Tactran

Tactran
Tactran
Type	Regional Transport Partnership
Industry	Public transport
Founded	1 December 2005; (under Transport (Scotland) Act 2005)
Area served	Tayside and Central Scotland
Products	Rail, bus and cycle services
Parent	Transport Scotland
Website

The Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (Tactran) is the statutory regional transport partnership covering the Angus, Dundee City, Perth and Kinross and Stirling council areas.

Tactran is one of the was established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005.

Unlike the other regional transport partnerships, Tactran is polycentric, covering three separate travel-to-work areas: Dundee, Perth and Stirling.

Tactran is responsible for setting policies on rail, cycling, walking, buses.

In partnership with NHS Tayside, it maintains an app, Go NHS Tayside, to help patients attend hospital appointments.

References

↑ Lindsay, Morag (6 October 2026). "John Swinney addresses 'centralisation' fears as Tayside council merger speculation gathers pace". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
↑ "Transport (Scotland) Act 2005: Section 1". legislation.gov.uk. National Archives. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
↑ "Public Authority: Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (tactran)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 31 October 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
↑ MacKinnon, Danny; Shaw, Jon (November 2010). "New State Spaces, Agency and Scale: Devolution and the Regionalisation of Transport Governance in Scotland". Antipode. 42 (5): 1226–1252. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00800.x. ISSN 0066-4812.
↑ Buchan, Jamie (24 August 2019). "New 'park and choose' railway platforms could be set up between Perth, Dundee and Montrose". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
1 2 Mackay, Mark (25 April 2017). "Public urged to help shape safer off-road cycle and walking network for Blackford". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.
1 2 Spencer, Caroline (8 April 2022). "New NHS website launched to help Tayside patients get to medical appointments". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

External links

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[1] Lindsay, Morag (6 October 2026). "John Swinney addresses 'centralisation' fears as Tayside council merger speculation gathers pace". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

[2] "Transport (Scotland) Act 2005: Section 1". legislation.gov.uk. National Archives. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[3] "Public Authority: Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership (tactran)" (PDF). National Records of Scotland. 31 October 2017. p. 4. Retrieved 7 April 2018.

[4] MacKinnon, Danny; Shaw, Jon (November 2010). "New State Spaces, Agency and Scale: Devolution and the Regionalisation of Transport Governance in Scotland". Antipode. 42 (5): 1226–1252. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8330.2010.00800.x. ISSN 0066-4812.

[5] Buchan, Jamie (24 August 2019). "New 'park and choose' railway platforms could be set up between Perth, Dundee and Montrose". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

[:1-6] 1 2 Mackay, Mark (25 April 2017). "Public urged to help shape safer off-road cycle and walking network for Blackford". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.

[:2-7] 1 2 Spencer, Caroline (8 April 2022). "New NHS website launched to help Tayside patients get to medical appointments". The Courier. Retrieved 7 October 2026.