Ember Oban

16/09/2026

05/09/2026

⚡️🚌 £2 fare cap in the SPT (Strathclyde) region from 7 September 2026 🚌 ⚡️

We are pleased to confirm that eligible Ember services will see reduced fares under this scheme. The initiative is designed to make bus travel more affordable across the region, and joins a similar scheme in the Highlands area that started earlier this year.

Ember is an intercity operator, so the cap affects our services slightly differently. The £2 fare cap will affect Ember's trips (or parts of trips) within the SPT region and the Highlands region, but not all journeys right across Scotland at this stage.

Any single journey entirely within the new fare cap area will cost no more than £2.

For journeys leaving the area, passengers will still partially benefit as the portion within it will be capped at £2 and the usual fare will apply to the rest. Here are a few examples:

- Glasgow Buchanan Bus Station to Glasgow Airport: £2, down from £4.35
- Glasgow to Fort William: £4, down from £15.55. This journey benefits from two fare caps: the new one in the Glasgow region and the existing cap in the Highlands.
- Glasgow to Dundee: £10, down from £11.05
- Any fares already under £2 do not change

We appreciate that this is all a little complicated on paper, but the good news is that:
- The new fares will be calculated and applied automatically to bookings once the scheme starts
- Nothing will change in Ember's super easy online booking system, and you don't need do do anything differently
- This went very smoothly when introduced in the Highlands, and we expect the same here

If you have any questions once the scheme gets underway, we'll be happy to help via the usual support channels.

27/07/2026

⚡️🚌 Ember are hiring drivers in Skye! 🚌 ⚡️

We're launching more new routes across the Highlands, and increasing our frequency on others.

We've been in the Highlands for almost two years, and we've been running across Scotland since 2020. Ember are growing fast, with the fleet expanding significantly every year, and we're here to stay.

If you’re keen to progress your career in intercity coach driving, and would like to drive our state of the art 2025 and 2026 plate electric coaches, then we'd love to hear from you.

If you'd like a casual chat with one of our existing drivers before applying formally, we can arrange that too.

With a local starting pay rate of £16.50 per hour and a guaranteed increase to at least £17.30 per hour once you've been with the team for a year, there are also regular opportunities for overtime.

We offer 40 guaranteed hours each week so that Ember's drivers know their established take home pay (even if they are scheduled for fewer hours), and we are also happy to adjust the guaranteed hours for any drivers who would like the confidence of guaranteed work alongside the flexibility of working part-time.

Ember offer flexible annual leave bookings - meaning that drivers can choose and request their own holidays, meaning flexibility for that all-important downtime.

Even if you’re not a driver but you know someone who might be interested, please tag them below.

To learn more about a career with Ember, visit https://www.ember.to/careers/ or click the links in the comments for more information and to apply

05/06/2026

We're building the future of intercity travel – all-electric coaches that you can book and track online. Services run across Scotland, 24/7. Book at www.ember.to

29/05/2026

⚡️🚌 Ticket release...through to 30 August 2026! 🚌 ⚡️

Ember's tickets are now on sale for all services through to the end of August. This includes the busy Edinburgh Fringe period as well as peak holiday season. If you've been waiting to buy those all-important tickets to the airport, they're on sale now.

To book tickets or find our more, go to https://www.ember.to/

20/05/2026

⚡️🚌 Launch day.... today is the first day of Ember's E15 service! 🚌 ⚡️

We've launched a brand new route from Edinburgh to Oban, significantly improving transport links between the west coast and the capital.

We're running four return services per day, seven days a week. The route serves Tyndrum, Callander, Dunblane, Stirling, Grangemouth, Edinburgh Airport and many more stops in between.

It's just £18.05 for an adult single from Edinburgh to Oban if you book online (whether you book weeks before or a minute ahead).

Tickets are on sale now at www.ember.to

As always:
- there are no hidden 'booking fees' for valid concession card holders, free really means free 💚
- well-behaved pets are very welcome 🦮
- each bus has space for two bikes, and we'd recommend that you book your bike space in advance to guarantee your spot 🚴
- Ember runs seven days a week, including public holidays 🔁

04/05/2026

Introducing: E15 Oban - Edinburgh!

