Transport In Glasgow
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Travelling Around Glasgow
Air
Glasgow International Airport is the main departure point in Scotland for flights to North America. There are also regular flights to several European destinations and many domestic flights. There are also flights to Glasgow Prestwick. For airline addresses and phone numbers, see 'Directory'.
Bus
Scottish Citylink has buses to most major towns in Scotland. There are buses to Edinburgh every 15 mins (1 1/4 hrs, £3 single); hourly buses to Stirling (45 mins, £3.60) and Inverness (4 hrs, £14); 15 buses daily to Aberdeen (4 hrs, £15); 4 daily to Oban (3 hours, £11.20); 4-5 daily to Fort William (3 hrs, £11.80); 3 daily to Portree (7 hrs, £20); and hourly to Perth (1 hrs, £7.50) and Dundee (2 1/4 hrs, £8). Midland Bluebird (Tel. 01324-613777) runs buses to Milngavie, at the start of the West Highland Way (30 mins, £1.50).
Train
Scotrail also operates the West Highland line from Queen Street north to Oban (3 daily, 3 hrs), Fort William (3 daily, 3 3/4 hrs) and Mallaig (3 daily, 5 1/4 hrs). ScotRail also run services to Edinburgh (every 30 mins, 50 minutes, £7.50 cheap day return), Perth (hourly, 1 hr), Dundee (hourly, 1 hr 20 mins), Aberdeen (hourly, 2 hrs), Stirling (hourly, 30 mins) and Inverness (3 daily, 3 hrs).
Pleasure Steamer
Why not go back in time and take a leisurely trip on the Waverley Paddle Steamer built on the Clyde in 1947. Cruises start from mid April and run through to mid October visiting many destinations on the Clyde and the western isles including Oban and Tiree. For more details of cruises to the west coast of Scotland
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