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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]
Stagecoach Highlands is a bus operator based in Inverness that runs services in the Scottish Highlands as well as on the Orkney Islands and Isle of Skye.It is a subsidiary of the Stagecoach Group formed in 2008 following the purchase of the independent Rapsons Group, and is today part of the Stagecoach North Scotland group of companies.
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 ]
Based in Inverness, the company was formed by merger in 1865, absorbing over 249 miles (401 km) of line. It continued to expand, reaching Wick and Thurso in the north and Kyle of Lochalsh in the west, eventually serving the counties of Caithness, Sutherland, Ross & Cromarty, Inverness, Perth, Nairn, Moray and Banff.
In the December 2021 timetable, four trains call at Invershin each way (four to Inverness, four to Wick via Thurso) on weekdays and Saturdays. On Sundays, there is just one train each way. [11] This station is designated as a request stop. This means that passengers intending to alight must inform the guard in advance, and any passengers ...
X99 Inverness–Thurso This page was last edited on 26 May 2008, at 14:13 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...