PEOPLE in Helensburgh and Lomond relying on public transport to get around over the Christmas holiday period are being warned of changes to the usual timetables.
There will be no public transport in the area on Christmas Day, while timetables on both train and bus services will be amended on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
ScotRail’s services to and from Helensburgh will finish early on Christmas Eve; the last train from Helensburgh Central is the 9.25pm to Airdrie, while the last train from Glasgow to Helensburgh leaves Queen Street low level station at 9.54pm, arriving in Helensburgh at 10.46pm.
A revised service operates on Boxing Day, with the first train from Helensburgh departing at 8.59am; the first train to town on Boxing Day leaves Glasgow Queen Street at 9.05am.
The last trains on the West Highland line via Helensburgh Upper and Garelochhead on Christmas Eve are the 6.21pm service from Glasgow to Oban and the 4.01pm from Mallaig to Glasgow.
There are no West Highland line trains on Boxing Day, with a normal weekday timetable resuming on December 27.
However, people planning to travel by train to or from Helensburgh on the January 2 public holiday should also be aware that because of engineering work at Craigendoran there will be no trains between Dumbarton Central and Helensburgh Central.
A replacement bus service will be provided, while buses will also replace trains on West Highland line services between Glasgow Queen Street and Crianlarich.
Full details of ScotRail's service levels over Christmas and New Year are available by clicking here.
Meanwhile, for those who need to get around by bus, First Glasgow’s 1B service between Helensburgh, Dumbarton and Glasgow will operate to a normal Sunday timetable on Christmas Eve, with the same Sunday timetable in effect on Boxing Day.
The 315 Helensburgh local service linking Kirkmichael and Churchill with Helensburgh town centre, operated by Wilsons of Rhu, will not operate after 8pm on Christmas Eve, and won't resume until December 27.
Garelochhead Coaches’ local services will finish early on Christmas Eve, with the last journeys on Service 316 leaving Coulport at 6.55pm and Helensburgh at 8.01pm - though the company's Sunday journeys on route 315 between Helensburgh and Churchill will run as normal.
A Sunday service will operate on all Garelochhead Coaches’ routes on Boxing Day, with a school holiday timetable in operation from December 27-29.
Local services operated by McColl’s Travel on routes 305 (Luss-Alexandria), 306 (Helensburgh-Alexandria) and 340 (Helensburgh-Vale of Leven Hospital-RAH) will operate to a Sunday timetable on both Christmas Eve and Boxing Day.
Scottish Citylink's routes serving Arrochar, Tarbet and Loch Lomondside will operate as normal on Christmas Eve, but a limited service will operate on all those routes on December 26.
More information on local bus timetables over Christmas is available here:
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