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Traveline Scotland's journey planner makes travel within Scotland easier and more efficient for you. It figures out the best routes and transport options by bus, train, ferry, or a combination of these.

Visit Traveline Scotland's Door-to-Door Journey Planner to better customise your journey.

Using the planner , you can choose:

• To travel by Bus, Coach, Train, Metro, Ferry, Air, or a combination.
• Routes which are "Fastest", "Direct" with "Minimum Changes".
• Your walking speed and maximum walk time
• Minimum transfer times between any changes
• To travel with specific public transport operators

The results will tell you:

• Departure and arrival time for each part of your journey
• Departure and arrival locations for each part of the journey
• Number of changes
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• Walking instructions
• Tickets and fare options
• Alternative departure time options

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• Glasgow Airport
• Glasgow Prestwick by Bus and Glasgow Prestwick by Train
• Edinburgh Airport by Bus and Edinburgh Airport by Train  and part of your journey to Edinburgh Airport by Tram
• Manchester Airport

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First Bus 4+

Bus times app, buy mtickets, firstgroup plc.

• #17 in Travel
• 4.6 • 144.6K Ratings

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Plan a journey, buy a great value mobile ticket (mTicket) or find where your bus is with live bus times – you can do all this and more with the First Bus App, making bus travel even easier. PLAN YOUR JOURNEY With our door to door route planner you can check your quickest route to work or plan a new adventure and help you to get around at the weekend. Just enter a destination to view your route options and we’ll show you which of our bus services can get you there with step-by-step instructions. CHECK LIVE BUS TIMES The First Bus App is the best way to get live bus times and route information. You can save your favourite stops, routes and locations and revisit recently searched journeys. The map shows the bus stops nearby where you can see live updates to check where and when your bus is coming letting you head to your bus stop just before your bus is due. BUY YOUR MOBILE TICKET (MTICKET) You can buy your great value bus ticket on the First Bus App before you travel so with mTickets there’s no need to carry cash or worry about having the right change. Some of our tickets are cheaper on the app so get it downloaded for our best bus ticket prices. Payments are secure and there’s a handy ‘buy again’ button with one-tap checkout making repeat purchases even quicker and easier to do. The app also features: • Tickets for Heathrow RailAir, Buses of Somerset and First Kernow. • Payments via Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay. • The ability to gift tickets to a child or young person.

Version 5.8.5

• We've enhanced the accessibility of the app • Bugs fixes and performance improvements

Ratings and Reviews

144.6K Ratings

Get a 7 year old to show you how to use it

Every bus has a transponder and the app has a real time transponder map showing the exact position of ever bus on your route. Little busses moving along on the map so cute. I got a 7 year old to show me how to use it. Actually she might not have been 7 cos she worked at the hospital. I digress. Once you know how to use it it’s BRILLIANT. But if you feel 92 and you haven’t got a 7 year old hospital worker to help you it’s a weee bit confusing. For instance why do you have to tap on directions to see the timetablely thing and when you want to toggle between the real time transponder map and the timetablely thing you can’t just go BACK you have to go BACK BACK. And why doesn’t the bus search for the real time transponder map know where I am. For example I live in the South West and when I type in 7 for the number 7 bus it suggests every number 7 in the known universe starting with the Outer Hebrides. Actually it might not be the Outer Hebrides, but it definitely wasn’t within 300 miles. Having said all this the real time transponder map is awesome you can see all the naughty busses bunching up in threes 30 minutes away. Sometimes when there are road works you can see them go off route. Little mind blown!!

