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Public Transport
The Highland Council's Public Transport Section is responsible for:
- Designing and awarding contracts for socially necessary bus services
- Development of unconventional services such as dial-a-buses and subsidised taxis
- Promoting co-ordination between transport services where possible
- Bus shelters and bus stop infrastructure
- Co-ordinated timetable information
- Concessionary fares for elderly or disabled people
If you have any enquiries or require further information on any aspect of Public Transport in the Highland Council area please contact us at one of the following:
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The Highland Council produces a free Public Transport Map for the Highlands and Islands including Orkney and Shetland. In partnership with Rapsons we also produce local timetable guides for the following areas:
- Area 1 - Inverness and Moray Firth
- Area 2 - Strathspey and Badenoch
- Area 3 - Lochaber
- Area 4 - Skye and Lochalsh
- Area 5 - WesterRoss and West Sutherland
- Area 6 - Caithness and East Sutherland
These guides can be accessed by clicking on the following link: Area Guides
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General Information
Traveline - The UK's No1 website for impartial information on planning your journey, by bus, coach or train....or any combination of the three!
Transport Direct - Connecting People to Places: first complete transport journey planner for Great Britain
HITRANS - Highland and Islands Strategic Transport Partnership
- Holders of the Older or Disabled Persons travel entitlement will receive Free travel on buses throughout Scotland and in addition, residents of Highland will enjoy half fare travel on train journeys within Highland.
- Holders of the Scotlandwide Blind Scheme card and their companions can travel free on journeys wholly within Highland. The card holder can also travel free on journeys which terminate in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oban although this benefit does not extend to the companion.
- Free travel is also available on ferry journeys wholly within Highland.
- Young Persons will receive 1/3rd off the single adult bus fare, a railcard valid throughout Scotland, allowing a discount of up to 1/3rd on train travel and 2 return ferry vouchers to the mainland for island residents.
- Application forms for the Older Persons or Disabled Persons scheme are available from Service Points or Post Offices and for the Young Persons scheme at Service Points and schools.
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