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Service changes - last updated 10th May 2012 update 3! (out of seven so far in the last 48 hours.........)

From Monday 21st May 2012 the Citylink, Megabus and Parks Summer timetables commence. Dundee - Perth - Oban (973) recommences, and there are new timetables for Dundee - Glasgow, Dundee - Edinburgh, Aberdeen - Glasgow, Aberdeen - Edinburgh, and the London - Sheffield - Edinburgh - Inverness M20 will divert at Edinburgh to Glasgow. Timetables for all but the M20 can now be downloaded. UPDATED 10th MAY 2012 - download M11, M18 or M20 via these links

From Monday 28th May 2012 retendering by Angus Council will bring many changes to contracted services. In Dundee, services affected include 81 (JP), 137 (TeeJay), 138 (TeeJay), 138 (JP), 139 (TeeJay) - all these will be operated by National Express Dundee, amongst many other changes. Update 9th May 2012 - majority of information is now availabile. For services not covered by this website see this blog post. Update further on 10th May 2012 - the blog post has now been updated with additional information, and links to timetables for every route shown.

National Express Dundee Services 1A/1B (St Marys – Strathmore Avenue – Dundee City Centre) Revised route and time. Service 1A does not serve Stack Leisure Park during the daytime, but Service 1B will continue to do so. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

NOTE - SERVICE 1C is not affected - a seperate timetable (November 2011 reissued) can be downloaded here

National Express Dundee Service 5 (Ninewells Hospital – Technology Park – Dundee City Centre – Broughty Ferry – Barnhill) Timetable changes, and a revised route in the West End.UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

NEW SERVICE National Express Dundee Service 5N (Dundee City Centre – Broughty Ferry – Barnhill) A new late night bus service for the first time in the City. Late night buses leave Ward Road, Post Office at 01.00, 02.05, 03.10, at weekends, via Broughty Ferry – Brook Street/town centre, before heading north to Forthill, Balgillo and Barnhill. UPDATED 10th MAY 2012 - TIMETABLE AND ROUTE TO FOLLOW

National Express Dundee 15/17 (Technology Park – Ninewells Hospital – Dundee City Centre – Whitfield) Peak extras and some weekday early morning buses have been withdrawn.UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

Stagecoach Strathtay Services 21/21A/21B (Forfar for Dundee – Aberlemno or Finavon – Brechin – Stracathro and/or Edzell) This service has not yet gone up for tender, but will be doing so in 2013. However, on Sundays, the 21A service was interworked with the 30. Stagecoach have lost the Sunday service on the 30 (all except the first run of the day) to M W Nicoll, so a temporary contract has been agreed until the end of the Mon-Sat contract, when the entire 21/21A/21B can be tendered together. An extra evening return trip is added and other journeys are changed by a few minutes. Timetable can now be downloaded.

National Express Dundee 22 (Ninewells Hospital – Blackness Road - Dundee City Centre – Strathmartine Road – Downfield – Craigowl View) 20.10 and 20.40 Service 22 buses from Ninewells Hospital are renumbered 22A and leave three minutes earlier. After Downfield terminus, the bus will operate via Strathmartine Hospital, Bridgefoot to Craigowl View Roundabout i.e. not entering the scheme, then continuing back down Strathmartine Road to Downfield, before returning via the normal 22 route to Ninewells Hospital. This will operate every day of the week – and is therefore the only Sunday bus to Strathmartine Hospital after an absence of some time (although the hospital is now a fraction of it’s original size in terms of utilisation. The current timetable shows “then every 10 mins or less” but the new timetable shows every journey – the frequency is unchanged at every 7-8 minutes Monday-Friday or every 10 minutes on Saturdays. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE -also see 137, 137A, 138, 139.

NEW SERVICE National Express Dundee Service 27 (Forfar, Tesco – Letham – Friockheim) This service provides one Mon-Fri bus from Forfar Tesco at 10.40 and Friockheim, Stance, at 12.13. This extra journey has been timed to allow the National Express Dundee driver off the 81 to take a meal break at Friockheim Wishart’s depot…Timetable can now be downloaded.

