Competing coaches for Ullapool

Tuesday 26th May 2026 The Scottish express coach market has become a hotbed of competition as the ever expansionist ember coach company adds more and more routes to its portfolio, all of which duplicate the long established presence of Citylink and Stagecoach, on top of which we now have FlixBus making its presence felt north of the border. A few weeks ago I reported on ember’s competitive incursion between Inverness and Thurso giving passengers a much greater choice of journeys to and from the Far North as well as competing with ScotRail’s heavily subsidised Far North Line. Coaches have the advantage of being both quicker as well as ridiculously cheaper thanks to Transport Scotland’s generous free travel concessionary scheme for ‘under 22s’ and ’60 and overs’ and in particular the year long £2 fare cap in the Highlands (and Islands) for everyone else. But now the latest network expansion from the end of last month has seen ember go head to head against Citylink between Inverness and…