If you are referring to USU 661 and BU18 YSN these are both currently the allocations for St. Columba's School's runs up to Kilmacolm.
Those school contracts have nothing to do with the 904.
The trackers are all messed up today. 3352 showed as 3341, for example.
I'm going to guess they'll extend the X7 again, or as you highlighted, extend the 532. I think they would extend the 532, then have the X7 on an hourly service (like it used to be) to Port Glasgow & Greenock.
update to this, there was a variation to the X7 received on the 12th
Yep, I noticed them, the X7 is likely now being extended to cover the 530 after the 23rd January.
It's probably the best way to do things to be honest. The 530 didn't really seem like a great idea at the time. I do wonder if it'll be busy in that section though. I've not been in that direction for a while but it's generally very car centric.
As someone who uses the 530 on a frequent basis, there are certain journeys which get lots of people, but most get around 3-7. Moving those onto the X7 creates a comfier, roomier experience while also remaining fairly logical.
The only issues I could see arising are the M8 can be dreadful now with how many cars there are and getting in and out of Braehead with the amount of traffic lights can be painful if you don't time them correctly. If they give it enough recovery time and balance out the journey time it should be okay.
On Fridays I rely upon the 1806 departure ex-Kilmacolm which is always a bit hectic having come from Glasgow
I feel sorry for anyone relying on a service like that to be honest and it's an issue with services that do different things but don't have a letter or number variant. It doesn't really help passengers at all and keeps them guessing at every opportunity.
I can’t imagine they will replace a struggling minibus route with one using Citaros. I’d imagine the options will now be in the hands of SPT, who already support the evening and Sunday service.
Don't get started on the time every bus driver didn't realise that my local bus stop (where I alight) was not simply closed but replaced. They went straight past for a few weeks until they realised it was a stop...
The amount of people who don't realise the X7 is significantly slower than the 901/6 to Glasgow is, high...
That really isn't good at all to be honest. I must admit the one time I used the X7 into Greenock from Glasgow I forgot it was significantly slower. I knew it was a bit slower but not as much as it is.
Maybe a Linwood (for Glasgow) dest one way and a Kilmacolm (for Greenock) dest the other way. Could help a fair bit.
Other than the trips to/from Greenock depot at the start/end of the main day, the X7 only really runs between Greenock and Glasgow when the 901/906 doesn’t, so I’d be very surprised if there was any significant number of people who get on it by mistake, when they could catch a direct bus, …other than perhaps displaced rail passengers!
Sundays are the issue
Oh I can agree, same with at peak going the opposite direction, normally X7 drivers refuse you if you ask for Greenock and they tell you to take a 901/906, when by the time that sits in traffic etc at the airport, the X7 would be in Crosslee/Houston area.
With respect but why complain on a forum about the buses not stopping but you won't complain to the company to ensure that the buses stop and pick up passengers. If they refuse to pick up passengers, the buses are illegally claiming taxpayers money.
Use the phone flashlight, driver told me to use it once if they couldn't see you easily
Are these like the services First used to run in Glasgow? I heard some people had the same problems using them. Drivers wont expect many to use them.
Yes, these are the same as First’s old 300/700/800 series routes, being just from the depot to a certain place (801 - Greenock, 802 - Port Glasgow & 803 - McInroy’s Point).
The 23D, 26A and 51A services perform the same function in Renfrewshire.
