STAGECOACH have confirmed that day return tickets between Fife and Edinburgh can now be bought on their bus app.

The £6.50 ticket price, which is valid all day, applies for those travelling from Cowdenbeath, Dalgety Bay, Dunfermline, Inverkeithing, Rosyth, Kelty, Ferrytoll P&R and Halbeath P&R to the capital.

For those travelling from anywhere else in Fife, it's £7.60.

More information about the ticket range is available at https://tinyurl.com/hsp6fr8z.

Douglas Robertson, managing director for Stagecoach East Scotland, said: “With more people buying tickets on the app for convenience, we’re delighted that customers will now be able to purchase our great value day return tickets from Fife to Edinburgh, storing the ticket on their mobile device until they’re ready to use it.” 

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The introduction of the day return tickets to the Stagecoach bus app comes alongside changes to the Express network from July 29.

Journeys to Edinburgh from Ferrytoll P&R are now every five minutes during peak times and up to every 15 minutes in the evening.

Services from Dunfermline leave up to every 15 minutes during the day and 30 minutes in the evening.

Customers can activate the tickets when they are ready to board and show the driver, doing the same on the return journey.