Have your say
First Scotland East would like to invite you to Have Your Say on the proposed service changes to our Falkirk network at our Customer Roadshow Consultation Day on Friday 22nd June at Howgate Shopping Centre from 0900 to 1730.
We value your feedback and want to give you the opportunity to have your say on the proposed changes.
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Forth Valley Royal Hospital
Old Service Number 6/7/38
New Service Number 6/7/8/38
Notes - Improved link from Antonshill – served all day. Better spaced service departures.
Denny
Old Service Number 2/X39
New Service Number 1/X39
Notes - Service number 2 renumbered to Service 1. Fankerton now served by service 8. Balanced 15 min frequency on Nethermains Road. No connection to Stirling from Bonnybridge. No through connection to Stirling University. Barnego Road not served.
Kilsyth
Served by the Service Number 4B which terminates at Falkirk and not going to Grangemouth
Antonshill/Larbert/Stenhousemuir
Old Service Number 6/7/F11
New Service Number 6/7/8
Notes - Antonshill improved service to FVRH. All services now operate via the doctors surgeries beside Asda Stenhousemuir. Reintroduction of Service 7 via Larbert Main Street. More services operating via Health Centre at Stenhousemuir. Service 6 now offers through service to Falkirk Wheel.
Langlees
Old Service Number 5
New Service Number 5
Notes - Frequency increase now every 15 minutes to Falkirk Town Centre. Now serves Carronside Street. No longer serving Haugh Street & Langlees Street.
Grahams Road
Old Service Number 5/6/7/F16
New Service Number 5/6/7/8
Notes - Frequency increased by 1 bus per hour with better co-ordinated headways to 7/8 mins frequency.
Camelon/Summerford
Old Service Number 3/4/4A
New Service Number 6/7/8
Notes - Camelon, Ochilltree & Tamfourhill will now served by services 6/7/8. Tamforhill/Ochilltree now both 30 mins services. Now offers through service to Central Retail Park and FVRH. Maggies Woods Loan now served by new service 2. Increased frequency on Windsor Road, with improved co-ordination. Westburn Avenue is still partially served in an Eastbound direction between Maggies Wood Loan and Falkirk Community Hospital. The only part not served is between Maggies Wood Loan and Glenfuir Road in both directions. Direct link to Falkirk College and Grangemouth withdrawn.
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Hallglen
Old Service Number 1
New Service Number 5
Notes - Now served by service 5. New link to Central Retail park.
Slamannan/Limerigg
Old Service Number 17
New Service Number 2
Notes - Now served by service 2. New link serving Grangemouth & Bo’Ness.
Falkirk Bus Station
Notes - Due to poor usage and amenities no services using Bus Station.
Grangemouth
Old Service Number 3/4/4A/5
New Service Number 2/3/4
Notes - Service 5 becomes service 2. Service 2 now links with Falkirk Community Hospital from Grangemouth Old Town
Grangemouth Old Town frequency reduced from 20 > 30 minutes. No through service on 3/4 to Falkirk Community Hospital, Falkirk Wheel. Central Avenue/Stevenson Street/Burnbank Avenue not served on Evenings & Sundays due to parking issues.
Brighton/Redding/Maddiston
Old Service Number 1
New Service Number 1
Notes - New through service to Camelon/Denny.
Westquarter
Old Service Number F8
New Service Number F16
Notes - New service number. Direct Link to retail Park withdrawn.
Bo’Ness
Old Service Number 5/5A/5C
New Service Number 2
Notes - Now served by revised service number 2. New through service to Falkirk Community Hospital. Now offering close link to Falkirk High Station hourly. Frequency reduced to 30-minute frequency. The only section of Dean Road/Grahamsdyke Road not being served is between Cadzow Avenue And Grahamsdyke Terrace.
Linlithgow
Old Service Number 1/38
New Service Number 1/38
Notes - Now faster more direct to Edinburgh. No longer serves Bridgend or Gyle. Reduced frequency on service 38, now 30 mins to Edinburgh, remains every 15 minutes to Falkirk/Stirling.
