The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) has announced NorthLink Ferries as the latest addition to the suite of travel services available via its Go-Hi travel app.

Go-Hi users now have the option of travelling to Orkney and Shetland comfortably and cost effectively using NorthLinks ferry services. Passengers will have the opportunity to book travel on NorthLinks fleet of ferries which offer a comfortable experience to relax and enjoy the journey to the Northern Isles.
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The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has previously welcomed the Go Hi app from HITRANS as a 21st-century means of helping business and leisure travellers to navigate their way around the Highlands.
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The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) has announced the launch of a brand new website www.gohi.app to showcase their ground-breaking Go-Hi travel app.

The redesigned website has a clean, modern design, with improved content and responsiveness across all mobile devices, offering visitors useful information, news and guidance about the free to use app.

Users can plan, book and pay for all their door-to-door, multimodal journeys securely by debit card, credit card or Paypal in a single transaction using their smartphone or desktop device. Go-Hi offers instant access to book buses, trains, ferries, taxis, car clubs, car hire, bike hire, flights, hotels, and demand responsive travel (DRT) using a single app.
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Loading facility at Altnabreac could be model for others across Scotland, states report. A plan to take 9000 tonnes of timber off Caithness roads and on to the rail network has been approved by Highland Council. It granted planning permission to Caledonia Forest Land Investment Ltd to construct a rail-side timber loading facility on land near Altnabreac station. The company, which has a number of plantations in the north, is working on the venture with HiTrans and Scottish Woodlands.
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The Highlands and Islands are leading the way in Scotland with the launch of a ground-breaking new app which will make it easier for residents, tourists and business travellers to access the information they need to make greater use of public transport and car sharing and to decide when cycling is an option.
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New multimillion-pound transport hub plans for Inverness have taken another major step forward.
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Caithness is playing a key role in a £195k project which hopes to show that moving timber by rail is a viable and greener alternative to using roads.

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The Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership (HITRANS) has chosen Fleetondemand's Mobility-as-a-Service platform Mobilleo to support the trialling of its GO-HI rural MaaS project in Scotland.
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Hundreds of lorry loads of timber could be removed from the A9 in Ross-shire after almost £200,000 was allocated to a rail freight trial by Victa Railfreight.
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HITRANS, the regional transport partnership for the Highlands and Islands, has launched a new active travel map for Badenoch and Strathspey.
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Wednesday 17 October 2007. Fergus Ewing, Minister for Community Safety and MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber joined Mary Dickson, managing director of First ScotRail and David Duthie, Partnership Director of HITRANS to unveil a plaque to officially open the new look Fort William Station transport hub, which has undergone a £750,000 refurbishment programme.
The refurbishment work is the result of a successful partnership between First ScotRail, Transport Scotland and HITRANS - the regional transport body for the Highlands and Islands. The significant investment has been used to provide customers with a more modern station environment - internally and externally - along with improved facilities such as enhanced access, a complete overhaul of the toilets, improvements to the left luggage facilities and ticket office and the introduction of five new showers.
New flooring has been laid throughout and lighting across the station has been enhanced. As part of a wider station investment package, Transport Scotland provided further funding to invest in CCTV at the station, increasing the overall feeling of security for customers.
In addition, customers are benefiting from increased comfort and improved facilities on board the Class 156 trains which operate to and from Fort William, thanks to a refurbishment programme currently underway. Funded by Transport Scotland and delivered by First ScotRail, the programme includes the replacement and upgrade of the luggage racks, new lighting, an interior repaint and new floor and wall carpets along with brand new table tops, creating a cleaner, brighter and more modern interior. [Item via First ScotRail]
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