Labour demands date for takeover of failing ScotRail

Peter Lazenby - 12 November 2018

LABOUR in Scotland is demanding that the SNP-controlled Scottish Parliament set a date to end the operating franchise of chaotic ScotRail.

In the move to be announced today, Labour says the catalogue of problems including late trains, overpriced fares and overcrowded trains should be brought to a halt, and that ScotRail should be taken into public ownership... See more


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