which should connect with a 99 getting to Dundee Bus Station for 10:04 - the X7 departs at 10:10 and gets to Montrose at 11:13 and Stonehaven at 12:02. The last through southbound X7 departs Stonehaven at 20:05, Montrose at 20:52 getting to Dundee at 21:51 for a 99 at 22:03 getting to St Andrews at 22:34 connecting with the 22:50 95 getting to Crail High Street at 23:15.

X7 March 2025.pdf

The Stagecoach East Scotland Express Network map may give you more ideas for day trips?