First Bus First Class Drivers

Your cheerful, polite & extremely helpful drivers have literally given me my life back. I’m a 65 yr old lady who used to drive & was independent until 2017 when an accident left me with limited mobility. Since that time I have been dependent on a husband who hates shopping to take me, but the nearest supermarket was his limit & then with no time to browse. Then one day I decided to try getting on the bus that runs through the village to town using my powerchair, since that day I have not looked back & I now regularly get the bus to Truro which is some 20 miles away & I plan to travel to other towns in West Cornwall over the coming months. Your drivers are always beyond helpful assisting me to get on the bus using the ramp & this has given me my confidence back & in turn my independence, so a huge thank you to all the drivers who work in the Helston, Truro & Penzance area for your patience & help, I will always be indebted to you.

Really bad app, lots of improvements needed

This app is really bad. There is a planning section to identify which bus you need but this does not link with an option to buy a ticket for that journey. Instead, you need to head to the ticket section, select an area and guess which ticket is valid for that journey. I find this very confusing and have witnessed people being told they chose the wrong ticket. The tickets are terrible. They need to be activated and then used within 10 minutes of activation, why? There is no need for this. You should be able to buy a ticket and scan it without having to activate it. Buses are usually overcrowded due to delays and cancellations so it happens regularly that people activate their tickets when the bus arrives to the bus stop but then are denied boarding because the bus is full. Because of this, some people don’t activate their tickets until they are on the bus which causes more delays. Another rubbish feature of this app is that when you scan your ticket on the bus it does not reflect this on the app. The countdown for the 10 minutes to use the ticket continues and there is no acknowledgement that you have used that ticket or what bus you used it for. One final thought, why are there so many irrelevant reviews in here? The reviews are meant to be about the app, not about the service.

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The developer, FirstGroup Plc , indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .

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• Contact Info
• User Content
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The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:

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Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More

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Glasgow, we're amping up our electric fleet!

We've welcomed 50 brand new electric buses to our Scotstoun fleet, an electrifying addition to our zero-emission fleet of 150 electric buses at our Caledonia Depot.

With the growing fleet of electric buses, we can proudly say we are well on our way on our zero-emission mission! These electric buses will also help you travel sustainably by making it easier to lower your environmental impact and create a positive impact.

Our Caledonia and Scotstoun depots have also been upgraded with rapid charging points to support our electric buses and act as a state-of-the-art EV charging hub with duel-headed rapid DC charging points.

• Click below  to watch our animated Electric Buses arrive in Scotstoun!

We've got the power! 

• With our rapid charging points installed at our depot, our EV buses can be recharged every night.
• They have a range of over 370km on a singles 3-hour charge!

Travel Alerts

88c, 89 & 89b | arden grove, kilsyth.

To allow for resurfacing works, Arden Grove in Kilsyth will be closed from 10th September until 14th September.

Services 88C & 89 towards Kilsyth will divert as follows:  Normal route Airdrie Road, then Glasgow Road, Balmalloch Road, Northfield Road, normal route.

Service 88C & 89 towards Buchanan Bus Station will divert as follows:  Normal route Northfield Road, then Balmalloch Road, Glasgow Road, Parkfoot Street, Kingsway, Parkburn Road, normal route.

1A | Greenhead south-bound closure

To allow for resurfacing works on Monday 9th September and Tuesday 10th September, the A82 will be closed at Greenhead Road towards Clydebank from 20:00 until 06:00 each night.

1A services towards Clydebank will be diverted as follows: R ight Greenhead Road, left A814 Glasgow Road, continue on Glasgow Road onto A82.

3, 77 | Sauchiehall Street closure

To allow for Roadworks on Monday 9th September until Friday 13th September, Sauchiehall Street will be closed.  

Services 3 & 77 towards Partick will be diverted as follows:  Normal route Bath Street, left onto Newton Street, right onto St Vincent Street, Argyle Street, right Kelvingrove Street, left Sauchiehall Street.

Service 60 - Canniesburn Toll towards Clydebank

To allow for resurfacing works on Monday 9th September until Monday 23rd September, Canniesburn Toll will be closed towards Clydebank.  

60 services towards Clydebank will divert as follows:  Maryhill Road, right onto Milngavie Road, at the traffic lights after ASDA left onto Roman Road, left again Roman Road to Bearsden Cross, left Drymen Road, right Canniesburn Road.

