Stirling bus station

Goosecroft Road
Stirling
FK8 1PF

The concourse is open while bus services operate.

Our indoor facilities (except for the ticket office and travel centre) are open:

• Monday to Saturday 6:40am to 6pm
• Sunday 10:10am to 5:30pm

Ticket office and travel centre

Our ticket office and travel centre are open Monday to Friday 9:30am to 4pm and can provide both travel information and tickets for Scottish Citylink, National Express and Stirling Council Park and Ride services.

You can buy tickets for all other services on the bus.

Ticket sales and Travel centre staff can also help you with an application for:

• a Blue Badge (if you have an existing blue badge and visiting the bus station, there are two Blue Badge parking spaces on Goosecroft Road next to the  bus exit from the bus station. There are also disabled spaces in the adjacent Thistles Shopping Centre)
• a National Entitlement Card
• under-22s bus travel (Under 22 scheme is managed by the Senior Phase and Youth Participation Team, please contact by email stirlingyoungscot@stirling.gov.uk or phone 01786 233562

You can call the ticket office and travel centre on on 01786 237 500.

One Ticket mobile app

You can use the One Ticket app to purchase tickets. It also allows you to use your phone as your ticket. It can be downloaded on the app stores below.

More information on the app is available on the One Ticket website. 

Smoking, including the use of e-cigarettes, is not permitted in any part of the bus station. This includes:

• the concourse
• bus stances
• bus operational areas

You can find information on the buses that serve the station by reading our list of destinations and services.

You can get timetable information by visiting the service operators' websites.

• Docherty's Midland Coaches
• Hunters Executive Coaches
• Midland Bluebird
• Scottish Citylink
• Stagecoach

The bus station's toilets are open:

Monday to Saturday - 6:40am to 6pm
Sunday - 10:10am to 5pm

Contact a member of staff if you need access to the baby changing facilities.

You can access the disabled toilet by RADAR key or by contacting a member of staff.

Dial-a-Journey's Services

• Door to Door
• Shopmobility
• Self drive hire
• Training
• Taxicard

These are available from 10am to 4pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

If you've lost an item in the bus station, you can either:

• visit the station travel centre
• call us on 01786 237 500 during opening hours

We only keep property that was lost within the station itself.

There is no left luggage facility at the station.

The station café is currently closed.

The bus station is covered by CCTV. On-site security officers are in attendance.

Rail

Stirling railway station is a few minutes' walk from the bus station.

Taxi

There's a taxi rank next to stance 12(bus station) and on Station Road opposite Stirling rail station. 

Cars

There's a pay and display car park next to the bus station in the Thistles shopping centre.

Bicycles

There's unsecured cycle parking at the entrance to the bus station. Stirling Council does not assume responsibility for stolen or damaged bikes.

Additional bicycle spaces are available at Stirling rail station.

Thistles shopping centre is next to the bus station. This has:

• toilets and baby changing facilities
• cash machines
• a photo booth
• a postbox
• several cafés and coffee bars

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