Could a Park and Ride at Inverness support longer-distance journeys?
The Highland Council is asking people to share their views on whether a Park and Ride facility at Inverness could help support longer-distance journeys to places such as Perth, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
As part of the Council’s wider Travel Hubs project, work is being carried out to look at how different types of transport can connect more effectively. This includes considering whether Park and Ride at Inverness could provide a practical and reliable option for people travelling onwards by bus or coach.
Chair of the Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Councillor Ken Gowans said: “We would like to understand how people currently travel between the Highland area and the Central Belt, whether they would consider using Park and Ride at Inverness to connect with bus or coach services, and what would make this option practical, convenient and reliable.
“At the Inverness Bus Station and Inverness Interchange public consultation event held on Wednesday 11 March, several people told us they would like to see better options for connecting with longer-distance bus and coach services from Inverness.
“In response to that feedback, we are now asking people to tell us how they currently travel between the Highland area and the Central Belt, whether they would consider using Park and Ride at Inverness as part of these journeys, and what would make this option more attractive in future.”
A short survey is available on the Council’s new engagement platform – engage.highland.gov.uk and should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. The survey is open to anyone who travels between the Highlands and the Central Belt, regardless of where they live.
Feedback will help inform the next stage of work and support the Council in considering whether Park and Ride at Inverness could improve connections for longer-distance travel in future.
The consultation is open until midnight on 31 July 2026
engage.highland.gov.uk is an easy-to-use platform which allows anyone to quickly see what Highland Council projects and proposals are open for consultation and engagement. For registered users, there are interactive mapping and voting capabilities as well as a mechanism for the vital ‘feedback’ loop, to find out what has been agreed and why. People can also set up alerts, so they receive automatic notifications when any consultations are launched in a particular geographic area or on a topic, they are particularly interested in.