Thousands of Glaswegians travel around Glasgow on buses each day. It’s by far the most popular forms of public transport in the city.
Most of the buses on this list are First Bus, although other buses are avaliable - a majority of the everyday routes in Glasgow are run by First. Other operators in Glasgow include: Citybus, Stagecoach, McGill’s, and JMB.
Glasgow has one of the best public transport systems in the country - as unreliable as they can sometimes be - there’s always options to get around, be it via subway, train, or bus.
Even moreso now that McGill’s have partnered with First Bus to rescue the night bus service - which would have severely impacted Glasgow’s nightlife and public transport services at night.
That being said, Glasgow buses are mental - full of some of the best (and worst) patter you can find in the city - there’s even a song about it by Hamish Imlach, the 37 bus - you can listen to it here!
This list would not be possible without Wishaw Bus Spotter, Aidan Doyle, who provided many of the dramatic shots of the buses below - for more bus pics, check out his Flickr account.
As far as bus spotters go, Aidan is one of the most popular in Scotland - with his pictures of buses reaching upwards of 1.5m lifetime views online since he began the account in 2016.
Here are the best and worst bus services in Glasgow, according to our readers:
9. BEST: Trolley Buses
Would it really be a Facebook comment section without someone bringing up something from the good old days? Who could blame them though? The Trolley Buses always seemed to run on time, barely broke down, and were like riding on a cloud. Although that might | Contributed
10. WORST: 6
Up next is number 6 - another long-lamented bus service of Glasgow - if you’re travelling all the way from East Kilbride to Clydebank, it’s an incredibly long journey ‘going around every single lamp post’ as one GlasgowWorld reader put it. Much like the 240, it’s pretty crazy too. | Aidan Doyle / Flickr
11. BEST: 500
Can’t get a lift back from the airport? Not a problem - for the low price of around a tenner, the 500 can take you all the way into the city centre, with no need to sit jetlagged trying to relay your holiday to your driver. | Contributed
12. WORST: 88
The 88 is like the annoying little cousin of the X85 and X87 - much slower, going through all the schemes of Kirkintilloch and Lenzie. We can see why readers don’t rate it when compared to the champions of public transport that are the X85 and X87 supremacy. | Contributed