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Our broken rail system: now Transport Scotland joins Scotrail in the dock
LATE trains, overcrowding, not enough seating, not enough carriages. Many rail travellers, as the petitions and protests of the past few weeks demonstrate, blame the current crisis in Scotland’s rail service solely on its operator ScotRail owned by the company Abellio. However, a growing number of campaigners also believe the chaos is down to the government agency Transport Scotland too.
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A CLAUSE exists in Abellio's 10-year contract allowing it to be cancelled if only 84.3 per cent of trains are on time or less than five minutes late.
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- Our broken rail system: now Transport Scotland joins Scotrail in the dockLATE trains, overcrowding, not enough seating, not enough carriages. Many rail travellers, as the petitions and protests of the past few weeks demonstrate, blame the current crisis in Scotland’s rail service solely on its operator ScotRail owned by the company Abellio. However, a growing number of campaigners also believe the chaos is down to the government agency Transport Scotland too.
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- Transport Minister Humza Yousaf warns Abellio to improve Scotrail service or face losing �7billion contractA CLAUSE exists in Abellio's 10-year contract allowing it to be cancelled if only 84.3 per cent of trains are on time or less than five minutes late.
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