| Five minutes to do your shopping in Newton Stewart Posted by grahame at 19:43, 22nd September 2025 |     |
From The BBC - posted as a bus topic, but there are rail services like this
Residents in rural southern Scotland have described a new bus timetable for their village as "utterly ridiculous".
Among the issues they have highlighted is that the last bus home to Glentrool on a Saturday from nearby Newton Stewart leaves just five minutes after the first one arrives.
It comes after Stagecoach effectively quit the region last month and new contracts started on 7 August.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it recognised the issues in the area and has launched a campaign to look at ways of improving services.
Among the issues they have highlighted is that the last bus home to Glentrool on a Saturday from nearby Newton Stewart leaves just five minutes after the first one arrives.
It comes after Stagecoach effectively quit the region last month and new contracts started on 7 August.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it recognised the issues in the area and has launched a campaign to look at ways of improving services.
I have to ask what happens on the other six days of the week.
Aren't there a couple of destinations / trips in England that have a similar tight turn around on a daily service - Heysham, and Cleethorpes via Brigg come to mind ... and more locally the daily bus from Melksham to Marlborough gets you there , but there is no direct or even easy service to get you back until the next day!
