Night buses diverted away from West Lothian town following attacks

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Night-time bus services at Fauldhouse are being diverted after a spate of attacks. The decision comes after six attacks on on McGill’s Eastern Scottish services buses in the space of the last month.In the latest incident on Friday night (October 28), a group of youths around Laurie’s Corner-Lanrigg Road pelted a bus carrying passengers with rocks and stones, resulting in a rear window being smashed.The service then had to be withdrawn from use, leaving passengers to wait for a later service or find an alternative means to continue their journey.In the latest incident on Friday night (October 28), a group of youths around Laurie’s Corner-Lanrigg Road pelted a bus carrying passengers with rocks and stones, resulting in a rear window being smashed.The service then had to be withdrawn from use, leaving passengers to wait for a later service or find an alternative means to continue their journey.The company said services are being rerouted away from Lanrigg Road (B7010) from 4pm each day.Buses will instead travel along the B7015, before and after the scheduled stops in Longridge on the A706.

The diversion will remain in place until at least Monday, November 7.McGill’s said they had engaged with police and local politicians in recent weeks to seek help in protecting buses from being attacked but there had been no remedy to the incidents.David Phillips, General Manager at McGill’s Eastern Scottish, said they rued any inconvenience caused to passengers but that safety of customers and staff had to be their primary concern.He said: “It is deeply disappointing that we are being forced to reroute services away from part of Fauldhouse but we have sadly been left with no other option following a series of attacks on our buses.“Thes