Buses in East Kilbride
17 bus routes serve East Kilbride, run by First Greater Glasgow, Whitelaw Coaches, JMB Travel, ARG Travel and Hobson Travel and others. Trains are run by ScotRail. The main interchange is Bus Station, East Kilbride.
Bus station: Bus Station, East Kilbride
Most frequent routes
- 6: Clydebank – Calderwood First Greater Glasgow
- 201: Petersburn – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 18: Glasgow – Greenhills First Greater Glasgow
- 18A: Glasgow – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 21: Glasgow – East Kilbride First Greater Glasgow
- 254: Strathaven – Hamilton Whitelaw Coaches
Where you can go from East Kilbride
Routes
- 6: Clydebank – Calderwood First Greater Glasgow
- 201: Petersburn – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 18: Glasgow – Greenhills First Greater Glasgow
- 18A: Glasgow – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 21: Glasgow – East Kilbride First Greater Glasgow
- Glasgow Central – East Kilbride ScotRail
- 254: Strathaven – Hamilton Whitelaw Coaches
- 13: Hamilton – West Mains JMB Travel
- 205: Hamilton – Hairmyres ARG Travel
- 250: Birkenshaw – Hamilton Whitelaw Coaches
- 256: Hamilton – East Kilbride Whitelaw Coaches
- 31B: Carmunnock – East Kilbride JMB Travel
- 172: Halfway – East Kilbride Hobson Travel
- 395: East Kilbride – Uplawmoor Shuttle Buses
- M1: The Murray – Hairmyres Stuart's Coaches
- N18: Glasgow – Greenhills First Greater Glasgow
- 399: Hairmyres – Whitehills JMB Travel
- 172A: East Kilbride – Halfway Hobson Travel
Bus companies
Stops and stations
- Hairmyres station
- East Kilbride station
- Bus Station
- St Brides Church
- Brunel Way
- Telford Road
- Westwood Square
- Lee's Burn Court
- Kingsgate Retail Park
- Nerston Residential School
- Melbourne Avenue
- Bunbury Terrace
- Belmont Drive
- Sycamore Crescent
- High Whitehills Road
- Haldane Place
- Whitehills Terrace
- Simpson Drive
- Shira Terrace
- Raeburn Avenue
- Columbia Way
- Red Deer Road
- Cullen Road
- Fortieth Avenue
- Lomond
- Auchengilloch
- Redwood Drive
- Strathtay Avenue
- Strathnairn Avenue
- Strathtay Avenue
- High whitehills Road
- Ardochrig
- Calderwood Square
- Alison Lea Health Centre
- Capelrig Drive
- Whitemoss Roundabout
- Cantieslaw Drive
- Oak Avenue
- Troon Avenue
- Heathery Knowe
- Carlyle Drive
- Glasgow Road
- Murrayhill
- Langlands Drive
- Shopping centre
- Mossneuk Avenue
- Whirlies Roundabout
- Hospital Main Entrance
- Blackbraes Road
- Braidley Crescent
- Lickprivick Road
- Eaglesham Road
- Shield Hill
- Whirlies Roundabout
- Maxwell Drive
- Hairmyres Station
- Hairmyres Hospital
- John Wright Sports Centre
- Carlyle Terrace
- Windward Road
- Greenhills Way
- Greenhills Sports Centre
- Larch Drive
- Shopping Centre
- Peel Park Hotel
- Brooklands
- Hairmyres Main Building Entrance
- Crosshouse Road
- Mossneuk Road
- Glenfield Road
- Singer Road
- The Boardwalk
- Skovlunde Way
- Torrance Road
- Churchill Avenue
- Glebe Crescent
- Glebe Street
- Kelvin Place
- High Common Road
- Stroud Road
Questions
- Where can I go by bus from East Kilbride?
- Direct buses from East Kilbride go to Hairmyres (201, 18A, 205, M1, 399), Hamilton (254, 13, 205, 250, 256), Glasgow (18, 18A, 21, N18), Greenhills (18, N18), Halfway (172, 172A), Birkenshaw (250), Calderwood (6), Carmunnock (31B), Clydebank (6) and Glasgow Central (train).
- Which bus goes from East Kilbride to Hairmyres?
- Routes 201, 18A, 205, M1 and 399, run by First Greater Glasgow, ARG Travel, Stuart's Coaches and JMB Travel.
- Which bus goes from East Kilbride to Hamilton?
- Routes 254, 13, 205, 250 and 256, run by Whitelaw Coaches, JMB Travel and ARG Travel.
- Which bus goes from East Kilbride to Glasgow?
- Routes 18, 18A, 21 and N18, run by First Greater Glasgow.
- Where do buses stop in East Kilbride?
- The busiest stops are Hairmyres station, East Kilbride station, Bus Station, St Brides Church and Brunel Way.
- Which bus companies run in East Kilbride?
- First Greater Glasgow, Whitelaw Coaches, JMB Travel, ARG Travel, Hobson Travel, Shuttle Buses and Stuart's Coaches.
- What are the most frequent buses in East Kilbride?
- the 6 (Clydebank – Calderwood), the 201 (Petersburn – Hairmyres), the 18 (Glasgow – Greenhills) and the 18A (Glasgow – Hairmyres).
- Where is the bus station in East Kilbride?
- Buses meet at Bus Station, East Kilbride.
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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