Buses in South Lanarkshire
85 bus routes, run by 15 bus companies, serve 71 towns and villages and 1,144 stops across South Lanarkshire. Timetables, live departures and journey planning for all of them.
Main towns
- Hamilton 32 routes
- Lanark 21 routes
- Rutherglen 20 routes
- East Kilbride 18 routes
- Cambuslang 14 routes
- Carluke 10 routes
- Blantyre 8 routes
- Bogside 8 routes
- Carstairs 8 routes
- Cathkin 8 routes
- Larkhall 8 routes
- Allanton, South Lanarkshire 7 routes
- Biggar 7 routes
- Burnside 7 routes
- Kirkfieldbank 7 routes
- Abington 6 routes
- Ferniegair 6 routes
- Law, South Lanarkshire 6 routes
- Uddingston 6 routes
- Braidwood 5 routes
- Crawford, South Lanarkshire 5 routes
- Hyndford Bridge 5 routes
- Lesmahagow 5 routes
- Newton, South Lanarkshire 5 routes
Bus stations and interchanges
Busiest routes
- 266: Hamilton – Newmains First Greater Glasgow
- 267: Glasgow – Hamilton First Greater Glasgow
- 6: Clydebank – Calderwood First Greater Glasgow
- 201: Petersburn – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 7: Rutherglen – Summerston First Greater Glasgow
- 18: Glasgow – Greenhills First Greater Glasgow
- 226: Fairhill – Udston First Greater Glasgow
- 18A: Glasgow – Hairmyres First Greater Glasgow
- 243: North Motherwell – Lanark First Greater Glasgow
- 21: Glasgow – East Kilbride First Greater Glasgow
- 263: Hamilton – Glasgow First Greater Glasgow
- 255: Hamilton – Glasgow First Greater Glasgow
Bus companies
- First Greater Glasgow 22 routes
- Stuart's Coaches 18 routes
- JMB Travel 10 routes
- Hobson Travel 10 routes
- Whitelaw Coaches 7 routes
- Houston's Minicoaches 4 routes
- National Express 3 routes
- Shuttle Buses 3 routes
- McGill's Bus Service 2 routes
- Stagecoach West Scotland 1 route
- Scottish Borders Council 1 route
- Scottish Citylink 1 route
- ARG Travel 1 route
- Todd's Travel 1 route
- Climate Action Strathaven 1 route
All towns and villages
- Abington
- Allanton, South Lanarkshire
- Ashgill
- Biggar
- Blackwood, South Lanarkshire
- Blantyre
- Bogside
- Bothwell
- Braidwood
- Burnside
- Cairnhouse
- Cambuslang
- Canderside Toll
- Candy Mill
- Carluke
- Carnwath
- Carstairs
- Carstairs Junction
- Cartland
- Cathkin
- Chapelton, South Lanarkshire
- Cleghorn
- Coalburn
- Coulter
- Crawford, South Lanarkshire
- Crossford, South Lanarkshire
- Dalton, South Lanarkshire
- Dechmont, South Lanarkshire
- Dolphinton
- Douglas
- Douglas Water
- East Kilbride
- Elvanfoot
- Fernhill, South Lanarkshire
- Ferniegair
- Forth
- Garrion Bridge
- Glassford
- Glespin
- Hamilton
- Hazelbank
- High Blantyre
- Hyndford Bridge
- Jackton
- Kirkfieldbank
- Kirkmuirhill
- Lamington
- Lanark
- Larkhall
- Law, South Lanarkshire
- Leadhills
- Lesmahagow
- Limekilnburn
- Nemphlar
- Netherburn
- Newton, South Lanarkshire
- Pettinain
- Quarter
- Ravenstruther
- Rigside
- Roberton, South Lanarkshire
- Rosebank
- Rutherglen
- Stonehouse
- Strathaven
- Symington
- Thankerton
- Thorntonhall
- Uddingston
- Uddington
- Wiston, South Lanarkshire
Questions
- Which bus companies run in South Lanarkshire?
- First Greater Glasgow (22 routes), Stuart's Coaches (18 routes), JMB Travel (10 routes), Hobson Travel (10 routes), Whitelaw Coaches (7 routes) and Houston's Minicoaches (4 routes), and 9 smaller operators.
- What are the busiest bus routes in South Lanarkshire?
- the 266 (Hamilton – Newmains), the 267 (Glasgow – Hamilton), the 6 (Clydebank – Calderwood), the 201 (Petersburn – Hairmyres) and the 7 (Rutherglen – Summerston).
- Where are the main bus stations in South Lanarkshire?
- Bus Station, Hamilton, Bus Station, East Kilbride, Bus Station, Lanark, Village Road, Elvanfoot and railway bridge, Thankerton.
- How can I see live bus times in South Lanarkshire?
- StopToStop shows the next departures from every stop in South Lanarkshire, 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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