McGill's to make the Johnstone bus network more reliable with proposed changes.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK
Since announcing our proposed changes to the Johnstone bus network, we have received some invaluable feedback, which has lead us make the following changes to our plans:
- The 38 will continue to provide journeys between Kilbarchan and Glasgow via Paisley in the morning, evening and all day on Sundays
- While we had always planned to keep the 38A operating between Spateston and Glasgow, via Paisley in the morning and peak evening, the 38 will now continue operate late into the night and all day on Sundays between Spateston and Glasgow.
Read our full updated proposal here.
Join us at one of our Johnstone Network Customer Consultation meetings to discuss the proposed changes.
1pm, Wednesday 7th April - Register here
6.30pm, Thursday 8th April - Register here
Please email your feedback to [email protected].
HOW ARE WE IMPROVING YOUR BUS SERVICE?
SERVICE 30 Offering regular journeys between Spateston, Corseford and Johnstone Town Centre throughout the day, operating every 20 minutes, and no longer impacted by delays in Paisley and Glasgow. SERVICE 31 Offering more journeys on a circular route linking Cochrane Castle and Johnstone Castle with Johnstone Town Centre and Station throughout the day, operating every 20 minutes. SERVICE 32 Offering regular journeys between Kilbarchan and Johnstone Town Centre throughout the day,operating every 20 minutes, and no longer impacted by delays in Paisley and Glasgow.
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR CURRENT SERVICES IN JOHNSTONE?
SERVICE 20 Will operate between Johnstone High Street and Whitehaugh via RAH & Paisley Town Centre SERVICE 38 Will operate every 10 minutes between Johnstone High Street and Glasgow, via Paisley. The 38 will continue to serve Kilbarchan in the morning and evening, as well as Spateston in the evening. SERVICE 38A Will continue to operate in the morning and evening peak periods, between Spateston and Glasgow, via Paisley. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS?
- Reliable, frequent local services across the Johnstone area.
- Customers making local journeys will no longer be impacted by delays caused by congestion in Glasgow and Paisley
- Through journeys to Glasgow and Paisley from Spateston and Kilbarchan in the morning, evening and on Sundays.
- We’re working with Renfrewshire Council to create a new Interchange Hub on High Street to make service connections as seamless as possible
- Improved access to Johnstone Health Centre, with services 30 and 32 serving the bus stop on Quarry Street
- More buses from Kilbarchan before 9am
- More buses from Spateston and Corseford before 9am
HOW WOULD THESE CHANGES AFFECT YOUR AREA?
COCHRANE CASTLE AND JOHNSTONE CASTLE - SERVICE 31
- Our new 31 circular will operate every 20 minutes from Houston Square via Church Street, Graham Street, Quarrelton Road, Rannoch Road, Burns Drive, Elm Drive, Hazel Avenue, Thornhill and High Street.
- To keep commuter journeys simple, our current 38A will continue to operate every 10 minutes Monday to Friday during peak times, maintaining links to Paisley and Glasgow.
- The 38 will continue to serve Cochrane Castle and Johnstone Castle in the evenings and on Sundays.
- The service 20 will no longer serve Cochrane Castle or Johnstone Castle. Customers wishing to travel beyond Johnstone can connect with the 20, 38 or 904 at the new Interchange Hub on High Street or by alighting and crossing the road at Thornhill.
FLOORS STREET
- Some journeys on our new service 30 will divert via Floors Street to maintain an hourly link with Johnstone Town Centre throughout the day, Monday to Saturday.
- Service 20 will no longer serve Floors Street. Those travelling beyond Johnstone Town Centre can connect with the 20, 38 and 904 at the new Interchange Hub on High Street.
KILBARCHAN - SERVICE 32
- Our new service 32 will operate every 20 minutes during the day between Kilbarchan and Johnstone Town Centre, via the current 38 route to Graham Street, taking Quarry Street and William Street to the Houston Square stops on High Street. From Johnstone Town Centre it will serve the current 38 route to Kilbarchan.
- In the morning, evening and on Sundays, the 38 will continue to operate between Kilbarchan and Glasgow via Paisley.
NORTH STREET
- Our new service 30 will divert via North Road and Park Road hourly to maintain a link with Johnstone Town Centre during the day, Monday to Saturday.
- Service 20 will no longer operate via North Road or Park Road. Those travelling beyond Johnstone Town Centre can connect with the 20, 38 and 904 at the new Interchange Hub on High Street.
