East Scotland Express City Connect – travel in style!

Stagecoach Express City Connect coaches are a fast, affordable way to travel.

Catch frequent services from towns and cities across Fife for days out or travel to popular shopping destinations across East Scotland on board our luxury, comfortable coaches!

We have recently invested over £1m on 6 brand new luxury coaches that will operate on Express services across the region.

Why you’ll love Express City Connect

You’ll love our Express City Connect service as it’s:

fast – travel to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Livingston, Dundee, Glasgow or Perth
frequent – services run up to every five minutes to Edinburgh at peak times
comfortable – luxury leather seats, air conditioning and free Wi-Fi*
convenient – there's plenty of luggage space and a lift for wheelchair access*
environmentally friendly – we invest in coaches with the latest green engines
fun - we now have exciting and educational activity packs to keep kids occupied on board

* In exceptional circumstances, we may need to use a vehicle that doesn’t meet this specification.

The routes

More than 1,800 services a week operate all over Fife via Ferrytoll Park & Ride . They connect Fife and Edinburgh and run up to every five minutes.

Bus stops in Edinburgh city centre show up-to-date times for all our services, letting you know exactly when your bus will arrive!

Fife's newest transport interchange, Halbeath Park & Ride offers fast and frequent services up to every 15 minutes, between Fife and Glasgow. It also offers improved links to Edinburgh up to every twenty minutes and local links to Dunfermline, Kelty, Kinross and other local communities.

Service X51 between Fife and Livingston is operated by our comfortable Express City Connect coaches and runs every hour at peak times, 7 days a week.

Download our timetables for journeys to Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Livingston, Dundee or Glasgow:

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Travelling to	Travelling from	Download timetable	Vehicle features
Aberdeen	Perth, Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose	X7 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets, bike racks
Edinburgh	Dunfermline/Glenrothes, Halbeath Park & Ride, Ferrytoll Park & Ride	X5/X9 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Edinburgh	Dundee/St Andrews, Cupar, Glenrothes, Cowdenbeath, Halbeath Park & Ride, Ferrytoll Park & Ride	X54/X59 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Edinburgh	Dunfermline, Rosyth, Ferrytoll Park & Ride	X55 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Edinburgh	Perth, Bridge of Earn, Milnathort, Kinross, Kelty, Halbeath Park & Ride, Ferrytoll Park & Ride	X56 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Edinburgh	St Andrews, Leven, Kirkcaldy, Dalgety Bay, Ferrytoll Park & Ride	X58/X60 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Dundee	Aberdeen, Montrose, Arbroath, Perth, Ninewells Hospital	X7 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets, bike racks
Dundee	Edinburgh, Ferrytoll Park & Ride, Halbeath Park & Ride, Cowdenbeath, Glenrothes, Ladybank	X54/X59 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Dundee	Kirkcaldy, Glenrothes, Cupar, Ninewells Hospital	X53 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, air-con
Glasgow/Glasgow Airport	St Andrews, Cupar, Glenrothes, Halbeath Park & Ride, Dunfermline, Kincardine, Cumbernauld	X24 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Glasgow	Leven, Glenrothes, Halbeath Park & Ride, Dunfermline, Kincardine, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Cumbernauld	X26 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Glasgow	Leven, Kirkcaldy, Halbeath Park & Ride, Dunfermline, Kincardine, Cumbernauld	X27 timetable	Wi-fi, leather seats, reclining seats, air-con, toilet, plug sockets
Livingston	Dunfermline, Rosyth, Ferrytoll P&R, Kirkliston, M8	X51 timetable	Wi-fi, reclining seats, air-con

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We offer a great range of money saving tickets for travel on our network.

You can buy single, return, daily and weekly tickets on board from the driver — you don’t need the exact fare, we give change! You can also buy tickets in advance either online or from our travel shops.

If you’re travelling regularly, you can get unlimited travel in your chosen travel zone when you buy a:

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Out with the family?

We now stock an activity pack to keep your kids entertained on all of our buses and coaches on the Express City Connect network! We have created handy packs, designed to keep kids occupied during your journey, with fun and educational puzzles, games and tasks.

The packs are designed to be suitable for 3 - 11 year old kids and are full of travel related activities. Our driver will hand you one when you board, but if they don't please just ask!

We also offer an add-on fare of just £1 for children travelling with an adult buying an off-peak day return ticket between Ferrytoll/Halbeath P&R and Edinburgh.

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