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The X99 is an express bus service operated by Stagecoach Highlands. It is the fastest public transport connection between Inverness and Caithness . [ 1 ] The route runs from Inverness to Thurso via Wick , Helmsdale , Brora , Golspie , and Dornoch , with at least one service per day extending to Scrabster to meet the ferry to Stromness .
The Stagecoach-run coach service, the X99, reaches Wick faster than the rail service does; however, the X99, which runs from Inverness to Tain, Dornoch, Golspie, Brora, Helmsdale, Dunbeath, Lybster, Wick, Castletown, Thurso and Scrabster, is less frequent than the train - which provides a competitive journey time to Thurso - and traverses the ...
Since 2000, trains to and from Wick have run via Thurso. On arrival at Georgemas Junction from Inverness, trains reverse to serve Thurso, then reverse again from Thurso to run back to Georgemas Junction (stopping there for a second time) and continue on to Wick. This procedure is mirrored for Inverness-bound services. [13]
Scottish Citylink operates an extensive network of long-distance express services within Scotland, operating 19 routes linking the cities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness, as well as linking some rural Highland communities to the main urban areas of Scotland. [2]
Georgemas Junction is the penultimate station on the Far North Line from Inverness to Wick, 147 miles 22 chains (237 km) down the line from Inverness. [3] Immediately to the west of the station lies a junction of the same name, where the branch to Thurso spurs off northwards; mileages on this branch are measured from the station. [ 3 ]
X99 Inverness–Thurso This page was last edited on 25 January 2019, at 08:33 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...
It is 6 miles 50 chains (10.7 km) down the line from the start of the branch at Georgemas Junction, and 153 miles 70 chains (247.6 km) from Inverness. [3] Thurso has a single platform, which is long enough to accommodate a nine-carriage train. [4] It is fully wheelchair-accessible and has a part-time ticket office.
The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction absorbed the Inverness & Nairn in 1861. [11] The Morayshire Railway had opened a 5 + 1 ⁄ 2-mile (8.9 km) line between Lossiemouth and Elgin on 10 August 1852, public services starting the next day. [12] Permission was granted to the Morayshire to run over the IAJR to Orton and to build a branch to Rothes. [13]