Welcome to the Highlands! Appearance of Inverness bus station gets slammed
BUSINESS and civic leaders in Inverness have called for improvements to the city’s bus station after it was branded “disgraceful”.
Semi-retired businessman Jerry Luty (68), from Harris, often uses the city’s Farraline Park on his way to the central belt, Raigmore Hospital and to visit a tourist property he owns in Nairn.
As a major visitor gateway to Inverness and the Highlands, he believes the bus station is unfit for the 21st century.
Contacting the Inverness Courier, among the issues he identified were a lack of shelter and catering facilities for early morning and evening travellers; “rough, pitted” roads and pavements; a cramped ticket office and inadequate space in toilets; and poor pedestrian access between the bus and railway stations.
“They’re doing up the street furniture everywhere and making Inverness smarter, but the bus station really is a disgrace,” he said.
“I see lots of older people struggling with suitcases and the entry doors.
“Once in, there is just a narrow gap between the cafe and seating for those traipsing in with heavy luggage to get to service counters and toilets.
“It is just sad and frustrating.”
The bus station is owned by Stagecoach North Scotland while Highland Council owns the ticket office building and is responsible for surfacing of roads and pavements.
A Highland Council spokeswoman said: “We have passed your reader’s complaint on to our area roads department.”
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