Car Hire in Inverness - Getting to Inverness

Edinburgh and Glasgow are the two main entrance points to Scotland. Many international visitors arrive via London, preferring the more convenient rail routes.

From these two cities there are regular buses to Inverness, a journey of a few hours, but most tourists prefer to hire a car and enjoy the scenic drive at their leisure. No trains run to Inverness. There are two main routes to Inverness, the first winds its way through the Cairngorms from Edinburgh (via Perth), the other traverses the great divide along the north shore of Loch Ness from Glasgow (via Fort William). You can escape north towards Thurso and John O’Groats.

Edinburgh's international airport has frequent direct flights to Europe, Ireland and other parts of the UK and a limited number of services to Africa, the Middle East and Asia but there are no direct air services to/from North America. LRT buses run regularly to the centre (35 mins journey). Glasgow International Airport (16kms west - regular buses and rail link) handles domestic traffic, and limited international flights.

Waverley is Edinburgh’s centrally-located main rail station with convenient hourly services to London via both the east and west coasts. West coast routes arrive in Glasgow and terminate in Edinburgh, east coast routes terminate in Glasgow, via Edinburgh.