Electric inter-city operator Ember is launching a new urban route in Dundee, and increasing the number of journeys on its Edinburgh and Glasgow services from the city.
From 11 January the company is launching what it says is a short but useful service from Dundee city centre to the Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc on the east side of Dundee. Ember says the route, numbered E10, will offer over 40 services per day in each direction, with three stops along the way, all of which can be pre-booked to keep journeys quick.
From the same date, the operator is making changes to its routes from Dundee to Edinburgh and Glasgow, increasing the frequency to 21 services per day each way on each route, offering an average of an hourly frequency throughout the day. The company previously ran 17 services per day to Edinburgh, and 14 services to Glasgow. Changes are also being made to running times, and the start/end point for the Glasgow route will move from the existing stop outside Malmaison to a stop outside the Dundee science centre at Greenmarket, the same stop used by its services to Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, Edinburgh services will only serve Kinross as a pre-booked stop, with booking required at least 10 minutes ahead, allowing Ember to speed up journeys when there aren’t any passengers boarding there.
Overnight services will now also call at Edinburgh Airport directly; daytime services will continue to provide a connection to the tram, included in the fare. Buses arriving in Dundee will also now drop off at the railway station, rather than the existing stop at Greenmarket.
Ember says that its new E10 service, which is believed to have been introduced to cover journeys to and from its depot facility whilst offering an improved local link, is designed to connect with its Edinburgh and Glasgow services, with the possibility of through ticketing promised in the future.
