N1 St Margarets Hope to Stromness via South Ronaldsay, Kirkwall
Operated by Stagecoach Bluebird. First bus 00:25, last bus 01:51. 3 journeys on Fridays. Fares: adult single £2.00 — more.
Night bus — overnight departures 00:25–02:20. Thursday & Friday nights. Nights are the night you set out on, so a 01:30 bus on Saturday morning counts as Friday. All night buses.
Wanted a different N1? 14 other bus routes are numbered N1 elsewhere in the UK — see every N1 bus timetable by area.
| Stop | 00:53 |
|---|---|
| Ferry terminal (at) | 00:53 |
| Shop (after) | 01:01 |
| Graeme Park (opp) | 01:10 |
| Travel Centre (Stand 2) | 01:22 |
| Allan's of Gillock (at) | 01:35 |
| Garage (opp) | 01:43 |
| Travel Centre (at) | 01:50 |
Each column is one journey, headed by the time it sets off; one that finishes short of the usual end says where ("to …") — not every journey on this route runs the whole way. A · means that journey does not stop there. Times are shown at the route's main timing stops — buses serve all stops in between. Switch a table to All stops for every stop it calls at, or open a stop's own page for live departures there.
Fares on the N1
Adult single £2.00 · Adult return £8.65 to £15.50 · Child single £2.00
Adult single fare table, stage to stage
| £2.00 | St Margarets Hope | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £2.00 | £2.00 | Burray | |||||||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Italian Chapel | ||||||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Holm | |||||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Wilderness Junction | ||||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Cannigall | |||||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Highland Park | ||||||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Balfour Hospital | |||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | Kirkwall Hatston | ||||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | Kirkwall Bus Station | |||||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | Hatston Park | ||||||||
| – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Zions Loan Junction | |||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | Finstown | ||||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | Harray Road | |||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | Tormiston Mill | ||||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Stenness | |||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Brig O' Waithe | ||
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Sandwick Junction | |
| £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | – | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £2.00 | Stromness Bus Stand |
Read along the row of the stage you travel to, to the column below the stage you board at; the first stage is South Cara Junction.
Stagecoach's published fares on the Bus Open Data Service, in force from 17 August 2026. A fare stage is a group of neighbouring stops that are priced the same. Fares change — check with Stagecoach Bluebird before you travel.
Tickets on the N1
Stagecoach Bluebird publishes singles, day returns, day tickets and season tickets on this route for adults, children and students.
Return · Single · Orkney DayRider · Kirkwall DayRider · Orkney Group DayRider · Orkney MegaRider Xtra · Kirkwall Plus DayRider · Orkney 7 Day MegaRider
…and 8 more tickets on this route.
Ticket types come from Stagecoach Bluebird's own fares data on the Bus Open Data Service, last updated 13 August 2026. Prices for singles and returns are under Fares above; for the others, check with Stagecoach Bluebird.
Christmas & bank holidays
These dates are not the usual timetable for the day they fall on. They come from the operator’s published data, which for Christmas and New Year is often late or incomplete, so check with Stagecoach Bluebird before you travel. Everything above is an ordinary week.
Not published yet: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and 2 January. Operators often publish festive timetables only a few weeks ahead, so check again nearer the date.
Route map
All stops on route N1
N1 towards Stromness
All 60 stops
- Ferry terminal (at) St Margarets Hope
- Post Office (opp) St Margarets Hope
- Car Park (opp) St Margarets Hope
- St Margaret's Road End (at) St Margarets Hope
- Knockhall (at) South Ronaldsay
- Starilie (at) South Ronaldsay
- South Cara Road End (opp) South Ronaldsay
- Cara Road End (opp) South Ronaldsay
- Shop (after) Burray
- Echna Loch Shelter (at) Burray
- Viewforth (opp) Burray
- Northfield Road End (opp) Burray
