What’s Happening in Dunbar

It’s really encouraging that so many local people in rural East Lothian have shown an interest in being a part of RELBUS. We now have 25 members.

Some major changes are planned for public transport in East Lothian which involve cutting some services and introducing new services but at the moment overall picture is not clear. We are trying to collect information from different sources. We know:

  • First bus is cutting X8 service
  • X6 will not serve Hallhill any more
  • Eve’s Coaches are planning to launch new buses
  • It is not yet clear whether the Gabalanzie and A1 services will stop or be modified
  • Sestran is (still) planning to introduce Real Time Bus Information at East Lothian

East Lothian Council have defined their supported services and put these out to tender. These returns will be assessed and discussed with East Lothian Council’s administration.

One Ticket

One-Ticket is scheme run by South of Scotland councils and bus/train companies which allows you to buy a single ticket for use on any bus or train. You can buy a day ticket for buses only, or you can buy a weekly, monthly or annual season ticket which would allow you to take any bus or train at any time within the specified area. This will not necessarily offer great savings, but will may save on hassle e.g a weekly ticket including trains to Edinburgh and unlimited bus travel around the city would cost £53.

All aboard for battle over bus services!

East Lothian News: Published on Friday 24 December 2010 10:44

A campaign for better bus services in East Lothian has been launched.

Rural East Lothian Bus Users (RELBUs) group has been set up to lobby for “positive changes” to services, which have come under attack from unhappy passengers.

Activists say they want to work with bus companies “to provide the services that local people need and will use, at an affordable price”.

Jill Thomson from Dunbar urged the public to speak out and said it was hoped to enlist representatives from each town in the county.

“With many rail commuters being forced to use the bus service during the snow, it is important everyone is aware that the bus service is only going to get worse.

“We want as much feedback as we can get to lobby for a better bus service in East Lothian.”

Changes to First’s buses from 10th January

First SouthEast have confirmed that from 10 January 2010 they will be making extensive changes to their bus services around Dunbar including-

  • The current service X8 will be renumbered as X44 but will terminate at Haddington and will no longer serve Dunbar
  • The current service X6 will be renumbered as X45 and will no longer serve the Hallhill area

See full list of changes in SouthEast Scotland, or for new timetables see the First website from next week.