We’re one of seven sub-national transport bodies in England. We bridge the gap between national government and local authorities, working collaboratively with transport officers, operators and neighbouring regions to speak with a single voice to improve transport across the area – and beyond.
A resilient transport network that works for everyone and is fit for the future, helping people and businesses throughout the Western Gateway to thrive while protecting our environment.
Our Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) identifies 38 investment proposals throughout the Western Gateway region that we believe are best able to deliver our collective vision for transport and achieve the objectives of our joint Strategic Transport Plan over the next ten years.
We work across many areas of transport, from cycling to carbon and rail to roads. Find out more about the projects we’re fuelling. Use the slider to explore our workstreams.
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Tomorrow marks the 200th anniversary of the modern railway – quite possibly one of our favourite days here at Western Gateway STB. As a sub-national transport body, we work across many modes of transport, enhancing connectivity in our region through the collaborative work with our local authorities and the direction of travel from the government. […]
We continue to drive forward our work on coaches, and deliver our regional coach strategy, which identifies future priorities for improving coach services and supporting infrastructure. We recently carried out a coach parking survey, which involved visiting numerous coach stops, stations, drop-off locations and facilities across the region. Interviews were also carried out with coach […]
Along with Peninsula Transport, we’ve joined forces to offer up to £100,000 (£50k each), to fund a number of rural transport schemes, aimed at improving connectivity in harder to reach places within the South West. Rural areas in our region face a significant number of challenges to the sustainability of communities and their economics, which […]
We work better when we work together. Got any questions or ideas to transform transport in our region? We’re all ears.