- Italian Chapel Road End (opp) Lamb Holm
- Commodore Motel (opp) St Marys
- Station Square (opp) St Marys
- Graeme Park (opp) St Marys
- Ferryhouse Road End (at) St Marys
- Biggings Road End (opp) Holm
- Kirkbreck Road End (at) Holm
- Wilderness Farm (opp) Holm
- Erracht (opp) Holm
- Rashieburn Road End (opp) Holm
- St Clair Farm (opp) Holm
- Dalespot (opp) St Ola
- Cannigall Road End (at) St Ola
- Heathery Loan West End (opp) St Ola
- Highland Park Car Park (at) Kirkwall
- Upper Crantit Road (at) Kirkwall
- New Balfour Hospital (at) Kirkwall
- West Tankerness Lane (N-bound) Kirkwall
- Travel Centre (Stand 2) Kirkwall
- Supermarkets (at) Kirkwall
- Tesco (at) Kirkwall
- Glaitness School (at) Kirkwall
- Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (at) Kirkwall
- Peerie Sea Loan (at) Kirkwall
- Grainbank Road End (at) Kirkwall
- Orkney Golf Club (at) Kirkwall
- Hatston Park (opp) Kirkwall
- Quanterness Cottages (at) Firth
- Rennibister (opp) Firth
- Marsdene (opp) Finstown
- Firth Bay Bungalows (opp) Finstown
- Old Finstown Road (at) Finstown
- Allan's of Gillock (at) Finstown
- Bakie's Store (at) Finstown
- Kimberely (at) Finstown
- Binscarth Cottages (at) Finstown
- Harray Road End (opp) Harray
- Germiston Road End (at) Stenness
- Tormiston Mill (at) Stenness
- Ring of Brodgar Road End (opp) Stenness
- Garage (opp) Stenness
- Woodbine (at) Stenness
- Brig O'Waithe (before) Stenness
- Howe Road End (at) Stromness
- Deepdale Cottage (at) Stromness
- Sandwick Road End (opp) Stromness
- Swimming Pool (opp) Stromness
- Travel Centre (at) Stromness
N1 towards St Margarets Hope
All 61 stops
- Travel Centre (at) Stromness
- Swimming Pool (o/s) Stromness
- Sandwick Road End (at) Stromness
- Deepdale Cottage (opp) Stromness
- Howe Road End (opp) Stromness
- Brig O'Waithe (after) Stenness
- Woodbine (opp) Stenness
- Garage (at) Stenness
- Ring of Brodgar Road End (at) Stenness
- Tormiston Mill (opp) Stenness
- Germiston Road End (opp) Stenness
- Harray Road End (at) Harray
- Binscarth Cottages (opp) Finstown
- Kimberely (opp) Finstown
- Baikie's Store (opp) Finstown
- Allan's of Gillock (opp) Finstown
- Old Finstown Road (opp) Finstown
- Firth Bay Bungalows (at) Finstown
- Marsdene (at) Finstown
- Rennibister (at) Firth
- Quanterness Cottages (opp) Firth
- Hatston Bus Garage Kirkwall
- Orcadian Office (opp) Kirkwall
- Grainbank Road End (opp) Kirkwall
- Peerie Sea Loan (opp) Kirkwall
- Pickaquoy Leisure Centre (opp) Kirkwall
- Glaitness School (opp) Kirkwall
- West Tankerness Lane (N-bound) Kirkwall
- Travel Centre (Stand 2) Kirkwall
- Hornesquoy Road (opp) Kirkwall
- New Balfour Hospital (opp) Kirkwall
- Upper Crantit Road (opp) Kirkwall
- Highland Park Car Park (opp) Kirkwall
- Heathery Loan West End St Ola
- Cannigall Road End (opp) St Ola
- Dalespot (at) St Ola
- St Clair Farm (at) Holm
- Rashieburn Road End (at) Holm
- Erracht (at) Holm
- Wilderness Farm (at) Holm
- Kirkbreck Road End (opp) Holm
- Biggings Road End (at) Holm
- Ferryhouse Road End (opp) St Marys
- Graeme Park (at) St Marys
- Station Square (after) St Marys
- Commodore Motel (at) St Marys
- Italian Chapel Road End (at) Lamb Holm
- Northfield Road End (at) Burray
- Viewforth (at) Burray
- Echna Loch Shelter (opp) Burray
- Shop (opp) Burray
- Cara Road End (at) South Ronaldsay
- South Cara Road End (at) South Ronaldsay
- Starilie (opp) South Ronaldsay
- Knockhall (opp) South Ronaldsay
- St Margaret's Road End (opp) St Margarets Hope
- Church Road End (opp) St Margarets Hope
- Doctors Road End (at) St Margarets Hope
- Cromarty Hall (opp) St Margarets Hope
- Pier (opp) St Margarets Hope
- Ferry terminal (at) St Margarets Hope
Towns & areas on this route
Frequently asked questions
What time is the first N1 bus?
The first N1 departure on Fridays leaves at 00:25 (check the full timetable below for your stop, as times vary along the route — weekend times can differ).
What time is the last N1 bus?
The last N1 on Fridays leaves its first stop at 01:51. Always check the timetable for your specific stop — later stops are reached after this time.
How much does the N1 bus cost?
Stagecoach Bluebird's published fares on the N1: adult single £2.00, adult return £8.65 to £15.50, child single £2.00. The England fare cap doesn't apply in Scotland — Stagecoach Bluebird sets the fares on the N1. Under-22s, over-60s and eligible disabled passengers travel free with a National Entitlement Card.
Who runs the N1 bus?
The N1 is operated by Stagecoach Bluebird.
Timetable data from Stagecoach Bluebird via the DfT Bus Open Data Service (Scotland feed). Check before you travel — services can change at short notice.