Cousland Village

Cousland Village Information

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Bus Timetable

Bus service in Cousland - Use it or Lose it! To address the difficulties experienced by Munro, the operator of the bus service to the village, in keeping to the timetable - due largely to the chronic congestion at Sherrifhall roundabout - a change in the route has been agreed between the operators and Midlothian Council.

From January 21st the bus service will no longer include Savacentre/Cameron Toll but will turn round at the Royal Infirmary and travel via The Wisp to rejoin the existing route to Fort Kinnaird.

One option to improve reliability had been to terminate the service at The Dalkeith Schools Campus but CVHA objected to this and it has been shelved for now. From April the ring fencing which protected public transport budgets of councils will be removed by the Scottish Government and then councils will be free to alter the allocation of budgets to public transport and other services.

Rural bus services such as that to Cousland will be vulnerable especially as so few residents use the service. CVHA has campaigned long and hard for our bus service to be retained - it would be very unfortunate if we were to lose it and virtually impossible to re-instate it once gone. Please look at the timetable and see when you could use the bus.

Dalkeith Bypass

The new Dalkeith bypass (A68) is due to open in August 2008. Click the link below to view plans of the new route.

Fishmonger

James Dickson & son's fish van delivers to the village every Thursday morning. He stops outside the village hall somewhere between 11 and 11.15am but if you would like him to come to your door please just call.

James Dickson Son, West Harbour Rd, Cockenzie, East Lothian. Tel: 01875 811 301. Mob: 07967 413 440.

Liftshare

http://www.liftshare.org

Midlothian Mobile Library

The mobile library is in the village every Friday morning.

  • Stuart Park: 11.15am,
  • The Phone Box: 11.30am,
  • Dalrymple Gardens: 11.45am.

Midlothian Travel Team Newsletter

Issue 22. June 2008. (Word Document)

Milkman

The milkman is happy to take new delivery orders from Cousland. He delivers late each evening for the following day except Sunday (double delivery on Saturday to cover Sundays).

Contact details: C/o 2 Plummer Court, Dalkeith. Contact Number 0131 663 9548.

Park and Ride (from Sherriffhall)

A new timetable is now available for the Park and Ride service from Sherriffhall to the centre of Edinburgh. Click here for a timetable [PDF].

Sunday Papers

Anyone wishing to have a Sunday paper delivered please contact Daniel Lumsden, Tel. 0131 454 0659. I would like to thank everyone supporting me with this.