It wouldn't make much of a difference but I think the stops in Edinburgh, besides perhaps Barnton Junction, should all be set down only eastbound and pick up only westbound - passengers taking short trips from Princes Street and Queensferry Street up to Craigleith and Blackhall and vice versa take up precious capacity when there are other Lothian services they could take such as the 41 and 43.
This would only really make a difference heading Westbound. Eastbound is probably pointless as you’ll just be throwing away the small amount of business as the people from Fife will already be on.
How much was it to go along Princes St?
Not sure but I do believe St Leonards depot will be receiving electric buses at some point this year so it would be logical to conduct trials at some point. Bustimes.org seems to be a little confused about where it tracked and when, doesn't help that Dunfermline and Perth have routes of the same number, but it seems to have been down in Dunfermline for the afternoon
It was involved in a fairly nasty (fatal) accident west of Dunfermline back in March 2022
Would presume that it's being used for parts. Although it is strange that a relatively new bus hasn't seen service for almost a year.
If it's a major repair requiring parts from either of the manufacturers, it is completely normal for it to take literally years to repair and restore vehicles to service.
And is still impounded by the police/DVSA, presumably awaiting the outcome of legal proceedings.
Wow, to be impounded for nearly 11 months seems like quite some time. I’m not familiar with these sorts of legal procedures with accidents but that does seem like a good while? Understandably if it’s a fatal accident it was involved in, you would naturally expect a process to be longer (and in many cases) more complex.
In an ideal world, the X26 will hopefully be back at some point to give Glasgow 3 buses an hour to Fife. The X51 being its old route would make it 4 on top of that but I doubt that'll ever be extended back to here again especially with Citylink starting the 902 to cover that link to Livingston. The X26 coming back would be ideal to be honest.
Would the areas that the X26 served be a viable option? Or would they not be best increasing the X24 and X27?
The X26 was Dundee to Glasgow via Glenrothes, Halbeath P&R, Dunfermline and Kincardine. The X24, X26 and 2 X27s combined offered a 15 minute frequency to Glasgow from Halbeath/Dunfermline/Kincardine, and the X24/X26 combined offered a half-hourly service from Glenrothes
Could a daytime running X52 partly help with this? Possibly terminating at Halbeath instead of the Bus Station? Or just run all to the Bus Station to allow for more services there?
Every 20 minutes, I reckon that was the old frequency. I would have the X26 back running from Glasgow to Leven at least.
Coaches I’d say just about. The X61 could revert back to standard coaches again to free up LE’s for this X52. If it’s hourly the three from the X61 is plenty.
And instead now everywhere has old coaches. Although the Arbroath X7 Interdecks are notably poor these days.
If Stagecoach South West’s Falcon goes in the next while; which could happen given the silly and in my view deliberate changes planned to it, then that’s a huge chunk of coaches available.
