The Scottish Government

Good with bespoke services

Rural

Annual, large music event

Example of bespoke services being arranged, partnership working between event organisers and bus operators (Citylink), transport tickets on sale when event tickets released

Poor

Remote

Annual, large music event

Example of potentially poor planning by organisers (underestimation of numbers for bus services) but partnership with Stagecoach, and lessons learnt?

Good

Urban

Large sporting event (past)

Example of successful partnership working where Stagecoach provided services paid for by Stirling Council

Poor

Rural

Permanent leisure / sporting attraction

Example of poor accessibility by public transport, where Stagecoach are hoping to provide shuttle services from Ferrytoll P&R, but no progress as yet

Poor

Rural

Annual, small/medium festival

Example to explore how accessibility by sustainable modes is achieved to rural, coastal location

Poor in evenings

Remote rural

Annual festival

Large event, based in Lews Castle in Stornoway. Some information provided on website on how to travel around by bus, although only a phone number for local bus company. Warns buses in evenings are not as extensive as during the day.

Poor? (buses but no local rail)

Rural

Various locations in Melrose, annual event

Example to explore how to promote accessibility by sustainable transport modes to rural event (website provides very little information on bus services)

Poor

Remote / island

Various locations on Islay

Example to explore how to promote accessibility by sustainable transport modes to remote island event (website suggests local travel is only possible by hire car or taxi)

Bespoke transport being arranged

Rural

Music event

Example to explore how to promote accessibility by sustainable transport modes to rural / remote 3 day music event (bank holiday weekend August 2007)

Poor?

Remote / island

Music event

Example to explore how to promote accessibility by sustainable transport modes to rural / remote 3 day music event (May 2007) - website provides no information on local bus information, and warns ferry travel capacity to some sites is limited

Moderate / poor

Rural

Small event

Example of Stagecoach working with organisers to promote event on local services (posters), and supply extra bus vehicles

Good depending on where travelling from

Urban

Various sites

Good example of successful negotiation to increase late night trains to / from certain locations

Good

Urban

Various large events

Example of major events impacting on local public transport network and services (sometime negatively), and illustration of partnership working (or lack of)

Good

Urban/peri-urban

Annual large event

Example of bus operator (Lothian Buses) working successful with organisers to provide bespoke, commercial services

Good

Urban

Large event (past)

Example of bus operator (Lothian Buses) working with organiser, initial communications poor but resolved successfully and subsidised bus services provided

Moderate

Urban / peri-urban

Large event (past)

Successful example of partnership working with organisers, bus operator (Stagecoach provided shuttle services), Fife Police, and good integrated information provision (Open info provided details of Park and Ride)

Moderate / poor extra services provided

Rural

Large event

Example of bus operator (Stagecoach) providing extra (duplicate) services

Good

Urban

Annual medium event

Example of bus operator (Stagecoach) offering additional services and vehicles, and being flexible on timings due to impact of weather on when people want to return home (vehicles on standby)

n/a

Various

Multiple sites

Partnership between VisitScotland and First Scotrail to promote Snowdrop Festival and travel by rail

n/a

Rural / remote / island

Integrated ticketing package

Not site specific but good approach to joint marketing and integrated ticketing (combined bus, ferry and admission tickets)

n/a

Rural / island / remote

Integrated ticketing package

Not site specific but good approach to joint marketing and integrated ticketing

n/a

Rural / remote

Special bus service

Good example of partnership working between Aberdeenshire Council, Highland Council, Cairngorms National Park, and local operators. Re-creating links that died out some years ago. Stagecoach do Ballater end, another operator does Granton end. Numbers of passengers are encouraging.

n/a

Urban / rural

Multiple cultural sites

Example of special transport service serving cultural sites in a local authority area, funded by Council

n/a

Urban

Multiple cultural sites

Example of special transport service serving cultural sites in a local authority area, funded by Council

n/a

Rural

Multiple sites

Example of marketing initiative to promote day trips by rail and bus, VisitScotland ⁸⁶

Good

Urban / rural

Various sites

Good example of joint ticketing for admission and travel, across multiple sites linked by a theme (can buy a special ticket covering transport and entry for one day)

Good for NTS event where bespoke buses organised

Rural

Permanent, historical, single attraction; event

Example of successful collaboration between National Trust for Scotland and local bus operators to provide bespoke bus service during event. Also well used day to day bus service.

