Public transport
On this page
Public transport providers, timetables and journey planners.
Traveline Scotland
Traveline Scotland offers an Access to Healthcare journey planner. This offers public transport information for travel to health facilities across Scotland. You can plan journeys to hospitals, GP surgeries, pharmacies, opticians and dentists by choosing your origin and destination on a map.
There are also:
Traveline Scotland also provides a 24-hour advice line:
phone 0871 200 22 33
(calls cost 12p per minute plus your phone company's access charge)
Stagecoach
Express and local bus services across the country.
Scottish Citylink
Coaches linking villages and towns with each other and Scotland’s major cities every day.
Megabus
Coach travel throughout Scotland and the UK.
Scotrail
Scotland's railway network.
- see fares and buy train tickets
- route maps
- downloadable timetables
- mobile app and smartcard
- get 50% off fares on Highland lines with the Highland Railcard
Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac)
The UK's largest ferry operator, running 29 routes to over 50 destinations, across 200 miles of Scotland's west coast.
Argyll and Bute
- Community Transport - from Argyll and Bute Council
- Journey Planning and Timetables - from Argyll and Bute Council
- Support to get to your medical appointments in Argyll and Bute (pdf, January 2016) - a practical guide to your transport needs
Travel and transport
For particular hospital travel arrangements - location, directions and parking - see information for each hospital.
-
Travel and transport
Help with transport planning and costs of travel within the NHS Highland area.
-
Travel to Raigmore Hospital
Transport and directions to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, and parking.
-
Travel to National Treatment Centre - Highland
Transport and directions to National Treatment Centre - Highland, in Inverness, and parking.
-
Active travel
Active travel to NHS Highland sites - drive less, move more, feel good.
-
Financial assistance with patient travel
Arrange travel to and from hospital with your local Patient Travel department.
-
Public transport
Public transport providers, timetables and journey planners.
-
Scottish Ambulance Patient Transport Service
If you are medically unfit to travel, you should contact the Scottish Ambulance Patient Transport Service.
-
Travel vaccines
You can get vaccinations for international travel at local community pharmacies.
Related services and accessibility
-
Communication and information accessibility
We want to ensure that people can access our services effectively and efficiently.
-
Inverness Hospital Radio
Since its creation in 1970, Inverness Hospital Radio has operated as a broadcasting service to hospital patients.
-
Patient Hub
We are transforming our outpatient programme in order to improve referrals and give patients greater control of their...
-
Patient Wi-Fi
Free patient Wi-Fi is available at several hospitals in Highland.
-
Spiritual care
Spiritual care is given in a one-to-one relationship, and makes no assumptions about personal convictions or religiou...
-
Visitors to the Highlands
If you are planning a visit to the NHS Highland area, remember to bring enough medication and any medical items or de...
-
Your health rights
It’s your right to make choices and decisions about your treatment, to be treated confidentially and to see your heal...