Stagecoach Strathtay Services 27/27A/27B/27C (Forfar – Letham – Friockheim – Arbroath - Cliffburn) Mon-Sat daytime buses that run from Cliffburn via Arbroath High Street/Post Office will no longer do the loop past the Library/Hill Place, Hill Street, High Street – instead turning right at the Library directly into West Abbey Street. Evening bus from Arbroath High Street still leaves from there unaffected. Timetable can now be downloaded.

National Express Dundee 28/29 (Douglas – Dundee City Centre – Charleston) These services now have a reduced early morning timetable, with a reduction in the number of buses. Until about 09.30, buses 28 and 29 run each every 20 minutes. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

Stagecoach Strathtay and MW Nicoll Service 30 (Arbroath/Montrose – A935 – Brechin – Stracathro Hospital and/or Edzell) Contracts for the early morning, afternoon, evening & Sunday journeys were all up for tender. As a result, some school and peak buses operated by Stagecoach will be ran by Nicoll’s. In the evening, Monday to Friday, the contract passes from Nicoll’s to Travel Wishart – but Nicoll’s have registered a commercial bus 10 mins ahead of the evening Wishart’s service, on the first two journeys. Saturday service is all Stagecoach, except for the second morning run which is now Nicoll’s. The Sunday service passes from Stagecoach to Nicoll’s, except one journey. Monday-Friday daytime service is an hourly Stagecoach service, and an hourly Nicoll’s service, more-or-less unchanged, with just Stagecoach on Saturdays. One return evening Mon-Sat journey becomes 30B – see below. Download timetables here for the services by Stagecoach Strathtay and Travel Wishart, or the complete timetable from M W Nicoll.

NEW SERVICE Stagecoach Strathtay Service 30A (Montrose – Inverkeilor – Warddykes – Arbroath) New Evening & Sunday replacement for this half of the 39A – the other half is now 73C/73E. There will also be one morning bus at 07.04 Mon-Sat from Montrose to Arbroath as 30A, replacing the current 39 through service, but presumably working through. Timetable can now be downloaded.

NEW SERVICE Stagecoach Strathtay and Travel Wishart 30B (Montrose Station – Borrowfield – Hillside Bridge – Midgrip Cottages – Dubton – A935 – Brechin – Stracathro and/or Edzell) Following the closure of Sunnyside Hospital, staff have been moved to Stracathro. As part of the retendering process, the staff at the hospitals were approached, and asked for an  evening diversion on Service 30 to cover Hillside and Borrowfield – as they’d previously had the 47 to work when they worked at Sunnyside Hospital. So, the 21.22 Service 30 from Stracathro, and the 22.45 Service 30 from Montrose Station, are both renumbered 30B, and follow this diversion – Monday to Saturday. Operated by Travel Wishart on weekdays and Stagecoach Strathtay on Saturdays. Timetable can now be downloaded.

National Express Dundee Services 32, 32B, 33, 33A (Fintry/Whitfield Shops – Forfar Road – Dundee City Centre) The 33A (Mon-Fri) that leave Crichton Street at 08.49 (but does not run around the City loop or return) has been withdrawn – the bus now does a 36 before working the 208 for the rest of the day. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

National Express Dundee Services 36, 36A, 36C (Claverhouse – Linlathen or Forfar Road – Dundee City Centre) An extra bus leaves Commercial Street at 09.00 to Claverhouse, but does not return as a 36 (the bus then works the 208 during the day). UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

NEW SERVICE National Express Dundee Service X39 (Dundee City Centre – A92 – Carnoustie) A new service providing a single bus per direction from Dundee, High Street at 08.57, returning from Carnoustie 13.47, Monday to Friday. This service appears to be a positioning run for Service 81. Timetable can now be downloaded.

Stagecoach Strathtay Service 39 (Dundee City Centre – A92 – Arbroath) The new timetable for Service 39 shows hourly between Dundee and Arbroath/Warddykes, but the electronic bus service registration “virtual document” – along with the paper Arbroath Town timetable – shows every half hour on this route. Journey from Montrose in the morning peak now runs as 30A from Montrose to Arbroath. Last Friday/Saturday bus from Dundee city centre is withdrawn but see Service 73E. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION AND CONFIRMED 30 MINUTE SERVICE - DOWNLOAD HERE

Stagecoach Strathtay Service 39A (Kingoodie/Invergowrie/Ninewells – Dundee – Carnoustie – Arbroath – Warddykes, Inverkeilor – Montrose) Service number discontinued, but most buses will still run at similar times. Section of route from Kingoodie/Invergowrie/Ninewells to Arbroath will run as 73C/73E. Section of route between Arbroath, Warddykes, Inverkeilor and Montrose will run as 30A.        