Poor

Remote / island

Permanent, single historical site

Example to explore how to improve accessibility to a particularly remote visitor attraction

Good but localised issues

Urban

Permanent site, multiple events

Example of urban site, which despite good accessibility in theory, may have issues involving pedestrian links, and capacity of network

Good in theory

Urban

Regeneration area, permanent

Example of urban site, explore modal share when theoretically should be highly accessible by sustainable modes (possible partnership working with First Scotrail)

Good in theory

Peri-urban

Permanent site, in area with wider visitor appeal

Example of successful collaboration with FirstScotrail, joint ticketing and promotion

Poor?

Rural

Permanent historical site, single attraction

Example to explore accessibility by sustainable modes to rural site

Moderate but onward walking links from public transport stops

Peri-urban

Permanent single attraction

Example of relatively good accessibility by bus and rail to general area, but then walking/cycling/taxi required to access site

Potentially poor

Rural

Permanent site, historical, weather factor for visitors

Potentially high modal share by car, opportunity to explore how to improve by sustainable modes

Good in theory, but localised issues

Urban

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Theoretically good links by rail and bus but potential to explore localised issues over signage, information, walking/cycling links to site

Moderate, half hourly train then 1.5km walk

Rural / peri-urban

Permanent, historical, single attraction (Charles Rennie Mackintosh attraction)

Theoretically moderate links by rail and potential to explore localised issues over signage, information, walking/cycling links to site

Moderate, bus and rail connections

Rural / peri-urban

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Theoretically moderate links by rail and potential to explore localised issues over signage, information, walking/cycling links to site

Poor

Rural

Permanent, historical, single attraction; occasional events

Example of partnership working between National Trust for Scotland and local open top bus operator (negotiation to include site on route)

Moderate bus links

Rural

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Possible example of where bus services have been withdrawn (needs further investigation)

Moderate bus links, but long walk to garden

Rural

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Good example where bus takes you close to entrance but then a long walk to reach the garden

Moderate to poor

Remote / island

Permanent, historical, single attraction but within wider tourist destination

Good example of integrated ticket - can buy joint ticket with SPT and Calmac and admission to Brodick

Moderate to poor

Remote / island

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Good example of integrated ticketing ( SPT day ticket, covers all travel and entry)

Good by bus

Rural / peri-urban

Permanent, historical, single attraction

Good example of bus operator (Lothian Buses) specifically promoting a cultural site and enhancing services to it

Poor

Rural / remote

Permanent, single attraction

Unsuccessful example of diversion of existing Stagecoach Bluebird bus services and marketing of these - but difficult to grow patronage as limited services, and customers wanted certainty of frequent services

Poor

Remote

Permanent historical, single attraction

Example to explore how to improve accessibility to a particularly remote visitor attraction

Poor

Remote

Permanent historical, single attraction

Example to explore how to improve accessibility to a particularly remote visitor attraction

Moderate but specific issues over accessibility by elderly people

Urban

Permanent cultural facility

Example of Scottish Arts Council funding a transport service where a cultural facility had identified a problem getting elderly people to the site

Poor?

Remote rural

Permanent cultural facility

Suggestion by Advisory Group of good example to explore local accessibility by public transport.

Poor

Rural

Permanent historical, single attraction

Example of poor accessibility and how to improve it - public transport access is poor, train to Forres then 15 min (anecdotally challenging) walk to Dallas Dhu

Moderate/poor

Urban / peri-urban

Permanent cultural facility

Example of site that does enjoy a reasonable level of public transport accessibility, with information provided on website - however, still high proportion of visitors travel by car.

Poor?

Rural

Permanent cultural / historical facility

Example of poor accessibility where there may be issues over physical access by buses on local roads

Poor?

Remote rural

Permanent cultural facility

On paper, challenging access by public transport, and anecdotally accessed by informal car sharing. Also an opportunity to explore role of community/demand responsive transport

Moderate, but serving wide geographical area

Urban serving remote rural catchment

Permanent cultural facility

Example of a cultural facility serving wide geographical catchment, and specific issues about accessibility from across the region, and in evenings in particular - potentially some good practice to be learnt

Poor

Rural / remote

Multiple sites

Scottish Arts Council working with Gcat in Glenkens, building a new arts centre, and working with local community transport operation (funded by RCTI). Possible Cultural Planning Pathfinder?

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