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Bus timetables changing from Monday 29th July 2024

To help with commuting to Edinburgh by train from Leven there are changes to the 95 and the X58, X60 and X61 services starting on Monday 29th July.

More information on our blog post: https://95crailbus.substack.com/p/95-timetable-changes-monday-29th

One Ticket price rise from Sunday 23rd June 2024

One Ticket have announced new prices for their multi-operator tickets: https://www.one-ticket.co.uk/learn-more/prices

The Fife area day bus ticket goes up from £11.60 to £12. Travel Zone 4 (Fife+Edinburgh) rises from £14.40 to £15. And Travel Zone 5 (the whole of the One-Ticket map) from £18.30 to £19.

See more on our Tickets page.

Stagecoach ticket Zones get bigger from 2nd June 2024

To coincide with the return of trains to Leven, Stagecoach are making some changes to their ticket zones.

Perhaps the main one of interest in Leven is that the North East Fife Zone is expanding to include Leven and Glenrothes.

This means that you can get all the way to Dundee and its environs on an Adult Dayrider costing just £8.50 - rather than needing to buy an East Scotland Dayrider at £11.50.

There's also a new Leven to Kirkcaldy day return ticket for £4.70.

More details of all the Zone changes are at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-27/05/2024-15:16:21:201

Timetable changes for June 2024

To  coincide with the return of trains to Leven there are some bus timetable changes to help buses meet trains.

The Stagecoach routes affected at the moment are: 7, 43, 44A, 45, 47A, 48, 49 and 95.

For details see the Stagecoach announcement at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/service-updates/serviceupdatesarticle?SituationId=ID-23/05/2024-10:41:58:948

For working out train/bus connections we recommend the Traveline Scotland Journey Planner: https://www.travelinescotland.com/journey-planner

We expect there to be more timetable changes to help with train connections at the usual annual timetable review during the summer school holidays.

There are also changes to Moffat & Williamson timetables, and there are more details on the Fife Council website at: https://www.travelfife.com/travel-fife/news/articles/bus-service-changes-monday-3rd-june

And there are changes to Stance allocations at Leven Bus Station.

Trains return to Leven from Sunday 2nd June 2024

Funding has been secured for extra bus journeys to connect with the new train services - read more at: https://levenmouthreconnected.fife.scot/news/articles/funding-secured-for-new-and-improved-levenmouth-bus-services

Stagecoach have not yet published any bus timetable changes and they may be waiting for the school holidays to include any changes as part of their annual round of timetable updates?

So, we currently recommend that you use Traveline Scotland to plan any combined Bus and Train Journeys: https://www.travelinescotland.com/journey-planner

The full Scotrail timetable can be downloaded at: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/timetables

You want the June 2024 Fife timetable: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/media/27863/download

Stagecoach East Scotland ticket prices rise from Sunday 31st March 2024

The Dayrider tickets that we recommend are going up in price as follows:

The Leven Zone Dayrider Adult ticket goes up from £4 to £4.20 - the Group ticket (for up to 5 adults) rises from £10 to £10.50.

The North East Fife Dayrider Adult ticket goes up from £8 to £8.50 - the Group ticket (for up to 5 adults) rises from £20 to £21.30.

The East Scotland Dayrider Adult ticket goes up from £11 to £11.50 - the Group version rises from £27.50 to £29.30.

But not going up! - The Nightrider ticket for travel on Stagecoach buses in Fife and Tayside stays at £3.50 - and extends its hours to run from 6pm rather than 7pm!

There is a full guide to Stagecoach tickets at: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/media-library/files/east-scotland/escot_web_ticketguide_31mar2024.ashx

For more details see our Tickets page.

You may be interested in our sister "95 Crail Bus" campaign for a general subsidy to bus fares - as is happening throughout England at the moment - the aim is for an All Fife, All Day, All Operators ticket priced at £5 - for more of the campaigns see: Making bus journeys better.

Free bus travel for under-22s from 31st January 2022

Anyone aged 5 to 21 in Scotland can get a free bus pass. If you already have a "Young Scot" card the bus pass is NOT automatically added to your card, you have to apply separately.

Full details of who is eligible and how to apply are at: https://www.transport.gov.scot/concessionary-travel/young-persons-free-bus-travel-scheme

If you are catching a bus for the first time, you may be interested in the guide from 95 Crail Bus: How to catch a bus?