Good news. The bus service round St Michael’s Road and St Ternan’s Road in Newtonhill will be restored from tomorrow (16 January).
It was inadvertently omitted from the timetable which was introduced last Monday.
Stagecoach said today: “I can only apologise for this omission. The code was missed as we pulled the timetable together finally and hence it was omitted. This has however now been corrected and the depot are preparing to ensure that the 0858 7B from Forest Park in Stonehaven serves St Michael’s Road on its route to Aberdeen and the 0855 7B from Aberdeen to Stonehaven does likewise.”
There was no mention of the afternoon journey, at about 3pm, in the email so it may run tomorrow. Or not. I’ll ask.
By the way, the service around St Michael’s Road is a hail-and-ride service. You can simply stop the bus anywhere on St Michael’s Road or St Ternan’s Road by putting out your hand to hail the bus. There is only one official bus stop, outside the primary school.
Stagecoach management is also open to considering whether there should be a more regular service round the Saints. But this would require sufficient usage. Would there be a demand to justify more buses?