Case Study
Applicant
Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority
Project
Trossachs Bus Walks Pilot
Total project cost / Leader+ grant
£20,000 / £8,000
Summary
This project involves the preparation and production of a bus walks brochure, combined with an additional anti-clockwise Trossachs Trundler bus - a circular bus route serving the Trossachs area of the Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park. Putting on an additional bus was essential to providing a more frequent service, thereby making the bus walks attractive to walkers coming to the area, and ultimately ensuring the viability of the expanded service in the future.
The objective of the project is to increase the usage of public transport by visitors to the National Park, and to make the National Park more accessible to non-car owners. Although primarily a tourist bus, an additional benefit of the project is the provision of a more frequent bus service connecting Aberfoyle to Callander (and vice versa) for local residents.
Pictured below is the Trossachs Trundler at its launch at Trossachs Pier, Loch Katrine on 24 May 2004 with representatives from the Loch Lomond and the Trossacts National Park Authority, Stirling Council, Scottish Enterprise Forth Valley and Lomond & Rural Stirling LEADER+.
To download a copy of the 'Days Out Around the Trossachs' bus walks
brochure,
click here.
