Bus: Stations: Buchanan Bus Station

 

      • Telephone: 0141 333 3708.

 

      • Smoking is only permitted outside the bus station. SPT has banned all smoking (including e-cigarettes) from its buildings and premises. Please dispose of butts appropriately and avoid smoking at exits.

 

      • For your safety and security CCTV monitoring and recording is in operation.

 

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Bus services and stances

Stance information is shown for guidance only. Customers should refer to departure screens on arrival.

Stance allocations for bus services departing from Buchanan bus station Glasgow.
Service Operator Destination Stance
4 Stagecoach Ayr 7
9 First Paisley 11
9A First Penilee/Braehead 12
10A/B10/C10 First Balfron 34
54 Park’s Strathaven 16
68/71/71A McGill’s Torrance 39
72 McGill’s Kirkintilloch 39
77 First Glasgow Airport 45
87 First Auchinairn 36
88/88A/88C First Bishopbriggs/Campsie Glen/Harestanes/Kilsyth(88A) 37
89 First Kilsyth 38
89A First Torrance 38
89B First Bishopbriggs 38
213 McGill’s Coatbridge/Airdrie 16
240 First Overtown 22
240X Stuart’s Lanark 16
241X Stuart’s Lanark 16
255 First Blantyre/Hamilton/Motherwell Station 21
263 First Hamilton Bus Station 19
267 First Hamilton 20
329  McGill’s Stobhill Hospital 39
334 National Express Bournemouth 51
336 National Express Edinburgh 54
336 National Express Plymouth 50
500 First Glasgow Airport 46
532 National Express Plymouth 51
532 National Express Edinburgh 54
590/592 National Express Aberdeen 53
539 National Express Bournemouth / Edinburgh 53
542 National Express Blackpool (seasonal) 53
548 National Express Birmingham 55
548 National Express Edinburgh 55
588 National Express London Victoria 56
590 National Express London Victoria 54
591 National Express London Victoria 54
592 National Express London Victoria 54
618 Citylink Blackpool (seasonal) 53
900 Citylink Edinburgh (Daytime Service Stance 49. Service after 23:00 from Stance 56) 49/56
901/906/906X McGill’s Largs 48/50
914 Citylink Fort William 56
915/916 Citylink Portree/Uig 56
923 Citylink Edinburgh 53
923 Citylink Belfast 56
926 Citylink Campbeltown 55
976 Citylink Oban 55
977 Citylink Oban (seasonal) 54
AIR Citylink Edinburgh Airport 48
G9 Citylink Aberdeen 57/56
G10 Citylink Inverness 57
L1 John McGinley Letterkenny 55
M8 Citylink/Parks Dundee 51
M9 City/Megabus/Parks Aberdeen / Dundee 52
M11 Citylink/Megabus London Victoria 23
M11 Citylink/Megabus Aberdeen 23/24
M20 Citylink/Megabus London 55
X1 First Earnock 18
X3 First Cumbernauld 42
X7 McGill’s Greenock 44
X8 First Silverburn / Crookston Castle 13
X11 First West Crindledyke 15
X24 Stagecoach St Andrews 4
X25/X25A Stagecoach Abronhill 2
X26 Stagecoach Leven 4
X27 Stagecoach Kirkcaldy 4
X28 Stagecoach Seafar 3
X34 Stagecoach Irvine 8
X36 Stagecoach Ardrossan 8
X36 First Stirling 43
X37 First Falkirk 43
X44 Stagecoach Ardrossan / Irvine 8
X51 Stagecoach Dunfermline 10
X71 Stagecoach Priestland 5
X74 Stagecoach Dumfries 7
X76 Stagecoach Kilmarnock/Cumnock/Muirkirk 5
X76 Stagecoach Irvine (night service) 5
X77 Stagecoach Ayr 6
X77N Stagecoach Ayr 6
X78 Stagecoach Troon 5
X79 Stagecoach Irvine, Castlepark 5
X85 First Campsie Glen 35
X87 First Waterside 35

Facilities

CityLink Ticket Office

CityLink Ticket Office is open 7 days a week from 09:00 to 17:00. It is wheelchair accessible, has dropped counters and induction loops for disabled travellers.

Tour Lounge

Buchanan Bus Station has a passenger tour lounge. The lounge is open on the days we have scheduled tour departures. Contained in the lounge is toilets (male and female). There is a disabled toilet adjacent to the tour lounge. Access to the disabled toilet is controlled via a RADAR key.

The tour lounge also has hot beverage and confectionary vending machines and a large screen TV.

Toilets

The male and female toilets are located on the main concourse and are open daily between 06:00 and 23:00 with baby change facilities in both toilets. A charge of 30p applies to toilets and a change machine is located at the entrance to the toilets.

There is a disabled toilet, with baby change facilities located in the same area. Access to the disabled toilet is controlled via a RADAR key, which can be obtained from the security guards.

Left Luggage

All luggage deposited in this facility is subjected to a search prior to being accepted. Maximum use is 24 hours only.

  • Small (hand baggage): £5.00
  • Medium (backpacks): £6.00
  • Large (large suitcases) £7.00

Lost Property

If you have lost something in the bus station, please phone 0141 333 3708 (09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Saturday). For property lost on a bus or coach, please contact the relevant operator. All items lost/found (with the exclusion of perishable items) are sent to the Custodiers Department (Police Scotland).

Address: Jocelyn Square, Glasgow, G1 5JU (Off the Saltmarket)
Email: custodiers@scotland.pnn.police.uk
Telephone: 01786 896 990
Opening Hours: 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday (Closed on Public Holidays).

Additional Facilities

  • Public access defibrillator available 24/7 located adjacent to the stairs next to Cowcaddens Road;
  • Two no charge box outlets to recharge mobile phone/electronic handheld devices;
  • Two photo-me booths;
  • Public phones;
  • Post box;
  • Four retail units and a café;
  • Two cash machines close to the Killermont Street exit.

Bike Parking

Bike racks are available at Stance 33 and next to the drop-off point/taxi rank on a first-come first-served basis. SPT does not assume responsibility for stolen or damaged bikes.

Bike Hire

NextBike, in collaboration with Glasgow City Council, operate a bike hire scheme. There are racks on Killermont Street and Cowcaddens Road adjacent to the bus station.

Car Parking

There is a drop-off area off Cowcaddens Road. Concert Square car park adjacent to the station. There is also a multistorey car park located at Buchanan Galleries, off Killermont Street.

Taxis

There is a 24 hour taxi (Glasgow Taxis) rank located off Cowcaddens Road.
Glasgow Taxis phone number is 0141 429 7070.

Accessibility

All areas of the bus station, CityLink Ticket Office and Travel Card Unit are accessible by wheelchair.

The bus station has a REACT audio wayfinding system to give an alert directing the traveller to key locations within the bus station.

Within the Travel Centre there is an induction loop sound system which produces a signal for partially deaf customers who use a hearing aid.

We also have a tactile map of the bus station and a tactile map of the surrounding areas in the main concourse for blind and partially sighted travellers.

All information and instructions are displayed in large print on screen and in an audio format.

Way finding information for people who are blind or partially sighted is available at www.describe-online.com

To discuss accessibility needs phone 0141 333 3762.