Aberdeen Inverness Train

Aberdeen railway station is Scotland's busiest railway station outside of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It is the main railway station serving the city of Aberdeen and is located in the city centre adjacent to Union Square.

The station has a staffed ticket office although passengers should note that it is not open in the late evening. Passengers are able to collect tickets purchased in advance (for example, on the internet) from one of a number of automatic ticket machines located outside the ticket office and on the main concourse.

For passengers with time on their hands retail outlets are located in the Union Square complex which can be accessed from the railway station concourse. Outlets available (at the time of writing) include Boots, Costa Coffee, Starbucks and Marks & Spencer. The facilities in the Union Square complex are open late into the evening and include ATM machines and access to the city's bus station.

Aberdeen railway station is operated by ScotRail and offers passengers inter city, regional and local services throughout Scotland and to the rest of the UK. Sleeper trains are also available. Passengers services are operated by First ScotRail, CrossCountry and East Coast.

Located in the Scottish Highlands, Inverness railway station offers passengers services to destinations including Edinburgh Waverley, Perth, Glasgow Queen Street, Aberdeen, Dingwall, Wick, Thurso, Kyle of Lochalsh, London King's Cross, London Euston, Newcastle, Darlington and York.

Inverness railway station is operated by First ScotRail and lies on the Highland Main Line (connecting Perth with Inverness), The Aberdeen Line (connecting Aberdeen to Inverness) and the Far North Line (which is a rural line extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick). Passenger services calling at the station are operated by First ScotRail and East Coast.

Facilities at the station include ATM's, pay phones, cafe, toilets and baby changing facilities. Parking is available at the station for 60 vehicles and is open 24 hours a day.

The main coach and bus station is located in Margaret Street, just around the corner from the railway station. Aside from local buses, there are also long-distance coach services which allow rail passengers to continue their journey to areas of the Highlands not on the rail network. Stagecoach in Inverness route 11 runs every 30 minutes between Inverness city centre and Inverness Airport. The bus leaves from Strothers Lane, just around the corner from the station. The journey time to the airport is 25 minutes.