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ON August 7 a new ferry service was launched on its maiden voyage on the Firth of Forth, offering passengers the chance to travel from North Berwick to Anstruther in Fife. The service, which is the culmination of a joint project involving; the South East Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran), The Sea- life Centre, East Lothian Council and ferry operators Seafari Adventures, follows the ancient pilgrimage route to St Andrews dating back at least 1000 years.
SEStran has participated in the project through our involvement with iTransfer (Innovative Transport Solutions for Fjords, Estuaries and Rivers), an EU-funded project which aims to make ferry transport more accessible and sustainable, and to encourage more people to travel by water in the North Sea Region.
SEStran believes that the Forth should be a highway, linking communities throughout South East Scotland, not a barrier. In the past many vessels plied the crossing between Fife and the Lothians, yet somehow as the years went by, for one reason or another, these have all fallen by the wayside. Today travellers must spend hours going the long way round by land, either on public transport or in the car, while the obvious solution – ferry transport – is unavailable.
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