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{{short description|Bus service in Scotland}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
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| name                        = Tayway
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| caption                     = A [[New Routemaster]] bus operating Tayway route 73
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| area served                 = [[Tayside]], [[Scotland]]
| locale                      = [[Dundee]], [[Broughty Ferry]], [[Monifieth]], [[Carnoustie]], [[Arbroath]]
| transit_type                = Bus, Rail (until 1986)
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| end                         = [[Arbroath|Arbroath Bus Station]]
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| website                     = [http://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east-scotland/route-73-tayway Stagecoach Bus]
| began_operation             = November 1980
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| operator                    = [[Tayside Regional Council]] (1980–86)<br />[[Northern Scottish]] (1980–86)<br />[[British Rail]] (1980–86)<br />[[Strathtay Scottish]] (1986–2005)<br />[[Stagecoach Strathtay]] (2005–present)
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'''Tayway''' is a bus (and previously rail) service between [[Dundee]] and [[Arbroath]] in [[Scotland]]. The service started in November 1980 and was operated jointly by [[Tayside Regional Council]], [[Northern Scottish]] and [[British Rail]]. It included an [[Clock-face scheduling|integrated timetable]] and fare system, meaning that tickets could be used on all three operators. The brand is now used for [[Stagecoach Strathtay]]'s route 73.
== Original service ==
A partnership was formed in 1980 between [[Tayside Regional Council]], [[Northern Scottish]] and [[British Rail]] whereby fares would be standardised and details of all services would be published in a shared timetable. The buses and trains operating on the route were given ''Tayway'' branding, including British Rail's fleet of 5 {{brc|122}}s and Tayside Regional Council's fleet of 26 [[Daimler Fleetline]]s. The arrangement came to an end in 1986 due to [[bus deregulation in the United Kingdom]] and the bus services were taken over by [[Strathtay Scottish]], who used a fleet of [[AEC Routemaster]]s on the route.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616205935/https://www.dmoft.co.uk/2011/10/an-original-tayway-bus-survivor/|archive-date=16 June 2020|url=https://www.dmoft.co.uk/2011/10/an-original-tayway-bus-survivor/|title=A original Tayway bus survivor|last=Reilly|first=Paul|date=31 October 2011|website=[[Dundee Museum of Transport]]|access-date=16 June 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Current use ==
Strathtay Scottish were bought by [[Stagecoach Group]] in 2005,<ref>{{cite book |last=Devoy |first=David |date=15 Jun 2019 |title=Strathtay Scottish Buses |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=L8KbDwAAQBAJ&q=Strathtay+Scottish+Buses&pg=PA1964 |publisher= Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=9781445691282 }}</ref> who continued to use the ''Tayway'' brand for their route 73 between [[Ninewells Hospital]]{{efn|Service 73A on Saturdays and service 73B don't serve [[Ninewells Hospital]].}}, [[Dundee]], [[Broughty Ferry]], [[Monifieth]]{{efn|Services 73A and 73B serve [[Ashludie Hospital|Ashludie]] instead of [[Carnoustie]] and [[Arbroath]]. Additionally, the 73A  serves Ethiebeaton Park too.}}, [[Carnoustie]]{{efn|Service 73C ends at [[Carnoustie]] Westhaven Park on weekdays and Saturdays, but continues to [[Arbroath]] via Westhaven Park on Sundays, while services 73A and 73B don't serve [[Carnoustie]] and [[Arbroath]].}}, and [[Arbroath]]{{efn|Service 73 only serves [[Arbroath]] mainly, but occasionally and all day on Sundays, service 73C serves [[Arbroath]] too.}}. The 73, combined with the 73A, 73B and 73C runs every 15 minutes on weekdays. The service runs to a very similar timetable on Saturdays and runs half-hourly on Sundays.{{efn|However not every service serves [[Carnoustie]] and [[Arbroath]].  The 73A ends in [[Monifieth]] (Ethiebeaton Park){{efn|[[Monifieth]] [[Ashludie Hospital|Ashludie]] on Sundays}} and the 73B ends in [[Monifieth]] ([[Ashludie Hospital|Ashludie]]), meaning daily, there is only a half-hourly service{{efn|Hourly service on Sundays}} to [[Carnoustie]] and an hourly service to [[Arbroath]].}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Service 73 |url=https://tiscon-maps-stagecoachbus.s3.amazonaws.com/Timetables/East%20Scotland/EScotTemp/Angus%20May%2024/Service%2073.pdf |website=stagecoachbus.com}}</ref>
The route was notable for being the only bus route in the UK (outside of London) to retain [[bus conductor]]s,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Route 73 Tayway Bus Timetables {{!}} Dundee to Arbroath {{!}} Stagecoach|url=http://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east-scotland/route-73-tayway|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.stagecoachbus.com|language=en}}</ref> known locally as clippies. Conductors were found on most bus services in the area until the 1980s, when most buses became pay-on-entry, minimising the need for a second staff member on board. Conductors speed up journey times, minimising dwell time at bus stops en-route as the driver does not need to issue fares.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Eighteen|first=Stephen|title=LONG READ: How Tayside conductors on the 73 found true love on 'UK's only clippie bus outside London'|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/angus-mearns/1113599/long-read-how-tayside-conductors-on-the-73-found-true-love-on-uks-only-clippie-bus-outside-london/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}}</ref> However, conductor-operation on the route was stopped in March 2020 as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic, and it was later announced that conductors would not return to the route.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Amery|first=Rachel|title=Conductors on Arbroath to Ninewells Hospital bus service to be made redundant|url=https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/tayside-bus-routes-conductors-to-be-made-redundant/|access-date=2020-09-16|website=Evening Telegraph|language=en-gb}}</ref>
In November 2014, Stagecoach announced a three-month trial of two [[New Routemaster]] buses. The trial was unsuccessful, with buses frequently breaking down, causing substantial delays.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dinnie|first=Steven|date=2014-11-04|title=All aboard! Stagecoach's new Routemaster buses take to the road between Dundee and Arbroath|url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/139315/all-aboard-stagecoachs-new-routemaster-buses-take-to-the-road-between-dundee-and-arbroath/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=The Courier|language=en-GB}}; {{cite news|last=Wilson | first=Alan|title=Stagecoach's Routemaster bus trial runs into some trouble|work=[[The Courier (Dundee)|The Courier]]|date=21 November 2014|url= https://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/local/dundee/140351/stagecoachs-routemaster-bus-trial-runs-into-some-trouble/|access-date = 2 August 2020}}</ref>
The route is now operated with 18 [[hybrid bus|hybrid]] double-decker buses built by [[Alexander Dennis]] in [[Falkirk]] and [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] in Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Family fun at bus launch|url=http://www.stagecoachbus.com/news/east-scotland/2015/may/family-fun-at-bus-launch|access-date=2020-08-02|website=www.stagecoachbus.com|language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Transport in Dundee]]
[[Category:Transport in Angus, Scotland]]
[[Category:Bus routes in Scotland]]
[[Category:British Rail brands]]
[[Category:Arbroath]]
[[Category:Stagecoach Group]]
[[Category:1980 establishments in Scotland]]
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