News

Our most recent news stories appear below. For media enquiries please contact HITRANS on 01463 719002 or email info@hitrans.org.uk

Murtaza Barlas, who works at the Embark Project at Third Sector Hebrides, with the active travel maps

18 Mar 2026

New Map Points The Way For Active Travel In Stornoway

A free active travel map launches today (Wednesday, March 18) to encourage more people to walk or cycle around Stornoway.View Article

Image of Stagecoach buses within Orkney

06 Mar 2026

£2 bus fare cap pilot launches in Orkney

Bus passengers in Orkney are the latest in the Highlands and Islands to benefit from a £2 cap on fares from MondayView Article

Image of Inverenss Bus Station with the First Minister John Swinney beside a bus promoting the new £2 fare cap pilot

04 Mar 2026

Cheaper bus travel for Highland communities

(Scottish Government Press Release) First Minister announces roll-out of £2 fare cap. People across the Highlands and Islands are setView Article

02 Mar 2026

YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE A SAY ON FORT WILLIAM INTEGERATED TRANSPORT PLAN

Residents and businesses are being given the opportunity to help shape a future transport vision for Fort William. A consultationView Article

Graphic of the proposed ambition of the Inverness interchange development

27 Feb 2026

Public consultation launches for Inverness Interchange feasibility study

Highland Council has today launched a public consultation for feedback on the Inverness Interchange feasibility study in partnership with HITRANSView Article

25 Feb 2026

EV DRIVERS URGED TO ACT AHEAD OF CHARGER NETWORK SWITCH

Electric vehicle drivers across Argyll and Bute, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland are being reminded to prepare now forView Article

Image of a Bus Station within the Western Isles

24 Feb 2026

£2 Bus Fare Cap Pilot Launches In Western Isles

Bus passengers in the Western Isles will benefit from a £2 fare cap from today (February 23) as part ofView Article

Charlie King – Former Chairman of HITRANS and Highland Council Councillor

18 Feb 2026

Partnership Director pays tribute to former Chair Charlie King

Obituary: Charlie King – Former Chairman of HITRANS and Highland Council Councillor It is with great sadness that we markView Article

Image of Speyside Centre Bike pop-up tent

16 Feb 2026

MORE FUNDING FOR ACTIVE TRAVEL PROJECTS

Grants available from two funds in Highlands and Islands Webinar to help applicants prepare funding bids New funding is beingView Article

: (Right to left) Windracers Project Manager Scotland Lukas Princ, Windracers CEO Simon Muderack, HITRANS Partnership Director Ranald Robertson and HITRANS Sustainable Aviation Development Manager Dawn Gillies

09 Feb 2026

Windracers and HITRANS partner to expand drone air cargo across Scotland’s Highlands and Islands

Windracers, the British dual-use heavy-lift drone engineering and manufacturing company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Highlands andView Article

Screenshot of the top quarter of the HITRANS newsletter for winter 2025 - 2026

29 Jan 2026

HI-LIGHTS Newsletter Winter 2025/2026

We are pleased to invite you to read our Winter 2025/2026 edition of HITRANS HI-LIGHTS, our newsletter which keeps youView Article

Hi-BIKE

29 Dec 2025

E-bike hire scheme accelerates in Inverness and Fort William in 2025 

Cyclists using an e-bike share scheme in Inverness and Fort William travelled the equivalent of almost three times around theView Article