Stagecoach Strathtay Services 73, 73A, 73B (Ninewells Hospital – Dundee City Centre – Craigie Avenue or Blackscroft - Broughty Ferry – Monifieth – Carnoustie – Arbroath – Cliffburn) Section beyond Arbroath Bus Station withdrawn and replaced by new Service 44/44A. The current service has slightly extended journey times to add reliability, include a diversion via Charles Avenue in Timmergreens (rather than the shops) and some 73’s (via Muirdrum) now run as 73A (via Easthaven) or vice-versa. The current Weekday three buses an hour to Ashludie Hosp/Broomhill Drive will now all run via Ethiebeaton Park (Three buses an hour, instead of one) in the off-peak weekday period. Saturday daytime service reduced to four buses an hour between Ninewells Hospital and Monifieth High Street, with two buses to Arbroath, one terminating in Carnoustie, and the other running to Ethiebeaton Park, Ashludie Hospital and Broomhill Drive. Evening & Sunday 73B unchanged but see below for new 73C/73E to replace 39A. Timetable can now be downloaded.

NEW SERVICE 73C, 73E (Kingoodie/Invergowrie – Ninewells Hospital – Dundee City Centre – Broughty Ferry – Carnoustie – Arbroath) This new service replaces the Kingoodie/Invergowrie/Ninewells Hospital – Arbroath section of evening & Sunday Service 39A (the section beyond Arbroath to Warddykes and Montrose is now part of 30A). Buses will run on the current 39A route, with Muirdrum runs numbered 73C, and Easthaven runs numbered 73E. Some minor changes, but notable is that the 23.07 Invergowrie to Arbroath daily journey (via Easthaven Mon-Sat or Muirdrum on Sundays) is now Sundays only. The Mon-Sat bus presumably runs off at Invergowrie back to Dundee depot. There is an alternative bus at 23.07 Mon-Sat as a Service 16 from Invergowrie, Main Street, direct along the Perth Road to Dundee Bus Station. An alternative bus from Ninewells Hospital via Blackness Road runs on National Express 22 at 23.10. As a result, the 23.47 from Dundee High Street 39 to Arbroath Bus Station on Friday & Saturday nights (via the A92) now runs as Service 73E at 23.45, replacing the withdrawn last 39A. These evening & Sunday services will not run via Charles Avenue in Timmergreens, but the revised 44A will. Timetable can now be downloaded.

Stagecoach Strathtay 75 (Dundee City Centre – Broughty Ferry – Grange Road – Ethiebeaton Park) Saturday service withdrawn. Remaining Mon-Fri Eastbound buses will leave Dundee High Street at 09.19, 10.19, 11.19, 12.19, 13.19, 14.19, 16.49, 17.19, 17.39, with buses back from Ethiebeaton Park/Dobbies at 07.10, 08.03, 09.47, 10.47, 11.47, 12.47, 13.47, 14.47 – reducing the peak “against the flow” buses, and running the main day service 9 – 11 minutes later throughout. Ethiebeaton Park is also covered by the 39, X39, 73/73A/73B, 79A/79C, 81 and 206. Timetable can now be downloaded.

JP Coaches Service 81 (Carnoustie – Monifieth – Monikie or Wellbank – Forfar) Service changes hands for the first time since being introduced eight years ago, and will now be operated by National Express Dundee (also see 27 and X39). Buses from Carnoustie, Carlogie Road at Panbride Road to Forfar will now run 20 minutes later throughout (was 09.10, now 09.30). The return bus now leaves Forfar, Tesco, 10 minutes later (was 12.35, now 12.45), before continuing to arrive Carnoustie, Barry Road, 11 minutes later. Beyond that the bus displays X39. Timetable can now be downloaded.

