Helmsdale → Thurso
Helmsdale to Thurso by bus
Helmsdale
Thurso
A direct bus runs from Helmsdale to Thurso, scheduled from 1 h 28 min, with 61 departures in a timetable week.
- Service
- Direct: one vehicle, no change
- Scheduled time
- from 1 h 28 min (typically 1 h 36 min)
- Departures in a timetable week
- 61
- Operators
- Stagecoach Bluebird, Ember
- Stations
- Portgower Inn Road → Bank of Scotland
- Straight-line distance
- 53 km
What this is based on
Arrive inThurso →- From the operator's published timetable, valid to 7 Dec 2027. The departure count is for one week of that timetable (the week it was read, early October 2026) and counts every direct departure from Helmsdale to Thurso; it is not a daily figure.
- The stations shown are the pair used by the most departures; other stations in either place may also be served.
- Source: Open timetable data (GTFS): UK BODS (bus/coach, all operators). How Head Your Way works.
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Browse direct connections
Stations: Thurso · Ports: Scrabster Ferry Terminal; Scrabster Harbor; Scrabster
Journeys through Thurso
Cruises calling here also call at: Lerwick.
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