Passengers need incentives if they are to be tempted back to using ScotRail in the working from home era, the transport minister has admitted.Jenny Gilruth spoke to the Record as the franchise officially becomes the responsibility of the Scottish Government from today.
ScotRail - which operates the vast majority of passenger services north of the Border - will now be directly accountable to SNP ministers.
It comes at a time when the number of Scots taking the train every day has plummeted due to two years of coronavirus restrictions that caused a shift away from the traditional commute.Although offices have finally reopened many workers are still choosing to work from home as much as possible.And that means transport bosses face tough questions on how to fund the railways in the long-term while maintaining services.
Rail unions have criticised a move to reduce the number of daily Scotrail services to 2150 from a pre-pandemic peak of 2400.
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