Stagecoach Highlands is inviting customers to review their proposed timetables before finalising the schedules for 2020. All feedback will be welcomed from Thursday 5th December until Thursday 19th December and will be reviewed ahead of completing the registration process. The new timetables are planned to take effect from Monday 10th February 2020.
We have completed an analysis of current travel trends in order to make a series of improvements to the local bus network in Inverness and the Black Isle. The routes operated have been simplified which has also made it easier for non-existing bus users to plan their journey by bus with confidence. Feedback received at community council meetings has also been used to shape the plans.
David Beaton, Managing Director at Stagecoach Highlands said: “We have been reviewing our network ahead of the new bus priority opening between Inverness Campus and the Retail Park. We really want to make travelling by bus as easy as possible for the local communities and we believe these proposed changes will do just that. All feedback during this two week public consultation period will allow us to ensure we have optimised departure times and routes. We will be grateful for all feedback to be submitted by Thursday 19th December 2019 either via email or in person at our drop-in session at the Spectrum Centre on Wednesday 11th December to allow us to take it into consideration for these changes. Any feedback received after this time will be used in our continuous analysis of the performance of our services.”
How to give your feedback
Email –
Send via email no later than Thursday 19th December to
[email protected].
In person -
Stagecoach representatives will be available to discuss the proposals at the below drop-in session –
Wednesday 11th December 2pm – 6pm, Spectrum Centre, Inverness
Summary of the proposals –
Service 1/1A
Timetable revised to offer a 20 minute frequency linking Culduthel, New Hilton and direct link to the City Centre via Culduthel Road and Castle Street, extending through to the Shopping Park and Balloch, replacing Service 5. Services to and from Old Hilton will be covered by Service 4.
Service 2/2A
Service 2 will operate from Craig Dunain to Westhill, Croy and Cawdor. Operating every 30 minutes between Craig Dunain and Westhill with hourly extensions to Croy and Cawdor Village. Sunday services will operate every hour between Highfield and Balloch, and with Service 3, provide a 30 minute service between the City Centre and Culloden.
Service 3
Frequency will continue to operate every 30 minutes, a number of daytime journeys to operate via South Kessock. Service 3B to and from South Kessock will be replaced by Service 6. Sunday frequency every hour, with service 2 operating at the opposite half hour between the City Centre and Culloden.
Service 3S/3U
Service renumbered from Service 2U with some adjustments to departure times.
Service 4/4A
Service 4 will now operate only between City Centre and Milton of Leys. The service will operate via Old Hilton, offering faster journey times to/from the city centre. Miller Street and Boswell Road will be served by Service 4. Early mornings, evenings and Sundays journeys will operate as Service 4A and operate via New Hilton.
Service 5
Service withdrawn and replaced by extensions on Service 1.
Service 6
New Service will link South Kessock with the City Centre every 30 minutes in place of Service 3B and extensions every hour to Raigmore, Drakies, Old/New Hilton in place of Service 1A/1B. Peak Services in the South Kessock area will be covered by Service 3.
Service 7A/7C
Minor adjustment to departure times and revised evening journey between City Centre and Ardness Road End, to link with Service 1.
Service 8
New service to link Raigmore Estate, City Centre and Dalneigh every 30 minutes for most of the day.
Service 9
Frequency revised to every 2 hours with the service also extending through to the City Centre via Dunain Road in place of Service 13. On Saturdays Service 9 will operate every two hours between the City Centre and Fairfield Road.
Service 11/11A/11B
Service revised to improve the punctuality between Inverness city centre and Inverness Airport with extensions to Ardersier introduced. Service 11 will extend to Sainsburys in Nairn and divert into Tradespark. Evening and Sunday services will divert via Smithton and Culloden, Service 11 will operate through Inverness Shopping Park and Barn Church Road.
Service 12
Current service linking City Centre and Bishops Road will be withdrawn.
Service 13
Service revised and will only link Scorguie and the City Centre twice a day, with extensions through Union Road and Wimberley Way.
Service 113
Schoolday links between Croy and Nairn withdrawn from Service 5 and will now operate on Schooldays only as Service 113.
Service 25/65
Service 25 during the daytime will operate between Inverness and Milnafua with a diversion via the Morrisons Store in Alness, will operate to an hourly frequency, out of school opening/closing times. Service 25 will divert via Tulloch on all journeys in place of Service 27.
Service 24X/25X/X98
Revised timetable to allow offer faster links to and from Tain. Service X98 will operate on an hourly frequency in place of Service 25X and will provide a faster link between Invergordon and Tain. Some Service 25X journeys will extend through to Milton Village.
Service 26
Revised timetable. All Service 26 journeys with the exception of early morning and late evening trips will now serve Chanonry.
Service 27
Revised timetable with only a limited number of extensions between Strathpeffer and Contin. Service 27 during the daytime will no longer serve Tulloch, with Service 25 replacing it.
Service 28
Revised timetable with the frequency through Kiltarlity increased Monday to Saturday. Revised peak and late evening frequency in line with demand. Sunday service will operate via Kilarlity. Service 28X will offer a link between Inverness, Tore, Beauly, Muir of Ord and Dingwall, with the introduction of a 1720 journey from Dingwall on Saturdays to improve transport links for football supporters.
Service 30A/30B/30C
Timetable revised to compliment Service 25X/X98.
Service 145
Departure time revised by 5 minutes.
See below the proposed timetables:
Inverness City services revised timetable.
Highland services revised timetable.
The Inverness city map with revised routes.
https://www.stagecoachbus.com/servi...rticle?SituationId=ID-05/12/2019-09:13:07:804