Public Transport Information

Public Meeting 25 Oct 2000

New Timetable from 7 Jan 2001

Mains Estate Bus Service

There has been a lot of comment about the 109 and 119 First Glasgow bus service which started its run through the estate in July 2000. On this page we provide links to the main correspondence and press articles about the service and the association's attitude to bus services in general. We hope that this will help clear up the confusion and give a clearer understanding of the facts.

This is not the main page for public transport or bus information on the site, rather the history of the dispute. If you would like travel information, this can be found here, along with links and phone numbers of the main transport operators in the area.

Prior to the formal relaunch of the association in 1999, the temporary committee had carried out a questionnaire to all homes in the estate covering topics of potential interest and asking householders for the issues which concerned them. The result of that questionnaire were presented to the 1999 AGM, and published on this website here.

A public meeting was held on 25 October 2000 where First Glasgow proposed a new timetable making concessions to those who felt that the bus service had been an intrusion, but increasing services on Hunter Road. A report about this meeting can be found here and the new timetable here.

Association Publications

• 1999 AGM notice with consultative questionnaire results
• Residents Association Summer 2000 newsletter
• Residents Association Newsletter, Special Bus Issue, August 2000

Association Correspondence

• Letter from the Association to Strathclyde Passenger Transport  January 2000
• Responses from Strathclyde Passenger Transport to the above, January to May 2000
• Letter from the Association to First Bus, July 2000
• Letter from the Association to Strathclyde Passenger Transport, July 2000
• Letter to the Association from Strathclyde Passenger Transport in response, July 2000
• Letter from the Association to the Traffic Comissioners, July 2000
• Letter from the Traffic Commissioners to the Association and others in response, July 2000
• Letter from the Association to the Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire Council, July 2000
• Letter from the Chief Executive of East Dunbartonshire Council in response, July 2000
• Letter from the Association to Castlemains Road Residents, August 2000

Other Correspondence

• Circular from Mr. Alan Laird, sent to residents, July 2000

Press Coverage

• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald "Bus-T Up!", 14 July 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald "Here Comes the No. 500..." and "New bus service is a hit with residents", 28 July 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald "Bus row talks get underway", 4 August 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald Letters, 4 August 2000
• The Courier, "Routing Out Residents' Worries", 10 August 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, "Bus protestors may be losing the sympathy vote", 11 August 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald Letters, 11 August 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald Letters, 18 August 2000
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald Letters, 25 August 2000
• Des McNulty MSP comments in his Holyrood Comment, Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, 1 September 2000.
• Milngavie and Bearsden Herald Letters, 1 September 2000