Access for All Small Schemes Fund

Transport Scotland has an annual budget to invest in smaller scale improvements that can be made to rail station access and passenger services.

Variable height ticket counter

The aim of the fund is to improve access to stations and passenger services across the wide range of disabilities experienced by many people across Scotland.

This annual £0.8m is managed by First ScotRail, who work in close partnership with disability organisations, such as local access panels, to deliver improvements at their stations.

Projects Funded Through Small Schemes

In the first 5 years of the fund, First ScotRail delivered around £2.5m on a wide programme of station improvements including automatic doors, variable height ticket counters and REACT systems for blind and visually impaired people. For more details, visit First ScotRail.

We have contributed funding to the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) to create Stations Made Easy, an innovative online information tool to assist disabled passengers plan accessible routes around all stations in Britain.

We also funded Describe Online to create text based descriptions of almost 30 of the busiest or most important stations in Scotland.  A further 20 will be completed in 2010/11 and can be accessed on the Describe Online website

We have approved funding for a range of projects in partnership with a number of organisations:

• First ScotRail programme of works
• National Express – variable height ticket counters at Dunbar
• Describe Online – Further 22 stations
• Sign-Now.com – Rail information in British Sign Language on First ScotRail's website
• East Renfrewshire Council – Access ramp at Burntisland Station
• SPT - Improvements at Buchanan St and St Enoch's Subway stations

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