Buses in Tankerness
4 bus routes serve Tankerness, run by Stagecoach Bluebird. The busiest stops are Bossack Junction, Groatsetter Road End and Bossack Schoolhouse.
Most frequent routes
- 3: Kirkwall – Deerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 435: Kirkwall – Tankerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird · school days only
- 436: Deerness – Kirkwall Stagecoach Bluebird · school days only
- 3E: Kirkwall – Deerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
Where you can go from Tankerness
Routes
- 3: Kirkwall – Deerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
- 435: Kirkwall – Tankerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird · school days only
- 436: Deerness – Kirkwall Stagecoach Bluebird · school days only
- 3E: Kirkwall – Deerness (circular) Stagecoach Bluebird
Bus companies
Stops
- Bossack Junction
- Groatsetter Road End
- Bossack Schoolhouse
- Whitecleat
- Longtownmail
- Swarsquoy Road End
- Yinstay Road End
- Tankerness Mill
- Sheila Fleet Jewellery
- Messigate Road End
- Nearhouse Road End
- Newark Road End
- Quoyburray
- Garralanga Road End
- Mossclair
- Northwood House
- Hall of Tankerness Road End
- Skibbowick Road End
- Upper Lidda Road End
- Rerwick Road End
- Heatherhouse Road End
- Redbanks
- Woodside Road End
- Scarpigar Road End
- Smiddyquoy Road End
- Burnside Road End
Questions
- Where can I go by bus from Tankerness?
- Direct buses from Tankerness go to Kirkwall (3, 435, 436, 3E) and Deerness (3, 436, 3E).
- Which bus goes from Tankerness to Kirkwall?
- Routes 3, 435, 436 and 3E, run by Stagecoach Bluebird.
- Which bus goes from Tankerness to Deerness?
- Routes 3, 436 and 3E, run by Stagecoach Bluebird.
- Where do buses stop in Tankerness?
- The busiest stops are Bossack Junction, Groatsetter Road End, Bossack Schoolhouse, Whitecleat and Longtownmail.
- Which bus companies run in Tankerness?
- Stagecoach Bluebird.
- What are the most frequent buses in Tankerness?
- the 3 (Kirkwall – Deerness (circular)), the 435 (Kirkwall – Tankerness (circular)), the 436 (Deerness – Kirkwall) and the 3E (Kirkwall – Deerness (circular)).
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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