regentlad
The 49er awaits
In days gone by Sheriffhall was only known by locals in the Dalkeith and Danderhall areas as the name of the farm situated there. The road end incorporated a spur from the main A68 towards Newton Village and Millerhill. Only one service bus used the road that being the old SMT Penicuik to Musselburgh service. Indeed my recollection of the low-lying area was flooding even after a moderate shower of rain.
Fast (or slow) forward to today and we find a huge roundabout there which has become so busy that traffic lights and guiding road lights are required to control it. This of course is down to the Edinburgh 'by-pass' being routed to the area and the point where traffic from East Lothian, Edinburgh and parts of Midlothian converge on it. Along with this came the brainwave for a park and ride, where there's huge volumes of traffic there's always a park and ride and Lothian have seen fit to route several services to Sheriffhall, albeit not successfully in recent years. As seen here at the Asda terminus, Gemini 384 is on one recent venture to have each alternate service 49 stop there rather than Rosewell. This didn't last long when they found that didn't help the passengers with no cars (presumably the reason why most folk board buses!), and a change was made to take the alternate bus forward to Dalkeith campus - a growing area that did need served.
The 49er awaits
In days gone by Sheriffhall was only known by locals in the Dalkeith and Danderhall areas as the name of the farm situated there. The road end incorporated a spur from the main A68 towards Newton Village and Millerhill. Only one service bus used the road that being the old SMT Penicuik to Musselburgh service. Indeed my recollection of the low-lying area was flooding even after a moderate shower of rain.
Fast (or slow) forward to today and we find a huge roundabout there which has become so busy that traffic lights and guiding road lights are required to control it. This of course is down to the Edinburgh 'by-pass' being routed to the area and the point where traffic from East Lothian, Edinburgh and parts of Midlothian converge on it. Along with this came the brainwave for a park and ride, where there's huge volumes of traffic there's always a park and ride and Lothian have seen fit to route several services to Sheriffhall, albeit not successfully in recent years. As seen here at the Asda terminus, Gemini 384 is on one recent venture to have each alternate service 49 stop there rather than Rosewell. This didn't last long when they found that didn't help the passengers with no cars (presumably the reason why most folk board buses!), and a change was made to take the alternate bus forward to Dalkeith campus - a growing area that did need served.