Stirling Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Scottish Citylink runs frequent buses to/from Glasgow (£5, 45 minutes). Some buses continue to Aberdeen (£20, 3½ hours) via Perth (£6) and Dundee (£10); others go to Inverness. For buses to Inverness (£16, 3½ hours) you’ll usually have to change at Perth. A four-times-daily service from Edinburgh to Fort William goes via Stirling once a day (with connections to Oban or Skye); fares to Edinburgh, Oban, Fort William and Portree are £5, £17, £17.50 and £30, respectively. All buses go from the bus station on Goosecroft Rd.

First runs local buses (to Callander, Aberfoyle – both £3.50 – for example) and operates an express service to Edinburgh (£4.50, one hour, hourly Monday to Saturday).

Train

First ScotRail has services to/from Edinburgh (£6.20, 55 minutes, at least twice hourly Monday to Saturday, hourly Sunday). Services run at least twice an hour from Glasgow (£6.50, 40 minutes, every two hours or so on Sunday), and there are regular services to Perth (£9.30, 35 minutes), Dundee (£14.30, 55 minutes) and Aberdeen (£35, 2¼ hours).

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