Hop on bus and visit city’s big attractions
Service for summer
A new Stirling bus route has been introduced which takes in many of the city’s historic sites.
Running until September 9, the ‘1314’ service provides a hop-on, hop-off facility for tourists, visitors and residents alike, who want to take in all the key attractions Stirling city centre has to offer.
The route includes the National Wallace Monument, Stirling Old Bridge, the railway and bus station, as well as the Old Town Jail, Tolbooth, Church of the Holy Rude and Stirling Castle.
Thirteen journeys will take place every day. Stirling Council finance and economy committee convenor Margaret Brisley said: “Stirling has a unique historical offering to visitors and tourists and it’s great to see a service like this being delivered in the city.
“And with the introduction of the Explore Stirling App, which was launched earlier this year, I’m sure visitors will be keen to take the opportunity to listen to some of the fascinating tales and stories associated with these famous landmarks while hopping on and off as they make their way round the city.”
First Bus will provide the service seven days a week from 9.30am to 6.07pm allowing visitors to cap of a busy day of sightseeing with a return trip to the city centre. Meanwhile , a land train through Stirling is expected to be up and running later this month.
It will run from Murray Place up to the Castle Esplanade, before returning to Murray Place via Broad Street, St Mary’s Wynd, Queen Street and Barnton Street. Proposals for the land train are being brought to fruition by Go Forth, the organisation behind Stirling’s Business Improvement District.
Jon Walton, of Go Forth, said this week that it is hoped the land train will be operating in the next few weeks on the completion of some last-minute paperwork.