Coach Travel around Scotland from Edinburgh or Glasgow

Times and Tickets for Bus Routes in Scotland

Updated January 2010

How to get from and to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee? When do the first and last buses leave? How much does the bus ticket cost? Where can you buy £1 bus fares in Scotland? Is there a night service? How long does it take? How much cheaper is going by bus compared to travelling by train? Answers to these questions and more for the routes below:

Tickets and times for Megabus/Scottish Citylink bus services between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth.

Edinburgh bus routes

• Edinburgh to Glasgow / Glasgow to Edinburgh bus (also includes information on night services)
• Edinburgh to Glasgow Airport / Glasgow Airport to Edinburgh bus
• Edinburgh to Aberdeen / Aberdeen to Edinburgh bus
• Edinburgh to Inverness / Inverness to Edinburgh bus
• Edinburgh to Dundee / Dundee to Edinburgh bus
• Edinburgh to Perth / Perth to Edinburgh bus

Glasgow bus routes

• Glasgow to Edinburgh Airport / Edinburgh Airport to Glasgow bus
• Glasgow to Aberdeen / Aberdeen to Glasgow bus
• Glasgow to Inverness / Inverness to Glasgow bus
• Glasgow to Dundee / Dundee to Glasgow bus
• Glasgow to Perth / Perth to Glasgow bus

Edinburgh and Glasgow with National Express to Instant timetables and tickets

Travel with Megabus/Scottish Citylink buses

All of Scotland's major towns and cities are served by coaches, the majority of which are run by the Megabus/Scottish Citylink partnership. The joint venture operate an extensive network of long distance express bus services covering up to 20 routes within Scotland.

You can travel with Megabus/Citylink to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee, Perth, Stirling and other Scottish towns and pay only a £1 bus fare (known as super single tickets). These tickets are only available online and must be booked in advance.

Check £1 bus fare availability

Megabus Scotland from London to You can also travel cheaply with Megabus from London to Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Dundee.

Scottish Citylink only coaches

Citylink also link the urban areas of Edinburgh and Glasgow to the Highlands and Islands. There are direct buses to:

• Oban (from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Dundee),
• Fort William (from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oban),
• Skye (from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Fort William),

NOTE: some services may be summer only.

The coaches are comfortable, clean and tickets are cheaper than train tickets.

Travel with National Express coaches

National Express coaches operate the main London to Scotland routes (London to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness). You can travel with National Express within Scotland on the following routes:

• Glasgow to Edinburgh / Edinburgh to Glasgow
• Glasgow to Aberdeen / Glasgow to Aberdeen
• Glasgow to Inverness / Glasgow to Inverness

Coach Tickets and Timetables

You can buy Megabus/Citylink coach tickets online or you can buy them from the bus stations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness or Glasgow but you can only buy super single bus fares (very cheap tickets) online.

Tickets for bus services to Fort William, Oban or Skye are only available with Scottish Citylink.

You can buy National Express coach tickets online or you can buy them from the bus stations in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness or Glasgow but you can only buy funfare coach tickets (very cheap tickets) online.

Scottish Citylink/Megabus Scotland buses

Megabus/Citylink Bus Tickets & Times

Official Website: Megabus
Phone: +44 (0) 1738 639 095

Official Website: Scottish Citylink
Phone: +44 (0) 8705 505 050

National Express

National Express Coach Tickets & Times

Official Website: National Express
Phone: +44 (0) 8717 818 178

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Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.

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