JP Coaches and TeeJay Travel Services 137, 138, 139 (Services to Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Bridgefoot, Strathmartine Hospital, Sidlaws, Tealing Village, Inveraldie and Murroes)
Service changed considerably, with al contracts won by National Express Dundee, and additional commercial journeys added to the mix. The new timetable provides all buses running beyond Downfield (at least to Kirkton but the majority continuing to Dundee College and Dundee City Centre), and some extra journeys.
Service 137/137A starts at Dundee High Street via Dundee College -  Kingsway Campus, Asda Kirkton, (Downfield Surgery or Balgowan Avenue?), Downfield Cox Street terminus, then 137 via Bridgefoot then Strathmartine, and back to Downfield, whereas 137A runs to Strathmartine then Bridgefoot, and back to Downfield, before retuning to town. A total of 9 137/137A buses during the day to/from Strathmartine/Bridgefoot, plus two Service 22A’s, and three Service 138’s, Monday to Friday. Saturday sees six 137/137A’s, one 138, and two 22A’s. Sunday sees two 22A’s (new). This provides a grand total of 14 buses Mon-Fri, and 9 buses on Saturdays – currently 10 or 6 – to/from Strathmartine Hospital and Bridgefoot (plus one 139 in one direction). Also see Service 22/22A, Service 138 and Service 139.
Service 138 starts at Dundee High Street via Dundee College – Kingsway Campus, Asda Kirkton, (Downfield Surgery or Balgowan Avenue?), Downfield Cox Street terminus, Strathmartine Hospital, Bridgefoot, then in a loop via Leoch, Kirkton of Auchterhouse, Braeside, and Newlandhead, before returning. There are three return buses Mon-Fri and one on Saturdays. When added to Service 139, (via Murroes) there will be six buses a day Mon-Fri to/from Auchterhouse, as now. Saturday service is down from four buses a day, to three – but they all run to/from Dundee City Centre.
Service 139 has been changed to incorporate the peak bus from Service 138 (JP) and the main 139 service by TeeJay. Service 139 leaves from Dundee High Street via Forfar Road and South Powrie to Murroes, although the morning bus will still run via Pitkerro Road and Burnside of Duntrune. The buses will then continue to Tealing and Inveraldie villages, with all but one bus continuing to Auchterhouse. One morning bus Mon-Sat runs via the 138 route from Dundee High Street via Kirkton to Bridgefoot and Auchterhouse, then continuing back to Dundee via Murroes. Current Murroes service is maintained with an additional peak journey that also serves Tealing and Inveraldie villages. Download ecach timetable by clicking on the service number.

National Express Dundee Service 206 (Ethiebeaton Park – Broughty Ferry – West Ferry) An extra bus will operate at 15.00 from Ethiebeaton Park to Strathern Road only via Dundee Road. UPDATED TIMETABLE ADDED 10th MAY 2012 INCLUDING ROUTE DESCRIPTION - DOWNLOAD HERE

Jet Service 747 (Inverkeithing – Ferrytoll P&R for Dundee – Edinburgh Airport) A revised timetable will be introduced to improve reliability, with minor retiming particularly at peak periods.  In addition, in order to best match the number of evening flights at the Airport, the Sunday evening frequency will be increased to every 30mins, while the Saturday evening frequency will be reduced to hourly. Timetable can now be downloaded.

Roadworks in Dundee and surrounding areas - last updated 10th May 2012.

There are already a huge number of roadworks around the city, plus another handful starting later this month. Until further notice I am not listing roadworks on this website, but you can get the information via the Dundee City Council Roadworks List, National Express Dundee Service Alerts Webpage or NED on Twitter, Stagecoach Service Updates page or SES on Twitter.

Website updates - Four updated on 9th May 2012 (maybe more?) with all new information, and last one included a new Fife Map and Perth & Kinross Map.
Further enhanced timetables uploaded 10th May 2012 - all uploaded except 5N.

Updated and changed roadworks policy to link (rather than details) from 11th April 2012. We have also updated the website below with links to services to Blackpool, T In The Park, and RockNess.

While the bus operators featured will do everything they can to operate the services shown here, and elsewhere, circumstances beyond their control mean that they may not always succeed. E&OE.

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