Buses in Orkney
22 bus routes, run by 3 bus companies, serve 26 towns and villages and 340 stops across Orkney. Timetables, live departures and journey planning for all of them.
Main towns
- Kirkwall 21 routes
- St Ola 13 routes
- Stromness 11 routes
- Firth 8 routes
- Birsay 6 routes
- Harray 6 routes
- Stenness 5 routes
- Dounby 4 routes
- Orphir 4 routes
- Sandwick 4 routes
- Tankerness 4 routes
- Twatt 4 routes
- Deerness 3 routes
- Holm 3 routes
- Rendall 3 routes
- South Ronaldsay 3 routes
- Swannay 3 routes
- Toab 3 routes
- Burray 2 routes
- Evie 2 routes
- Hoy 2 routes
- Lamb Holm 2 routes
- Marwick 2 routes
- Newton, Orkney 2 routes
Bus stations and interchanges
Busiest routes
- X1: Stromness – St Margarets Hope Stagecoach Bluebird
- 4: Kirkwall – Kirkwall Airport (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 9: Kirkwall – St Ola (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 6: Kirkwall – Rendall (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 2: Kirkwall – Houton (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 3: Kirkwall – Deerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 7: Stromness – Kirkwall Stagecoach Bluebird
- 5: Stromness – Houton Stagecoach Bluebird
- X10: Kirkwall – Stromness Stagecoach Bluebird
- 8S: Kirkwall – Quoyloo (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 443: Stromness – Dounby Stagecoach Bluebird
- 1: Lyness – South Walls Isle of Hoy Development Trust
Bus companies
- Stagecoach Bluebird 20 routes
- Isle of Hoy Development Trust 1 route
- Orkney Travel 1 route
All towns and villages
Questions
- Which bus companies run in Orkney?
- Stagecoach Bluebird (20 routes), Isle of Hoy Development Trust (1 routes) and Orkney Travel (1 routes).
- What are the busiest bus routes in Orkney?
- the X1 (Stromness – St Margarets Hope), the 4 (Kirkwall – Kirkwall Airport (circular)), the 9 (Kirkwall – St Ola (circular)), the 6 (Kirkwall – Rendall (circular)) and the 2 (Kirkwall – Houton (circular)).
- Where are the main bus stations in Orkney?
- Travel Centre, Kirkwall and Travel Centre, Stromness.
- How can I see live bus times in Orkney?
- StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in Orkney, 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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