Bus services in Orkney Islands Council — 23 registered routes
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Bus services in Orkney Islands Council

23 local bus services are registered here, run by 2 licensed operators. A route that crosses a boundary is registered with every authority it runs through, so it appears here and on its neighbours.

Registered services

23 routes

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  1. T11

    Kirkwall to Stenness Ring of Brodgar

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  2. X1

    St Margaret's Hope (Ferry Terminal) to Stromness (Hamnavoe)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  3. X10

    Kirkwall (Kirkwall Hotel) to Stromness (Travel Cantre)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  4. 2

    Kirkwall (Travel Centre) to Kirkwall (Travel Centre)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  5. 3

    Kirkwall (Travel Centre) to Deerness (Lighthouse Corner)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  6. 3E

    Kirkwall Travel Centre to Deerness

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  7. 4

    Kirkwall [Travel Centre] to Kirkwall [Travel Centre]

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  8. 5

    Stromness to Houton

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  9. 6

    Kirkwall (Travel Centre) to Tingwall Ferry (Ferry Terminal)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  10. 7

    Kirkwall (Travel Centre) to Stromness (Travel Centre)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  11. 7E

    Kirkwall Travel Centre to Birsay Palace

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  12. 8

    Stromness (Stromness Academy) to Stromness (Travel Centre)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  13. 8S

    Kirkwall Travel Centre to Kirkwall Travel Centre

    Bluebird Buses LimitedLimited Stop

  14. 9

    Kirkwall (Travel Centre) to Kirkwall (Travel Centre)

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  15. 9E

    Kirkwall Travel Centre to Orphir

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  16. 11

    Gill Pier, Westray to Gill Pier, Westray

    Via Pierowall Village

    Firm of M & J HarcusNormal StoppingSubsidised

  17. 435

    Kirkwall to Tankerness

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  18. 436

    Kirkwall to Deerness

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  19. 437

    Kirkwall Grammar School to Kirkwall St Ola

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  20. 441

    Swannay Hundland Road to Stromness Academy

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  21. 443

    Dounby to Stromness Academy

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  22. 498

    Kirkwall to Dounby Show Ground

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

  23. 499

    Stromness (Travel Centre) to Dounby Show Ground

    Bluebird Buses LimitedNormal Stopping

A registration is permission to run a route, not a timetable. It records where a service starts, finishes and runs through, and who may run it. For departure times, ask the operator or Orkney Islands Council.

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