Citylink launches new 24-hour bus services from Glasgow to Dundee and Perth

Citylink has announced it will run buses 24-hours a day from Glasgow to Perth and Dundee.

The coach operator is to put on return services from Scotland’s biggest city to Tayside starting on November 7.

The new timetable focuses on delivering more direct journeys and less need for connections as the company continues to deliver on its promise of “six cities every 60 minutes”.

It will also see extra services throughout the day on many routes and a new direct service every hour from Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen.

Scottish Citylink operations director Simone Smith said: “This new timetable is all about making life simpler and more convenient for our customers.

“We’ve worked hard to make sure that our passengers have even more opportunities to travel between our key cities, as well as the surrounding towns.”

Highlights of the new timetable

Key features of the new timetable include:

• For the first time ever, the launch of 24/7 services across the central belt covering Glasgow, Cumbernauld, Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Aberdeen, with half hourly services offered to most locations during the day, and up to hourly services running during the night.
• The launch of direct services running every hour from Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen
• Enhanced services for Dundee customers, including hourly routes to Stirling, two services per hour to Perth and 30-minute frequency to Aberdeen
• An increased level of service for Perth passengers, with more journeys to Inverness and Pitlochry, as well as services offered from Glasgow and Dundee to Perth city centre throughout the day and night for the first time
• An hourly service running from Stirling to Perth and Dundee throughout the day

Ms Smith continued: “We know life is busy – that’s why we’ve introduced services 24-hours a day on the Saltire Cross network for the first time.

“It opens up even more access to affordable and high quality coach travel every day, and with a record number of direct services now available on our network, it’s easier than ever for people to get to where they want to be by coach.”