Scotland Transportation

Mode of Transportation in Scotland includes airways, buses, ferries, trains and taxis. Scotland has five chief international airports namely Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow Prestwick and Inverness which together connect and serve 150 international destinations with a wide range of scheduled and chartered flights. BAA manages three airports-Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen and Highland and Islands Airports operate 11 regional airports which includes Inverness that serves the more isolated locations of Scotland. Infratil operates the Glasgow Prestwick airport.

The Scottish motorways and chief trunk roads are supervised by Transport Scotland. The rest of the roadway system is managed by the Scottish local authorities in their own regions. Scotland's rail network is managed by Transport Corporation of Scotland. The East Coast and West Coast Main Railway lines and the Cross Country Line connect the main cities and municipalities of Scotland with each other and with the rail network in England. Domestic railway services within Scotland are controlled by First Scotrail.

The regular ferry services operate between the Scotland’s mainland and various island communities. These services are mostly administrated by Caledonian MacBrayne, but some of these ferries are operated by local assemblies as well. There are also other ferry directions, served by several corporations, connect to Belgium, Faroe Islands, Northern Ireland, Norway and also Iceland.