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New agency

ScotRail to be nationalised as franchise cut short

ScotRail
Rail services will be run by a government agency ScotRail is to be brought under public ownership after the government confirmed that the current franchise will end early. Dutch state-ownedRead More

Trains on time

ScotRail hits decade high performance figures

ScotRail
Trains are breaking punctuality records ScotRail has delivered its best performance figures for more than a decade during what is traditionally one of the most difficult periods of the yearRead More

Package is dubbed a 'gimmick'

ScotRail compensation ‘not good enough’ says Labour

Class 320 ScotRail train
Cancelled trains have caused widespread anger   Scottish Labour has labelled ScotRail’s “extra compensation” scheme for passengers hit by recent delays and cancellations as “just not good enough”.  The party respondedRead More

As I See it

Running a railway will be a problem, whoever is in charge

ScotRail rubble
Blaming the government for the poor performance of the rail industry is probably a mistake, says TERRY MURDEN

Call to implement break clause

Labour will demand early end to ScotRail franchise

ScotRail train Waverley
Time to hit the brakes on privatisation of ScotRail, says Labour   Labour will this week demand a vote on whether the government should enforce the ScotRail break clause toRead More

Call for end to franchise

ScotRail fined £2 million for missing key targets

ScotRail train Waverley
Penalties should force change, says Labour   ScotRail was fined more than £2 million in the first six months of this year for breaching a series of performance measures, accordingRead More

Further setback for operator

ScotRail withdraws new trains over defective brakes

Hitachi trains
New Hitachi trains: troubled start   ScotRail passengers have been hit by a fresh blow after a new fleet of electric trains were taken out of service over defective brakes.Read More

Investment stepped up

ScotRail hiring 100 frontline staff as new trains arrive

ScotRail ticketing
ScotRail has confirmed a £4 million front-line recruitment drive, as the train operator prepares for the introduction of more new trains and extra services. 

Labour attacks trains firm

ScotRail facing further fine for missed targets

Waverley station
ScotRail is facing further fines after failing to hit nearly two-thirds of its targets in the final quarter of last year, according to Scottish Labour.

Overcrowding on rail route

Commuter crush as peak hour trains cut carriages

electric train class 380
Ten trains a day will run with fewer carriages on Scotland's busiest route because of delays to the delivery of new rolling stock.