Abellio was handed more than £200million in pandemic aid in the year before a decision to nationalise the service.The Scottish Government revealed last week it will form an arm’s-length company to replace the train firm in spring next year.Between March and September 2020 ministers handed Abellio – which is owned by the Dutch state – £215.3million over and above its normal franchise payments.And while the cost of keeping services rolling over the last six months in the face of Covid-19 has yet to be calculated, payments are likely to run into hundreds of millions more.Scottish Labour transport spokesman Alex Rowley said taxpayers were being forced to foot the bill for political ineptitude.Did you know you can keep up to date with the.
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