Service updates

Service update from Monday 15 August 2022

Based on a reduction in bus travel usage and growing operational costs, we have been left with no alternative than to examine our services to ensure we are operating a reliant and resilient bus network.  

We appreciate many of our routes are lifelines to local communities, so our priority has been to ensure all areas are still served. For all current bus journeys visit our journey planner.

What we have done is reduce the number of journeys on poorly used services. In some areas we are experiencing a 40% decrease in bus usage, therefore we have made the necessary amends to meet the current demand. 

All changes to date have been agreed in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council.

We shall continue to promote and monitor our services with the hope of increasing as demand grows.

 

Campbeltown and Mid Argyll

100/440 - Minor timing changes to AM journeys to Grammar School

200/442 - Minor timing changes

300/445 - Minor timing changes

On School Holidays and Saturdays, additional journeys have been added as below.

Depart Campbeltown to Carradale - 1545

Depart Carradale to Campbeltown – 1645

400/444 - Minor timing changes

443 - Minor timing changes

448 - 1225 departure from Skipness now departs 1230 to provide a better connection with the Lochranza to Claonaig Ferry.

449 - Minor timing changes

500  - Service will now operate between Campbeltown and Kilkerran Park

 

Oban and Mid Argyll

1/401

Journey retiming and change to frequency during the main part of the day to ensure service reliability.

Evening and Sunday journeys provided in place of service 410

5/405

Revision to journey pattern and timings

Oban to Dunbeg – Will mainly operate hourly

Oban to Benderloch – Will mainly operate hourly and via Dunbeg Road End, Connel, North Connel, and Oban Airport Road End

Evening and Sunday journeys will operate between Oban and Benderloch in place of service 410, including operation via the new turning circle in Dunbeg.

408 - Journeys revised to operate directly between Oban and Connel

410 - Service is now covered by services 401 and 405 for ease of use.

415 - Journeys revised to operate directly between Oban and Connel

416 - Service revised to operate on a half-hourly basis between Longsdale, Railway Station, Mossfield, and Supermarkets.

 417 - Service revised to operate hourly to Ganavan and every alternate hour to Pulpit Hill/Nant Drive

Revised timings of some journeys to improve service reliability

23/423 - Minor timing revisions

Additional journey added between Ardrishaig and Ardfern on Schooldays following customer requests.

 

Cowal

478 - Timing revisions to recognise school travel demands

480 - Additional journeys added

481 - Service replaced with journeys on service 489

482 - Service withdrawn

Travel can be made using services 480/489 or Pingo

484/486 - Minor timing changes for reliability

489 - Addition of earlier journey between Dunoon and Toward following customer requests

Revision of some journeys to match school travel demand.

 

Bute

491/492

Revised timing of Schoolday morning journeys for service resilience

Additional journeys will operate on service 491 as follows:

Schooldays – 1645 from Guildford Square

School Holidays – 1415 from Guildford Square