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New Moffat & Williamson timetables from 24th March 2025
More details of the new timetables on Moffat & Williamson's website at https://moffat-williamson.co.uk/moffat-and-williamson-timetables
You can also check them out and see the intermediate stops on bustimes.org at: https://bustimes.org/operators/moffat-williamson
The 64, which we recommend as one of our Day Trips, is changing its terminus in St Andrews from South Street to outside the Students Union: https://bustimes.org/stops/6500N0444 - it no longer does a tour of St Andrews past the Byre Theatre and along South Street.
The timetable also changes so that it does not connect particularly well with the 95 - so we recommend changing at the Students Union and taking a cup of tea or coffee in the Rector's Cafe while waiting for your next bus...
The main advantage that we see in the changes to the 64 timetable is that every 2 hours it will pass through Giffordtown and therefore pass the Fife Zoo just over a mile north of Giffordtown. Adding to the selection of tourist destinations served by the 64 route.
You should ask the driver to stop at Fife Zoo as a "Hail & Ride" stop.
There are also changes to the 63, M36 and M65 timetables - generally just minor timing changes - the M36 will now incorporate a visit to Freuchie every hour.
New 65 timetable from Monday 24th March 2025
Stagecoach have published a new timetable for the 65.
It's very similar to the previous timetable for much of the day - but alterations to early and late journey times show that from this date the service will be run out of St Andrews rather than Perth - first buses depart from St Andrews and last buses return to St Andrews.
The timetable published is a composite timetable that also includes details of the Moffat & Williamson 63, M36 and M65 buses - but does NOT show the timetable changes for these buses outlined in the Fife Council proposals below.
Moffat & Williamson often publish any timetable changes very close to the date of change - so it will be worth checking their website on 24th March... The changes to the actual bus times of their routes are expected to be minor, but we are expecting subtle changes to the route with variations on alternate hours...
At the same time Stagecoach are changing the timetables for the 99 bus between St Andrews and Dundee in anticipation of the introduction of electric buses later this year.
There is also another attempt at adding more routes around St Andrews with the introduction of services 90B and 90C.
For more details see: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-10/02/2025-12:59:26:155
65 March 2025.pdf
On Sundays the 65 runs as a 65A via Auchtermuchty to allow connections with a revised 36 service running between Auchtermuchty and Glenrothes on Sundays:
FREUCHIE, GIFFORDTOWN, SPRINGFIELD, BALMULLO AND OTHER BUS SERVICE CHANGES
Fife Council is consulting on plans to amend the timetable of the M36 bus to include stops on Freuchie High Street approximately every hour.
Other changes are proposed for the 64 service between Glenrothes and St Andrews, which would see it serve Giffordtown approximately every two hours between 6am and 6pm.
There are changes to services to Springfield and Balmullo.
Any feedback on the proposed timetables should be sent to the council by Friday 17th January 2025. Feedback should be sent to Travel.Fife@fife.gov.uk
Sunday evening timetables change on the 95 from Sunday 4th August
Buses from St Andrews will depart at 20:05 and hourly thereafter instead of the usual weekday evening times of 19:50 and every hour after that. The new latest departure will be at 5 minutes past midnight getting to Crail High Street at 00:30 on Monday morning.
This allows the Sunday evening service to be operated by 3 buses and have better timings meeting trains at Leven.
Limited Stops on Stagecoach Express from Monday 29th July 2024
Stagecoach are reducing the number of stops served by their express buses in order to improve speed and reliability. Details of the stops served on the X60 and X58 between St Andrews and Leven, and on the X59 between St Andrews and Glenrothes are shown in the pictures below.
For more details see our blog post: https://95crailbus.substack.com/p/limited-stops-on-x60-and-x58
Councillor Sean Dillon has a petition against these changes at: https://www.change.org/SaveOurStops
More thoughts on the express timetable changes at: https://95crailbus.substack.com/p/new-timetables-reaction
X60 will NOT stop at the Fisheries Museum
X60 stops
X58 stops
X59 stops
Stagecoach Zones get bigger from Sunday 2nd June 2024
It makes sense! The North East Fife Stagecoach Ticket Zone is expanding to include Leven and Glenrothes, so it will be as cheap to travel to Leven to catch the train as it is to travel to Leuchars or Dundee.
The new travel zone boundaries match the ABC Dundee & East Fife Zone boundary - something which again makes some sense.
The adult day ticket price stays the same at £8.50.
Other Stagecoach Zones are getting bigger at the same time - for more details see: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-27/05/2024-15:16:21:201
Trains return to Leven from Sunday 2nd June 2024
Read more about about how the 95 will connect with the new train services on our blog: https://95crailbus.substack.com/p/the-next-train-to-leven
Go-Flexi gets an "App"
The on-demand rural bus that serves North East Fife now has an App for Apple and Android phones that lets you book journeys on the go.
More details in our blog post: https://95crailbus.substack.com/p/go-flexi-gets-an-app
Or from the Fife Council website at: http://go-flexi.org
Download the App at: https://link.eastne.uk/goflexi
Willie Rennie MSP survey on local buses
Our local MSP is conducting a survey on bus timetable changes in North East Fife - fill in the survey at: https://digitallibdems.typeform.com/to/VaYu5WKg
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Free bus travel for under-22s from 31st January 2022
Anyone aged 5 to 21 in Scotland can get a free bus pass. If you already have a "Young Scot" card the bus pass is NOT automatically added to your card, you have to apply separately.
Full details of who is eligible and how to apply are at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/concessionary-travel/young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme
If you are catching a bus for the first time, you may be interested in our guide: How to catch a bus?
Feedback request on temporary timetables
Stagecoach East Scotland are continuing to look for feedback on their current timetables - are they missing journeys that would really help you to make an essential journey?
If you think they could change things to help you, complete their online form at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/help-and-contact/east-scotland/east-scotland-bus-feedback-form
Glass Recycling in Crail
After a long campaign Crail now has a set of Glass Recycling Bins - located in the car park of Crail Primary School
What happened to my bus?
We've created a new page with links to useful resources for finding out what has happened to your Stagecoach bus: What happened to my bus?
5th January 2019 - Bus Station maps
Our sister Leven Bus website has published a useful list of maps of Fife Bus Stations to help you change buses quickly: https://levenbus.eastne.uk/bus-stations-interchanges