Buses in East Ayrshire
52 bus routes, run by 3 bus companies, serve 41 towns and villages and 553 stops across East Ayrshire. Timetables, live departures and journey planning for all of them.
Main towns
- Kilmarnock 33 routes
- Cumnock 13 routes
- Stewarton 11 routes
- Crosshouse 10 routes
- Auchinleck 9 routes
- Kilmaurs 8 routes
- Fenwick, East Ayrshire 7 routes
- Hurlford 7 routes
- Boghall 6 routes
- Catrine 6 routes
- Dunlop 6 routes
- Mauchline 6 routes
- Crookedholm 5 routes
- Dalrymple 5 routes
- Lugar 5 routes
- New Cumnock 5 routes
- Coalhall 4 routes
- Crosshands 4 routes
- Crossroads 4 routes
- Gatehead 4 routes
- Cronberry 3 routes
- Dalmellington 3 routes
- Drongan 3 routes
- Galston 3 routes
Bus stations and interchanges
Busiest routes
- 11: Kilmarnock – Ardrossan Stagecoach West Scotland
- 1: Kilmarnock – Priestland Stagecoach West Scotland
- 4: Ayr – Glasgow Stagecoach West Scotland
- 42: Drongan – Ayr Stagecoach West Scotland
- X76: Glasgow – Kilmarnock Stagecoach West Scotland
- X77: Ayr – Glasgow Stagecoach West Scotland
- 52: Bellsbank – Ayr Stagecoach West Scotland
- 43: Ayr – New Cumnock Stagecoach West Scotland
- 9: Kilmarnock – Stewarton Stagecoach West Scotland
- 3: Kilmarnock town service Stagecoach West Scotland
- 361: Dunure – Straiton Stagecoach West Scotland
- 7: Kilmarnock town service Stagecoach West Scotland
Bus companies
- Stagecoach West Scotland 38 routes
- Shuttle Buses 13 routes
- McCall's Coaches 1 route
All towns and villages
- Auchinleck
- Bankglen
- Boghall
- Burnside, East Ayrshire
- Catrine
- Coalhall
- Connel Park
- Cronberry
- Crookedholm
- Crosshands
- Crosshouse
- Crossroads
- Cumnock
- Dalleagles
- Dalmellington
- Dalrymple
- Darvel
- Drongan
- Dunlop
- Fenwick, East Ayrshire
- Galston
- Gatehead
- Hollybush, East Ayrshire
- Hurlford
- Kilmarnock
- Kilmaurs
- Knockentiber
- Lugar
- Lugton
- Mauchline
- Muirkirk
- New Cumnock
- Newmilns
- Ochiltree
- Patna
- Priestland
- Rankinston
- Sinclairston
- Smallburn
- Stewarton
- Waterside, East Ayrshire
Questions
- Which bus companies run in East Ayrshire?
- Stagecoach West Scotland (38 routes), Shuttle Buses (13 routes) and McCall's Coaches (1 routes).
- What are the busiest bus routes in East Ayrshire?
- the 11 (Kilmarnock – Ardrossan), the 1 (Kilmarnock – Priestland), the 4 (Ayr – Glasgow), the 42 (Drongan – Ayr) and the X76 (Glasgow – Kilmarnock).
- Where are the main bus stations in East Ayrshire?
- Kilmarnock Bus Station and Cumnock Bus Station.
- How can I see live bus times in East Ayrshire?
- StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in East Ayrshire, with live times for buses already on the road (from their positions, via the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service), and a live map of every bus.
Timetables from the Bus Open Data Service (Department for Transport), updated Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Stop details from NaPTAN. Train timetables contain data from Network Rail, licensed under the Open Government Licence; live train times from National Rail. Times are UK local time and can change at short notice: check before you travel.
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