Difficult to believe but after 60 new Council houses have been recently occupied, Fife Council think it is acceptable to cut the only good bus service the villlage has: the 63 St Andrews to Glenrothes. Springfield Community Council has strongly opposed the cutting of the service into the village, and we have been supported by Councillor Kennedy.

The 63 takes 30 mins to get to Glenrothes, and 64 takes an hour. Its literally quicker to get on a bike than take the 64 to St Andrews or Glenrothes.

The map shows the current route. The revised route will bypass Springfield, only stopping at Station outside the main village.

Why are young families in our rural village being abandonned by Fife Council, in favour of a better service for other villages?

This is what Fife Council said:

“…..one of the main reasons that Service 63 has suffered
reliability issues was the inclusion of Springfield within the timetable.
Previously the timetable operated as Service 94 and did not operate via
Springfield.  Following the changes to Stagecoach bus services in August
2024 the service was changed to operate as Service 63, the diversion via
Springfield was suggested by Moffat & Williamson who assured us that there
was enough time to do so, unfortunately it has transpired that there is
insufficient time for the service to operate reliably via Springfield.  Many
of the complaints received were from passengers suggesting that drivers were
speeding to make up their time, these complaints and the reliability of the
service was the main catalyst for this review.  Additionally the reliability
of the service was affecting the operation of Service M36 connections with
the bus service in Newburgh – Service 63 continues as Service M36 from
Glenrothes bus station to Newburgh.

I can confirm that various options were looked at to include Springfield
within the timetable, however any change that incorporated Springfield was
at the detrimental effect to other villages on the route.

I acknowledge the journey times to Glenrothes and St Andrews are longer,
albeit journey times to Cupar are similar.  Service 63 will operate between
Cuparmuir to Pitlessie via Cupar Road and the bus stops on the south side of
the station will be served.  I will arrange for the Springfield Rail Station
to be added to the timetable.  Ladybank and Cupar are natural interchange
points for onward travel for those seeking a faster journey.

Many comments were taken onboard during the consultation and implemented,
unfortunately for the reasons above Springfield cannot be included at this
time.  However we will continue to survey the services in the area to
determine if any journey time improvements can be made in the future. …”