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Bus stuck in the grass! I'm not familiar with the route for the 7A; any ideas as to how this might have happened? Source: company post on X (formerly Twitter) - LINK Link to photo: https://twitter.com/pbig84/status/1748755670965334172

On Saturday 1st July, many city centre services were diverted due to parades. The Gallowgate was unserved as far as the Forge Retail Park at one point! Most bus stops had First notices stating either that they were closed, or there would be disruption, but there was nothing on the website...

First Glasgow are a private company and are free to promote whatever ideological agenda they wish to. But I can think of no other instances, save the odd poppy for remembrance or the 'NHS' bus (both pretty non-controversial), where they have done that. In election time, are they going to display...

Well, I used the Airport Service for the first time. Though, despite the single tickets being advertised on the website and app as... ...it came up red when trying to scan on the 240 to/from Parkhead. One of the drivers suggested they don't do those type of tickets. Both required me to...

Thanks - that did the trick!

On another note, I'm flying out next week and planning on using the 500 but, despite the website saying the easiest way to get tickets is via the mTickets app, I cannot seem to find them on it. Am I missing something? Is it on some special section?

Can't see that happening - council-enforcement is at an all time low! My bus stop last night (outside the shops where St Vincent Street changes to Argyle Street) was fully parked with cars - I had to jump out into the road to flag down the 2. And then I had to endure young vapers in both...

I buy sets of 10 singles on the app - currently 22.40, so 2.24 each, or 4.48 for 2. A 2-journey ticket is 4.50 (gotta save that 2p!) An all-day is 4.90 so it only makes sense to get that if I am planning on more than 2 journeys in a day. I've not actually looked into the tapping fares, would...

I agree that change shouldn't be carried out for the sake of it. Passengers do want consistency and reliability. However, while a reduction in cross-city routes might improve the latter, it would surely be more inconvenient for many. The 2 is a great example which allows me to get from East to...

Completely underestimated the time the 90 would take to get from Parkhead (1511) to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital (1633) earlier (82 minutes; another caught us up), I'd also assumed it would enter the bus stance area. It didn't (every other bus does!) so I had to walk back right round...

I think you mean the X81. I used it when I was at university as it was quicker than the 10 (previously the 45, now the 87) off-peak. Very quiet. It was busiest during the commute but then it was badly affected by traffic at the M80/M8 merge and also on Cathedral Street. They have tried various...

Took a 61 into town yesterday at 1345 - it went out of service at Trongate - and we were put off. Some of us then boarded a 60 which turned onto Stockwell Street, then Stockwell Place (at the St Enoch car park) where it also went out of service due to no relief driver. I'm not one to jump on the...

As a result of the bus gate at West George Street, together with closing half of George Square to traffic, I would say that's now one of the quietest sections of the city centre. There are still all the lights but, apart from at the very busiest times, West George Street, George Square, Dundas...

I waited about 40 minutes from 1300 on Saturday on the Gallowgate at the Forge - it was during the build up to a match at Celtic Park, but other buses got through 61s (3), 240s (2), 255 (1) and 64 (1). Then 2 double-deckers arrived together and stayed together all the way to Finnieston.

Surely it would make sense only to brand enough vehicles to cover the minimum requirement (e.g. a Sunday service) and use unbranded vehicles for the remainder. Would that not make it easier to organise? I've already seen the 38/75 branded EVs on other routes. I know it has been said here before...

A few weeks ago, I got the 77 to Renfrew and got increasingly annoyed by the on-board announcements, particularly the one that states "Passengers are reminded that, unless exempt, wearing a face covering is a condition of travel". I counted and heard that one at least 20 times. I thought it had...

The other possibility is that, as all buses from that stop end at the bus station, another bus was in the correct lane, and so the second bus moved into the outside expecting it to pick up any passengers. I've been frustrated many times by how many light changes it takes to get through there...

I had a similar recent experience on the 87, waited for a full hour while numerous 88/89s ran as normal. It was a busy Saturday early evening. Also made the mistake of activating a single ticket on the app, which expired - a waste of £2.10! Although one eventually arrived, it didn't even do a...

That was my point - the car was in the wrong. There's very little the bus driver can do. Just annoyed that folk can be so selfish and, short of having a parking attendant physically present all the time, it cannot really be enforced. I tried to argue my point on Facebook, but most didn't see it...

Out running earlier and witnessed a car pulling into one of the Bishopbriggs Cross bus stops, an 89 immediately behind her had to pull-in diagonally in front, blocking one lane of traffic. Those boarding then had to step off the pavement onto the road, and then back up to the bus. An elderly...