What is Community Passenger Transport

Passenger Transport is responsible for ensuring the provision of efficient council public transport services within West Lothian and to neighbouring areas including infrastructure and publicity provision.

The service is also responsible for the provision of free and fare paying school transport services for schools, including pupils with additional support needs, as well as the provision of travel concessions for elderly and vulnerable residents.

Furthermore, the service provides community transport to service users with varying needs to a number of locations throughout West Lothian on a daily basis. Also the service provides a school meals delivery service and delivery of internal mail.

The main activities of the service are:

• Providing a school transport service for approximately 6,000 pupils across West Lothian utilising a range of transport options including double deck buses, coaches, minibuses and taxis over approximately 380 contracts.
• Public Transport service support through subsidising 20% of the local bus network within West Lothian.
• Supporting concession schemes for elderly and disabled including providing Dial-A-Ride and Dial-A-Bus provision and over 20,000 discounted rail journeys per year.
• Providing sufficient public transport infrastructure through siting, erecting and maintaining approximately 500 bus stops and 500 shelters throughout West Lothian, including any publicity items on display.
• Transporting Community Transport service users to various locations throughout West Lothian.
• Delivering school meals from 25 production centres to schools and collect and deliver internal mail to all council buildings.