Back in the days before Tesco Extra at Lossie Green, if I was running late for the bus back to Lossiemouth at the end of the working day, I sometimes had to race the bus on foot to the first stop after Elgin Bus Station.
This bus stop was on the east side of Elgin Town Hall.
That is, on the north side of the roundabout on the A96 at Halfords.
To have a chance of catching the bus, you had to hope that the traffic on Alexandra Road was heavy and the bus would have to wait for at least a moment to turn right out onto the A96.
After the Tesco Extra was built at Lossie Green, however, the route for the Lossie bus was altered to cater mainly for shoppers at the bus stop on Haugh Road.
Since that time, if I’m running late for the bus, I have to sprint through the underpass, across Aldi’s car park, along Trinity Place and Trinity Road, all the time hoping not to see the bus sail by along Boroughbriggs Road before I’ve reached the bus stop just west of the junction of Trinity Road and Boroughbriggs.
The bus stop on the A941 between Elgin Town Hall and Halfords is still maintained. Somone changes the advertisements on the bus shelter from time to time.
But it’s a phantom bus stop.
Where no bus ever pulls in.
If you ever see someone standing there looking expectantly up the road, it’s best to tell them to make their way to the bus station.
Assuming they want to avoid an interminable wait for a bus.
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