SNP ministers under pressure to ditch inflation-busting 4% rail fares hike
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Scottish Government could this week be forced to reverse inflation-busting rail fare hikes. MSPs will get a chance to demand the 3.8 per cent rise in ScotRail prices is scrapped before it hits commuters in the pocket in a parly vote tomorrow.
The planned fares hike by the nationalised rail operator has sparked anger from unions and green groups who warn it will pile misery on hard-up passengers and force more people into their cars.
It follows a nine per cent hike in fares last year - despite the SNP bringing ScotRail into public ownership in 2022. It means, from April 1, a peak-time return ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will rise to an eye-watering £32.60.
The Holyrood motion tabled by the Scottish Greens also calls for the permanent scrapping of peak rail fares, a policy championed by Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar at his recent party conference and previously backed by the Tories.
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