page_title: Inverness-shire
section_title: Transport
hierarchical_section_title: Inverness-shire / Transport
caption_attribution_description: Description: The Skye Road Bridge which connects the Isle of Skye to mainland Scotland Source: private picture Date: Friday, 10. June 2005 Author: Jörn Albring Permission: albring
context_page_description: The Shire of Inverness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. Covering much of the Highlands and Outer Hebrides, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in population, with 67,733 people or 1.34% of the Scottish population.
context_section_description: The Highland Main Line connects Inverness by rail to Perth to the south, Kyle of Lochalsh to the west and Thurso/Wick to the north. The West Highland Line connects Fort William to Mallaig.  The Inverness to Aberdeen main line also serves Nairn within the Highland Council's area.
  The Isle of Skye is connected to the mainland by a bridge from Kyle of Lochalsh in Ross-shire.
  Various bus companies serve the larger towns of the county, such as Stagecoach Group and Scottish Citylink. PlusBus operate local services in the Inverness area, and Shiel Buses in the Fort William area. Stagecoach operate several bus routes on the Isle of Skye.
  Numerous ferries connect the islands of the Outer Hebrides to each and also the Inner Hebrides and the Scottish mainland.
  There are three airports in the county: Inverness, Benbecula and Barra. All three operate flights within Scotland, with Inverness also providing flights to other cities in the UK as well as some destinations in Europe. Barra Airport is famous within aviation circles as it is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway.
caption: The Skye Bridge, opened 1995
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