tbtc
Veteran Member
In fact it’s probably about time the whole Penicuik corridor was revisited again. The Penicuik network is both confusing in routes, and in frequencies. For me it could (and should) be simplified
What can really be done about Penicuik though?
There’s a need for Loanhead/ Bush/ Roslin to have some direct service to both Edinburgh and Penicuik, as well as a relatively fast service from Penicuik to Edinburgh (and a “turn up and go” frequent from the Park & Ride into the city centre)
You’ve also got the “reverse commuting” from areas out Edinburgh out to Bush in the morning and back at teatime (which the 47B handles)
The creation of the 141 seems to be a sneaky way of saving a vehicle by providing a Penicuik - Bush service each hour to allow the 15 to terminate at Bush
Any “solution” is either going to be quite complicated or mean some big cuts to existing links (or PVR increases)
I’m not against change (e.g. The fact that there’s a twenty minute 47 running alongside a fifteen/ thirty minute 37 causes some gaps and inefficiencies), i just can’t see how you can squeeze much more out of the existing number of vehicles
The old X15 from Penicuik to Prestonpans was true longest route at one point.
I also remember the old 44 route from Balerno to Pencaitland that must’ve been the longest as well at one point.
Not to forget the X66 from South Queensferry to Seaton Sands