Bridgend
Old Service Number 38
New Service Number 1
Notes - Now served by extended service 1 to Linlithgow. No direct connection to Edinburgh from Village, service 38 to operate main Road only every 30 minutes.
Winchburgh/Kirkliston
Old Service Number 22A/38
New Service Number 38/600
Notes - New dedicated service to Edinburgh Airport on service 600 in conjunction with West Lothian Alterations. Continued connection to Broxburn/Uphall & Livingston Centre. No direct connection to St Johns hospital, change at Livingston Terminal. Reduced frequency to Edinburgh – 15 minutes peak & 30 mins off-peak.
Armadale
Old Service Number 800/801/803/21/29
New Service Number 21/26/29
Notes - Now operates a standardise route to through Armadale North Street, East Mains Street.
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Tendered Services
Old Service Number F8
New Service Number F16
Notes - To be amalgamated with service F16 & renumbered to F16. Route between Westquarter and Falkirk as current (no longer serving Falkirk Bus Station). New link to Falkirk Community Hospital/Carron Centre. New improved hourly service. No longer serving Central Retail Park.
Old Service Number F16
New Service Number F16
Notes - Amalgamated with services F8/F11
Now commences at Westquarter and operates F8 route to Falkirk, then F11 route to Bainsford Mungalhead Road, and then at Carron Road current route to Stirling. New link to Falkirk Community Hospital.
Old Service Number F11
New Service Number F16
Notes - Service number removed see F16 above
Service 8 covers from Falkirk to Denny Cross, Denny Cross to Dunipace section rerouted to cover Fankerton. Maintains service 2B link to Glasgow Road. Merchiston Road to Mungalhead Road covered by revised service F16.
Old Service Number F25
New Service Number F25
Notes - No longer serves Falkirk Bus station, now extended to Falkirk Upper Newmarket Street.
Now operates from Upper Newmarket to Finistere Aenue via Hodge Street, Cochrane Ave, Cow Wynd and then normal route to Standburn (timing issues, anticipated faster route)
Old Service Number F14
New Service Number F14
Notes - No longer serves Falkirk Bus station, now extended to Falkirk Upper Newmarket Street. Now operates from Upper Newmarket to Finistere Aenue via Hodge Street, Cochrane Ave, Cow Wynd then normal route to Etna Road
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Proposed timetables and map are below;
Service 1 - Dunipace - Denny - Bonnybridge - Falkirk - Redding - Polmont - Maddiston - Linlithgow - Bridgend
Service 2 - Limerigg - Slammanan - Falkirk - Grangemouth - Bo'ness
Service 3 & 4 - Falkirk - Grangemouth - Falkirk
Service 4B - Croy - Kilsyth - Banton - Banknock - Bonnybridge - Camelon - Falkirk
Service 5 - Hallglen - Falkirk - Langlees - Falkirk - Hallglen
Service 6 - Falkirk Wheel - Tamfourhill - Falkirk - Carronshore - Stenhousemuir - FVRH
Service 6A - Camelon - Falkirk - Carronshore - Stenhousemuir - FVRH
Service 7 - Camelon - Falkirk - Antonshill - Stenhousemuir - FVRH
Service 8 - Camelon - Falkirk - Stenhousemuir - FVRH - Bonnybridge - Fankerton
Service 29 - Falkirk - Shieldhill - Avonbridge - Armadale - Falside - Bathgate - Broxburn
Service 38 - Stirling - Plean - Larbert - Falkirk - Linlithgow - Kirkliston - Edinburgh
Service 391 - Falkirk - Larbert - Kincardine - Dollar Academy
Service F14 - Falkirk High Station - Falkirk - Middlefield - Etna Rd
Service F16 - Stirling - Fallin - Airth - Carronshore - Falkirk - Westquarter
Service F25 - Falkirk - Corentin Court - Falkirk - Polmont - Redding - Wallacestone - Maddiston - Standburn
Service X37 - Falkirk - Bonnybridge - High Bonnybridge - Cumbernauld - Glasgow
Service X39 - WALLACE MONUMENT - STIRLING - GLASGOW via Stirling University - Denny - Cumbernauld - Muirhead - M80
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