Five projects have received funding from the Station Community Regeneration Fund – a £1m pot of money to help create new businesses and premises for local projects.
Those projects include £37k for a heritage centre at Cupar, £40k for a charity shop at Kilmarnock and £59.5k towards headquarters for New Scottish Arts at Dundee.
Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson said: “The Stations Community Regeneration Fund is an excellent example of how communities are benefitting from the ScotRail Franchise.
“By re-investing in the station environment and bringing redundant buildings back to life, we are opening up new employment opportunities while communities benefit through the creation of new local facilities.”
Launched a year ago, funding is available from Transport Scotland to contribute towards the costs of structural repairs and to match-fund up to 50 per cent of the costs of fitting out station premises for their intended use.
ScotRail managing director Steve Montgomery said: “We welcome these successful applications which open up new possibilities across Scotland and underpin our commitment to put stations at the heart of communities.”
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