Public control of ScotRail should have been new era - not price hikes for fewer services
dailyrecord.co.ukTaking ScotRail back under public control was supposed to usher in a new era for Scotland’s railways.Instead, fares have increased every year and timetables offer fewer services than in the years before the Covid pandemic.
The latest hike in ticket prices, which takes effect on April 1, means the cost of travelling on the railway has risen by more than 10 per cent in the space of a year.
And it comes months after the Scottish Government reversed the popular decision to end the outdated system of peak-time fares, which sees passengers punished for travelling before 9.30am or between 4.30pm and 6.30pm.
SNP ministers have spent years presenting themselves as champions of public transport. They have also never wasted an opportunity to claim they understand the need to protect the environment by encouraging people to take fewer car journeys.
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