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The route is operated under the Scottish Citylink brand, using vehicles supplied by Stagecoach West Scotland and Park's of Hamilton. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The 900 operates every 15 minutes during the day, every 30 minutes in the evening, and hourly overnight.
Scottish Citylink operates an extensive network of long-distance express services within Scotland, operating 19 routes linking the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness, as well as linking some rural Highland communities to the main urban areas of Scotland. [2]
The Glasgow–Edinburgh via Falkirk line is a mainline railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk in Scotland. It is the principal route out of the four rail links between Scotland's two biggest cities, hosting the flagship "ScotRail Express" service between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley .
See main article, Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme At a conference in 2009, major upgrades were proposed for completion by 2016. [1] The first of these was the Airdrie–Bathgate rail link, completed in late 2010.
In July 2004, Stagecoach announced the acquisition of the M8 Motorvator Glasgow to Edinburgh express service from Lanarkshire firm, Longs Coaches. This pitched Stagecoach in fierce and direct competition from Scottish Citylink, a company Stagecoach ironically operated vehicles for under a franchise agreement.
Megabus is an operator of intercity bus service in the United Kingdom, primarily from/to Glasgow or Edinburgh. It is owned by Scottish Citylink and was founded by Stagecoach Group (through Stagecoach Midlands) in August 2003.
First ScotRail operate services to/from North Berwick on the line. Only a few services continue from Edinburgh to Glasgow Central from the coastal town. A similar service operates from Glasgow Central to North Berwick. First TransPennine Express took over the Manchester to Glasgow Central and Edinburgh services from December 2008 using Class 185.
Scottish Citylink runs buses from Edinburgh to places such as Stirling, Perth and Glasgow (900 Edinburgh–Glasgow), and Megabus operates budget services between Edinburgh and Glasgow and London. Edinburgh Bus Station is located on St Andrew Square in the city, but is not used by local services.