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Rail ticket holders to benefit from ‘free week’
Published: 16 Dec 2016Package of other fares offers under development
Minister gives update on ScotRail actions to lift performance
Published: 29 Nov 2016ScotRail Alliance delivers £19m investment upgrading 40 electric trains
Boost for new rail station at Kintore
Published: 29 Nov 2016Rail passengers in the north east received a boost today as the Scottish Government confirmed it has offered an increase of it’s share of funding to enable construction of a new rail staion at Kintore in Aberdeenshire.
Minister welcomes more seats for ScotRail passengers
Published: 16 Nov 2016Additional class 320 enters service today
Transport Minister demands full devolution of Network Rail
Published: 26 Oct 2016Calls come in light of recent independent report criticising industry performance
Transport Minister Humza Yousaf recently met with ScotRail to hear about the delivery of their new Performance Improvement Plan
Published: 20 Oct 2016ScotRail unveils action plan to tackle performance
Transport Minister welcomes an end to ScotRail/RMT dispute
Published: 20 Sep 2016Transport Minister Humza Yousaf welcomes news that the RMT have accepted a proposal on DCO from ScotRail, marking an end to the current dispute over method of dispatch for the new fleet of Class 385 electric trains, this could help other parts of the UK to come to a resolution.
Rail strikes: Transport Minister convenes resilience committee ahead of Open Golf
Published: 13 Jul 2016The National Traffic Control Centre was stood up this morning and the Scottish Government’s resilience committee held a further meeting yesterday ahead of rail strikes planned for the end of this week and into the weekend.
Rail strikes: Transport Minister convenes resilience committee
Published: 7 Jul 2016Transport Minister Humza Yousaf today chaired a meeting of the Scottish Government’s resilience committee ahead of planned rail strikes this weekend and next week.