There are a large number of bus timetable changes coming in across Aberdeenshire for the week beginning 17th August - see the council website: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/publictransport/status/
But there's only one change that directly affects Kingseat and that's a change to the Thursday Kingseat to Inverurie shopping service to divert it via Blackburn on its way to Kintore - it therefore arrives in Inverurie slightly later - and the return trip is retimed to start later from Inverurie at 12:15 and return to Kingseat that bit later too.
Most of the other bus timetable changes are similar minor timing changes:
- the 35 and 35A services in the afternoon may run slightly later - sometimes there's no change, sometimes as little as 2 minutes, sometimes as much as 20 minutes - so it's worth checking the new timetable on the council website
- the 747 Ellon to Dyce Airport service is also changing slightly, to include a stop at Ellon Academy, and in order to achieve this some services run up to 10 minutes earlier - I like this service as it links in with the 235 at Asda Dyce, so if you don't find what you are looking for in Asda you can catch the 747 across to Ellon to try there - then come back using the 493 from Ellon to Oldmeldrum and the 235 back to Kingseat
- I keep a spreadsheet of potential day trips from Kingseat (leaving on the 09:19 first service and getting back by the last bus at 14:16) and two of the more obscure services have changed so much that they are no longer usable as part of one of these day trips - the 253 no longer links Mintlaw to Turriff at a suitable time of day to use it as part of a loop - and the 103 Aberdeen to Stonehaven via Netherley no longer provides an alternative way to get to Stonehaven, so if you want to spend an hour in Stonehaven you have to use the X7 direct express bus instead
- But some timetable changes have made some connections easier - the 301 Macduff to Huntly bus now gives you 15 minutes to catch it at Macduff rather than just 1 minute before the timetable change - allowing a Kingseat - Newmachar - Macduff - Huntly - Inverurie - Oldmeldrum - Kingseat day trip
I have updated the bus timetable pages on this site to reflect the new timetable changes.