SPATESTON AND CORSEFORD - SERVICE 30
- Our new service 30 will provide frequent journeys between Spateston and Johnstone Town Centre, via Corseford, Beith Road, Quarrelton Road, Graham Street and William Street to the bus stops at Houston Square, every 20 minutes throughout the day.
- In the morning and evening peak periods, the 38A will operate between Spateston and Glasgow via Paisley.
- In the evening and on Sundays, the 38 will continue to operate between Spateston and Glasgow via Paisley.
Read about all of the proposed changes and view maps of the proposed new routes here.
Find our proposed timetables here:
Service 20 - Johnstone to Paisley, via RAH
Service 30 - High Street, Johnstone to Spateston
Service 31 - High Street, Johnstone to Cochrane Castle and Johnstone Castle
Service 32 - High Street, Johnstone to Kilbarchan
Service 38 - High Street, Johnstone to Glasgow, via Paisley
I think some of it is making trips which were due to interwork into trips which now run as a 38 throughout. This basically just simplified the service for people who travel 'through' Johnstone.
It's a mess, and this is just making a bigger one for me. The 31 is not needed either, just run the 30 as it was, Spateston-Corseford-Johnstone-Castle-Cochrane Castle. And the 32 should be 36, just for familiarity.
That's the only 2 critisims I have of McGills. The services are so random with all the 'dead millage trips' and the many variations. It's not good for passengers planning journeys. I think I will certainly send in some feedback there hopefully it will be simplified a bit.
Not quite. The 51A is already a random service. Least is a new number rather than 38 with 3 different routing options.
Yes, it is simply the dead runs between Johnstone depot and Paisley or Barrhead, registered in order to qualify for BSOG (Bus Service Operators Grant). Therefore, it would make no sense for it to form some integral part of the new Johnstone area network.
Yes and no. It depends how you look at it. McGills already do the random dead millage trips so it wouldn't be a million miles away from their existing operating style. The difference is it keeps some of the peak time links and does so at low cost.
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Guess what... Keep Saturday 3rd July 2021 in your diaries! Watch this space for more information! Who's coming along?
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BUS Chief In Tribute To His Team As McGill’s Get Ready To Mark 20 Years In Inverclyde
5 June, 2021 |
THE boss of McGill’s Buses has spoken of his staff’s ‘breath-taking dedication’ during the pandemic, as the firm prepares to celebrate two decades of serving Inverclyde.
Chief executive Ralph Roberts paid tribute to employees who have stepped up as the company copes with the challenges of covid-19.
McGill’s plan to celebrate two decades of operating in the district with an action-packed open day at their Greenock depot in July.
Ralph said: “I knew I was blessed with a brilliant team, but when a pandemic happens, that’s when you really see it. The dedication was breath-taking.
“At the start of the pandemic, when we had no passengers, and before furlough, we had meetings with hundreds of staff to try and decide what to do.
“We didn’t want to make redundancies. Almost everyone voted for a three-day week to keep everyone in a job. I get a lump in my throat just thinking about it.”
It was at the start of Greenock Fair in 2001 that the McGill’s operation — owned by Greenock brothers Sandy and James Easdale — started in Inverclyde with 32 minibuses rented from Arriva.
It’s impressive expansion really got going after Ralph arrived in 2010, going from 60 buses to the current 600. As the biggest independent operator in the UK, it now has routes in a number of areas including Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Dundee.
McGill’s has been at the forefront of investment in vehicle and ticketing technology and is awaiting delivery of a 56-strong fleet of electric buses to be based in Inchinnan and Johnstone.
The first of those vehicles is expected to be one of many available for people to have a ride on at the open day at the Earnhill Road depot on 3 July alongside vintage Clydeside buses and Ralph’s own 1977 Western Leyland Leopard.
An original McGill’s Mercedes minibus will be there too, plus one of the company’s modern small buses, and a double-decker repainted in heritage livery from the original McGill’s of Barrhead access to workshop.
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A post on the Derby bus depot forum says that it is having some extensive work done before joining the rest of the Ex-Kinch Citaro's in Scotland.
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A similar job post has been put on the Flixbus thread with the advert showing a Flixbus coach.Anyone know what McGill’s are planning here?
“Due to continued expansion we are now looking for experienced InterCity Coach Drivers for an exciting new project which will commence in the very near future.”
There was mention of a new Flixbus route to Scotland