⚡️🚌 New route time, this time connecting the central belt to the beautiful west coast... Ember's E15 service will connect Edinburgh with Oban 🚌 ⚡️

From 20 May we're launching a new route from Edinburgh to Oban, significantly improving transport links between the west coast and the capital. We'll be running four return services per day, seven days a week. The route serves Tyndrum, Callander, Dunblane, Stirling, Grangemouth, Edinburgh Airport and many more stops in between.

It's just £18.05 for an adult single from Edinburgh to Oban if you book online (whether you book weeks before or a minute ahead).

This new route is already showing on Ember's live map (https://www.ember.to/map) and tickets are on sale now at www.ember.to

As always:
- there are no hidden 'booking fees' for valid concession card holders, free really means free
- well-behaved pets are very welcome
- each bus has space for two bikes, and we'd recommend that you book your bike space in advance to guarantee your spot
- Ember runs seven days a week, including public holidays

28/04/2026

Exciting times! New stops on the E16 Oban - Glasgow route!

We're very pleased to announce that from today all our registered stops on the E16 become active. Other than Oban Bus Station, all stops are served by pre-booking only. It's easy (I promise!) to do this on ember.to, but if you need some help just reach out. It's also cheaper than the on-board charges, and if you have an NEC, completely free to do!

Stops now available, in addition to Glasgow Bus Station, Tyndrum, Tarbet, Dumbarton, Glasgow Airport and Paisley, include:

Dunbeg Road End, on the A85.
Connel, at the Bridge Junction.
Taynuilt, on the A85 at the war memorial crossroads.
Bridge of Awe, at the fuel station.
Lochawe village, at both the St Conans Kirk stop, and at the Ben Cruachan Inn/Village Stores/Rail station road end area.
Dalmally, by the old Police Station
Inverarnan, at the flagged stop by the Drover's Inn
Ardlui, near the postbox southbound, or opposite the hotel northbound
Inveruglas, just the Sloy power station side of the car and coach park
Inverbeg, Luss, Duck Bay & Balloch: all the marked stops on the A82
(and a few other stops as well)

See on board soon!

28/04/2026

⚡️🚌 Ember are hiring drivers in Oban! 🚌 ⚡️

We already connect Oban with Glasgow, Fort William and Inverness, and a direct route to Edinburgh is up next.

If you’re keen to progress your career in intercity coach driving, and would like to drive our state of the art 2025 and 2026 plate electric coaches, then we'd love to hear from you.

With a local starting pay rate of £16.50 per hour and a guaranteed increase to at least £17.30 per hour once you've been with the team for a year, there are also regular opportunities for overtime.

We offer 40 guaranteed hours each week so that Ember's drivers know their established take home pay (even if they are scheduled for fewer hours), and we are also happy to adjust the guaranteed hours for any drivers who would like the confidence of guaranteed work alongside the flexibility of working part-time.

Ember offer flexible annual leave bookings - meaning that drivers can choose and request their own holidays, meaning flexibility for that all-important downtime.

Even if you’re not a driver but you know someone who might be interested, please tag them below.

To learn more about a career with Ember, visit https://www.ember.to/careers/ or click the links in the comments for more information and to apply.

31/03/2026

Not an April fools, I promise! We have new, served through pre-booking only, stops for you!

From today, 1st April you can now take the E14 service to Inverness from any of the stops we’ve been permitted to serve on the way. To name a few: Dunbeg, Connel, Barcaldine, Appin, Duror, Kentallen, Ballachish Hotel and North Ballachullish (sorry, not Balla village) Fort Augustus, Invergarry, Torlundy and Urquart Castle.

Remember, all these stops are in the Highland £2 fare trial area, and we accept the Scottish NEC for those entitled to completely free travel.

*To get us to stop to pick you up, the journey must be booked on our website, ember.to at least ten minutes before the scheduled departure time, including all concessions.*

There is a wheelchair space, we take bicycles, we take dogs (and other house-pets) and everyone gets a seat for the journey, with a USB charging socket for each seat, and a toilet on almost every coach.

See you onboard soon!

Dunbeg - I know how disappointed you’ll be, but it’s the A85 stop for you guys.