{"id":159771,"date":"2025-06-05T08:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159771\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:47:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T08:47:10","slug":"ai-driven-timetables-improve-reliability-of-glasgow-bus-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/159771\/","title":{"rendered":"AI-driven timetables improve reliability of Glasgow bus services"},"content":{"rendered":"

First Bus<\/a> is to\u00a0make minor service updates to 25 routes across Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire from Sunday, June 15 as its new AI-driven timetables continue\u00a0to improve reliability for passengers across the city.<\/p>\n

The bus operator said that previous changes using AI-driven software have led to an average 8.5 per cent improvement in punctuality across over 60 routes.<\/p>\n

First Bus believes these latest updates will continue to create a better and more reliable service for passengers\u00a0across Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire.<\/p>\n

Amongst the adjustments being made, services 18 and 21 will see changes to the current routes. Alternate service 18 buses will travel from East Kilbride<\/a> bus station to Gardenhall under the new service 18A and, as a result, service 21 will now only operate between East Kilbride bus station and Cochrane Street in Glasgow city centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Service 201 has also been extended from Hairmyres Hospital to Lidl on Eaglesham Road and the new Hairmyres Railway Station.<\/p>\n

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Also included in the updates is additional journeys across a range of services including 226, 263, 266, X4 and X11.<\/p>\n

The updates will impact services 2, 3, 6, 6A, 8, 11, 16, 18, 18A, 21, 77, 81, 90, 201, 226, 240, 241, 242, 255, 263, 266, 267, X4, X11, U1<\/p>\n

Chris Coleman, Head of Network for First Bus in Scotland, said: \u201cThis is a significant package of improvements for our customers across Lanarkshire and Glasgow. We want to provide a service that is reliable, consistent and, most importantly, on time.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongestion throughout Greater Glasgow has increased greatly in recent years and this has had a hugely negative impact on bus services in the city. We recognise the importance of building timetables that fit with the current live road conditions, so our customers know when their bus will arrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese adjustments we are making to the timetables will achieve that while allowing us to serve as many people as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Bus is to\u00a0make minor service updates to 25 routes across Greater Glasgow and Lanarkshire from Sunday, June…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159772,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[67480,748,67478,43882,67482,39530,918,67481,4884,39531,14683,67479,712,43885,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-159771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-alternate-service","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-bus-operator","11":"tag-bus-services","12":"tag-east-kilbride-bus-station","13":"tag-first-bus","14":"tag-glasgow","15":"tag-glasgow-city","16":"tag-great-britain","17":"tag-greater-glasgow","18":"tag-lanarkshire","19":"tag-minor-service-updates","20":"tag-scotland","21":"tag-timetables","22":"tag-uk","23":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114629892065397387","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}