List of bus stations in Scotland

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This is a list of bus stations in Scotland.

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NameLocationStancesConnections
Aberdeen bus station Aberdeen Aberdeen railway station, Union Square
Ayr bus station [1] [2] Ayr
Buchanan bus station Glasgow 57 [3] Glasgow Queen Street railway station, Buchanan Street subway station (200 metre walk)
Dunfermline bus station [4] Dunfermline 14 [5]
East Kilbride bus station East Kilbride 14 [6]
Edinburgh bus station Edinburgh 18 [3] Edinburgh Waverley railway station (200 metre walk), St Andrew Square tram stop
Elgin bus station Elgin
Falkirk bus station (closed 2018) Falkirk
Glenrothes bus station [4] [7] Glenrothes 16 [8] Kingdom Shopping Centre
Govan subway station [9] Glasgow (Govan)7
Greenock bus station Greenock 8 [10]
Hamilton bus station Hamilton 14 [11] Hamilton Central railway station
Inverness bus station [3] Inverness 7 [3]
Kilmarnock bus station [12] [13] Kilmarnock
Kirkcaldy bus station [14] Kirkcaldy 14 [15]
Leven bus station [4] Leven 9 [16]
Partick station Glasgow (Partick)6 [17] Interchange station with Glasgow Subway and National Rail services
Perth bus station Perth 10 [3] Perth railway station (100 metre walk)
Seagate bus station [3] Dundee 9 [3]
Silverburn bus station [18] Glasgow (Pollok) Silverburn Shopping Centre
St Andrews bus station [19] St Andrews 4 [20]
Stirling bus station Stirling 14 [3] Stirling railway station
Viking bus station Lerwick

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  2. ↑ McConnell, Stewart (23 January 2017). "Ayr bus station disabled toilet to close for good". Ayr Advertiser. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Interchange Audit Report" (PDF). Transform Scotland. August 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 Crow, Alan (4 August 2020). "Stagecoach closes info centres at four Fife bus stations". Fife Today. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Dunfermline Bus Station". Fife Council. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "East Kilbride Bus Station". SPT. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Work set to start on £900,000 facelift for busy Fife bus station". www.fifetoday.co.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  8. ↑ "Glenrothes Bus Station". Fife Council. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  9. ↑ Nicoll, Vivienne (30 May 2015). "Govan bus station to be moved". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Greenock Bus Station". SPT. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Hamilton Bus Station". SPT. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Kilmarnock Bus Station from The Gazetteer for Scotland". www.scottish-places.info. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  13. ↑ Webster, Laura (27 July 2021). "Scottish first as rural electric bus fleet is unveiled in Ayrshire". The National. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "Safety measures in place as Fife bus stations set to return to normal opening hours". Fife Today. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "Kirkcaldy Bus Station". Fife Council. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "Leven Bus Station". Fife Council. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "Partick". SPT. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Major shake-up for bus services in city". The Herald. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "North East Fife councillor urges bus firms to put passengers first". Fife Today. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  20. ↑ "St Andrews Bus Station". Fife Council. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
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