Bluebird Network Changes August 2024 (2024)

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Services and timetables in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Buchan and Moray are changing from Monday 19th August.

We're doing a review of our Bluebird network and making some changes. Read the full news articlehere.

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City Schools 21A/22A/22B City Schools Services from Cove and Torry to Lochside Academy to be withdrawn.
City Service 59 Revised timetable to amend running times and frequency at around the morning peak, afternoon peak and early evening.
City Service 727 Revised timetable to amend running times and frequency.
Service 4/5/6 Service 4 to and from the City Centre to Countesswells to be withdrawn. Revised route and timetable on Service 5/6 with a circular route around Westhill. Service will operate upto 20 minutes in the peaks and 15 minutes during the off peak. Eveing frequency will operate hourly.
Service 8/8A/X8 Revised route and timetable to be introduced. Service 8 will operate all stops between Aberdeen and Stonehaven and operate up to every hour. Service X8 will operate an express between Aberdeen, Portlethen and Chapelton. Within the Aberdeen City boundary, Service X8 will observe the same stops as Service X7. These changes provide an hourly fast Service from Aberdeen to Stonehaven, an hourly fast Service between Aberdeen and Portlethen and a slower all stops between Aberdeen, Portlethen and Stonehaven to provide a Service up to every 30 minutes between Aberdeen, Portlethen and Stonehaven. Service X9 will replace Services 7B and X8 between Aberdeen City, Wellington Road, Marywell and Portlethen Centre.
Service 8A/C Service withdrawn following loss of a tender from Aberdeenshire Council.
Service 9/X9/10C Revised route and timetable with extensions south to Portlethen. Service 9 will operate up to every hour, and serve Aberdeen Union Square, Union Terrace, ARI, Blackburn, Kintore, Inverurie and the Local Service. Service X9 will operate a limited stop service up to every hour between Portlethen, Charleston, Wellington Road, Aberdeen City Centre, P&J Live, Inverurie and the local Service up to hourly during the daytime, with evening Services linking P&J Live and Portlethen. Services 9, X9, 10 will provide a frequency up to every 20 minutes during the daytime between Aberdeen and Inverurie. See timetables for route and stop information.
Service 37 Service withdrawn and replace by Service 9
Service 70 Registration to be withdrawn pending tender results.
Service 41 With the reduction of operations at our Insch Depot, this Service will be withdrawn.
Service 107 Revised timetable with a number of commercial journeys withdrawn.
Service 201/202 Revised timetable, with Service 203 withdrawn and Services between Ballater and Braemar covered by extensions on Services 201 and 202.
Service 218 Revised timetable as part of the new tender, additional commercial positional journeys between Aberdeen and Alford added.
Service X20/220 Revised timetable, all Services with the exception of express trips will operate as Service 220. Some journey changes as part of the tender revisions.
Service 221 Service withdrawn following loss of a tender from Aberdeenshire Council.
Service 231 Additional Schooldays trips to offer a through link to and from Aberdeen with Service 218 or 220.
Service 422 With the reduction of operations at our Insch Depot, this Service will be withdrawn.
Service 291/291/292 Minor running time changes on Service 290/291.

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Service X60/61/X63 Revised timetable to balance the headways between Aberdeen and Ellon and Aberdeen and Balmedie. Service 61 will observe the same stops as those on X60.
Service 62 Replaces Service X65, will observe within Aberdeen City the Service will observe the same stops as those on X60/X67/X68
Service 66 Revised timetable to meet current usage.
Service X67/X68/68 Revised timetable to balance the headways between Aberdeen and Ellon and Aberdeen and Balmedie. Additional Service X67 journeys during the off peak. Service 68 will observe the same stops as those on X67/X68.
Service 69/69A Revised timetable. Service 69/69A will now extend to Rosehearty. Additional off peak Services between Fraserburgh and St Combs, revised off peak frequency between Fraserburgh and Aberdeen to meet current usage.
Service 74 Service 74 will be withdrawn and journeys between Fraserburgh and Rosehearty will be replaced by Service 69/69A
Service 76/77 Revised timetable that will also replace Service 78A/C
Service 78A/C See Service 76/77
Service 81 Departures moved to create more room for the Town Services at Chapel Street and create better connection with Aberdeen Services.
Service 82 Revised timetable on the commercial trips.
Service 83 Minor changes to timetable in regards to Buses arriving at the Interchange.
Service 84A/C Departures moved to create more room for the Town Services at Chapel Street and create better connection with Aberdeen Services.
Service 270 Early morning and evening journeys withdrawn.

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Service 10/12 Revised timetable with new Service 12 added to replace Service 35 between Invernes and Elgin. Service 12 will divert via Forres Thornhill Grant Drive and bypass Auldearn Village. Service 10 will now operate limited stop within Inverurie.
Service 32 Revised route and timetable with all journeys terminating at Burghead and no longer extending through to Forres.
Service 33A/C Minor alterations to timetable
Service 34 Revised timetable.
Service 35 Service 35 will no longer operate between Elgin and Inverness. This section will be replace by Service12. Revised stopping arrangements on Service X35, minor alterations to evening Services.
Service 36 Minor alteration to timetable.
Service 38 No changes to current timetable.
Service M96/M98 Service M98 trips withdrawn, M96 revised daily timetable.
Service 301 Minor alteration to timetable.

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