Peak time fares on ScotRail services should be scrapped as they are a "tax on workers", a leading transport union has claimed.
Passengers travelling before 9.30am on weekdays still face paying steep ticket prices despite the rise of homeworking upending the traditional rush hour commute.
ASLEF - which represents train drivers across the country - is now calling on SNP ministers to offer greater incentives to Scots to ditch their cars in favour of public transport.
Finance secretary Kate Forbes will set out the Scottish Government's draft budget for the year ahead on Thursday and faces increasing pressure to prioritise green technologies in the wake of COP26.
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