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• A direct Aberdeen-London express bus service could be running this summer if an Aberdeen coach hirer's plans get the go-ahead from the Traffic Commissioners. Hoping to get the necessary permission is Mr Bill Chapman, Simpson Road, Bridge of Don, principal of Balgownie Coaches.
"I believe there is a need for a service like this," he explains. "A lot of folk asked us last summer if there was such a service. I believe people in the oil industry, students, Forces personnel and others would use the express service".
Mr Chapman would run a twice-weekly service — departing on Tuesday and Friday and returning on Saturday and Monday. He would use 44-seater buses, travelling via Perth, Stepps, Gretna Green, Carlisle, down M6 to Birmingham and then MI.
Return fare, he proposes, is £8, with Birmingham a setting down spot on the journey south and a pick-up point on the return trip.
Mr Chapman reckons the all-in journey, allowing for stops, would be about 15 hours.
A number of objections has already been lodged against the application — from bus companies in Scotland and England and British Rail.