X56 Bus to Fife Returns; Passengers Asked to Stop Thanking It Personally
Restored Perth–Halbeath service greeted at stops with applause, bunting and one man holding a tray of tablet.
A coach, cherished. Photo: DFSHAW from Glasgow, Scotland, “West Coast Motors bus”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
PERTH — The return of the two-hourly X56 service between Perth and Halbeath Park and Ride in Fife has been greeted with such enthusiasm that drivers have asked passengers to stop thanking the bus individually.
“One woman patted the wheel arch and said ‘welcome home, son’,” said a fictional driver. “Another left a card. It was addressed to the bus. It said ‘never leave us again’.”
The council agreed to extend the operator’s contract to keep the service running. Fife has responded by asking whether this means Perth people will now be “coming over all the time”, and has reportedly hidden its good biscuits.
The real story: Contract extended to run restored X56 bus service between Perth and Halbeath (Daily Record)
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