B757 Kirkintilloch Rd - Services X85, X87

To allow for Resurfacing Works Sunday 8th September until Sunday 15th September will be closed.

During the closure, all stops will be observed and the following diversions will be in operation:

Services X85, X87 towards Kirkintilloch.

Normal route to Kirkintilloch Rd, Garngaber Ave, Woodilee Rd, Initiative Rd, Kirkintilloch By-pass, Industry St, Townhead and Normal route.

Services X85, X87 towards BBS.

Normal Route to Townhead, Industry St, Kirkintilloch By-pass, Initiative Rd, Woodilee Rd, Garngaber Rd, Kirkintilloch Rd and normal route.

30th September Bank Holiday Service Levels

On Monday 30th of September, we will be operating a Saturday timetable across our services. Night Bus services will not operate.

- 202 will operate a Monday-Friday timetable. - 242 will operate a special timetable for Maxim Park.

Please refer to your relevant Saturday timetable here .

Service 2 - Pitt Street/St Vincent Street

To allow for road works on Wednesday 4th September 08:00 until Friday 4th October Pitt Street will be closed at St Vincent Street.

During the closure all stops will be observed and the following diversions will be in operation:

Service 2 towards Baillieston.

Normal route St Vincent Street at Newton Street, right Newton Street, left Argyle Street, left West Campbell Street (Tesco Express), right West George Street normal route.

201 | Brandon Parade

201 SERVICE BUS STOP ALTERATION - BRANDON PARADE

From 24th August until further notice

Due to delays during the West Hamilton Street works, the 201 services will use the first stop on Brandon Parade (6160648).

Service 4/4A - Charing Cross/Woodlands Road Closure (City Bound)

To allow for emergency Gas Leak at Charing Cross, Woodlands Road towards Sauchiehall Street is closed until works completed.

During the closure the following diversions will be in operation:

Please advise passengers before going on diversion and where next stop is.

Services 4, 4A towards City.

Normal route Eldon Street at roundabout, 1st exit onto Woodlands Road, 3rd exit at roundabout Park Road, right Great Western Road, West Graham Street and take on slip to M8 West Bound stay on inside lane and exit for Charing Cross, left Sauchiehall Street normal route.

Service 57/57A Thornliebank Road Closure

Due to works by Network Rail, Thornliebank Road will be closed from 2nd April 2024 until Thursday 12th June 2025.

Thornliebank Road will be closed at Thornliebank Railway Station. This will have a resulting impact on services 57 & 57A, which will operate a diversion as a result of the road closure. 

The services will divert as follows;

Service 57 will operate;

From Shawlands;

Normal route to Thornliebank road, left via Auldhouse Road - Nether Auldhouse Road - Kilmarnock Road - Fenwick Road - Orchard Drive - Orchard Park Avenue - left to Thornliebank Main Street where the route will continue as normal. 

Towards Shawlands the route will operate the same diversion in reverse. 

Service 57A will operate;

Normal route to Thornliebank road, left via Auldhouse Road - Nether Auldhouse Road - Kilmarnock Road - Fenwick Road - Orchard Drive - Orchard Park Avenue - right into Thornliebank Main Street and left into Boydstone Road where the route will continue as normal. 

Please note  that during the closure of Thornliebank Road at Railway Bridge, bus stops on Nether Auldhouse Road, Kilmarnock Road and Fenwick Road  will not be served by Service 57/57A.

Service 57A will serve  the following on Thornliebank Road:

(To Kennishead)

(To City/Shawlands)

Both 57/57A will serve the temporary stops on Auldhouse Road. Service 57 will use the last stop on Orchard Park Ave for Silverburn - the 57A  will not.

Please note that stops in the area affected by the road closure, and along the diversion route will not be served during this time, to allow the service to continue to travel without journey times being extended. 

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