Rosewell & District Community Council

Please click on link to view Newsletter No.97 March 2017 – NEWSLETTER

SERVICE 49 – ROUTE CHANGE

NOW

49 ROSEWELL – DALKEITH – ERI – CITY – THE JEWEL

49 DALKEITH CAMPUS – DALKEITH – ERI – CITY – THE JEWEL

WILL BECOME

49 ROSEWELL – DALKEITH – ERI - CITY – THE JEWEL – FORT KINNAIRD

1. Overall frequency [The Jewel – Gilmerton/Rosewell/Dalkeith Campus] reduced from 4 to 3 buses an hour, but all journeys will now operate via Bonnyrigg and Poltonhall to Rosewell thereby increasing the frequency on this section from every 30 minutes to every 20 minutes. The local Rosewell and District Community Council, Poltonhall Community Council and the Poltonhall Residents’ Association have all called for an increased frequency.
2. Dalkeith Campus will now be served by Service “3”.
3. At the eastern end of the route, the “49”s will no longer terminate at ASDA at The Jewel. Buses will observe bus stops on the road that runs past ASDA, and then carry on via the A1 to a new terminus at Fort Kinnaird.
4. The bus stop at Dalkeith Library on Buccleuch Street will be reintroduced for “49”s travelling from Rosewell to the ERI and city. The bus stop was skipped when the “49” Dalkeith Campus buses were introduced. Lothian Buses did not want “49”s to both Dalkeith Campus and The Jewel to call at the same stop potentially causing confusion. The “49” Campus buses will now be replaced by service “3” journeys, thereby removing any source of confusion.
5. Reinstatement of this bus stop will also restore a Dalkeith drop-off point on Buccleuch Street for passengers from west of Bonnyrigg Toll. Anecdotally more elderly residents of Poltonhall use the bus to reach Dalkeith Library rather than walk to the Lasswade Centre and this will make their journeys easier.
6. It also restores a pick-up in Buccleuch Street for those travelling to pick-up cars at the Sheriffhall Park and Ride site thereby making the park and ride site more convenient for those travelling between Sheriffhall and Dalkeith, including Council staff working at Midlothian, Fairfield and Buccleuch Houses.