Welcome to SEStran

Join us on Sunday 16th June for the SEStran Two Capitals Cycle Ride: South East Scotland's biggest all-abilities cycle event.

To find out more or sign up click here 

Welcome to the South East of Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran) website.

SEStran is one of 7 Regional Transport Partnerships in Scotland. Our partnership area includes 8 local authorities, within an area of 3,180sq miles and is home to 28% of Scotland's population.There is a huge diversity of transportation issues within the SEStran partnership area, from urban congestion to rural public transport and from ferry ports to airports. SEStran aims to address these issues and work towards a more sustainable and efficient transport network.

To find out more about SEStran's work, please click on any of the following links

• General Information Leaflet
• SEStran Partnership Board Meetings 2013
• Newsletter 
• Business Plan 2012/13-2014/15
• Annual Report 2011-12 

SEStran Park & Ride Website

SEStran’s Park & Ride Website is a comprehensive guide to Park & Ride services available throughout South East Scotland.

Park & Ride provides a cost effective sustainable alternative to using the car, which helps reduce traffic congestion and carbon emissions.

The website helps you locate your nearest Park & Ride service, plan your journey by bus or train, check journey time’s and find out about the facilities available at any site throughout the region.

Click on the Park & Ride logo to the left to access the SEStran Park & Ride website or click here.

One-Ticket: By bus, by rail—or both

One ticket offers unlimited travel by bus and train in East Central Scotland. You can hop on and off buses and trains as you please, with no more fumbling for loose change – just show your pass to the driver.

One-ticket is available in 7 day, monthly and annual tickets online or from any of 600 Paypoint PP outlets across the One-Ticket area.

To find out more on the One-Ticket website, click on the symbol opposite or click here.

SEStran Thistle Assistance Card

The new SEStran Thistle Assistance card is designed to make using public transport easier for older people or those with disabilities or illness.

The card, which is supported by a wide range of voluntary organisations in South East Scotland and by most bus operators, is credit-card sized and comes with a supply of peel-off stickers, which advise the driver of your disability and the help you need in an easy-to-read format.

The cards are available at a variety of outlets across South East Scotland.

To find out where you can obtain a card at a location near you, please click here.

You may also download a pdf of the text of the Thistle Card in the following minority languges :

Urdu

Polish

Portuguese

**SEStran is making the design files for the Thistle Assistance Card available to appropriate local authorities at no charge.

To find out more, visit the Thistlecard section on the Bus Projects page.

Freedom of Information & Publications Scheme

SEstran's Freedom of Information Policy accompanies our Freedom of Information Publication Scheme, as required by the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. 

Any person who makes a request to SEStran for information is entitled to receive that information, subject to exemptions. In this spirit of openness, section 23 of the Act requires public authorities to adopt and maintain a publication scheme.

The purpose of this scheme is to make information available so that it can be accessed without having to make an individual request.

The SEStran publication scheme is intended to be as inclusive as possible, improving public access to information and increasing public involvement.

To find out more about the FOI scheme, click here

To find out more about the publications scheme, click here 

Forth Replacement Crossing

SEStran fully supports the Forth Replacement Crossing project.  

The deteriorating condition of the existing Forth Road Bridge requires a sustainable solution and the new crossing will present significant opportunities for the development of public transport in the area.

You can find out more about the Forth Replacement Crossing project here.

You can also access the Forth Replacement Crossing Refresshed Public Transport Strategy here

Equalities

To ensure that equality issues are fully addressed, SEStran prepared an equalities Action Plan in 2007. This is regularly reviewed and updated.

SEStran is committed to putting equality of opportunity at the heart of our work to build a sustainable transportation system for SE Scotland,  and within our day-to-day work practices.

To find out more about equalities at SEStran, you can access our equalities documents

• Mainstreaming the equalities duty here

and

• Equalities outcomes here 

Accessibility & Minority Language Downloads

All SEStran publications are available in a variety of formats, including large print, braille and range of minority languages.

To access SEStran information leaflets in a range of minority languages, click here.

Travel Maps 

SEStran has produced a series of travel maps providing information on public transport services available throughout South East Scotland. To access the maps please click the following links :

• Public Transport Map 
• Transport Map - Park & Ride
• Freight Map

 * When consulting the maps, please hold down the ctrl key and use the scroll key on your mouse to zoom in to sections of the image, otherwise use the zoom tool on your pdf viewer.

The maps are only intended as a general guide to passenger bus and rail services within the SEStran region. For  information on all transport services please consult Traveline or the relevant local authority or operators.