ScotRail releases spectacular train journey videos
Since the current COVID-19 pandemic has limited train journeys to essential travel, ScotRail is making one of the most scenic rail journeys in the world…
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More government support for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish Government is to provide a further £8 million of emergency funding for Glasgow Subway and Edinburgh Trams….
RMT and ScotRail fall out over pay
A dispute over pay, with the possibility of strike action, is looming in Scotland after the RMT Union has begun balloting nearly 2,500 staff for…
Glenfinnan viaduct turns red on Armistice Day
On Wednesday 11 November 2020, the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day, the iconic Glenfinnan viaduct lit up in ‘poppy’ as a tribute to all those…
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ScotRail encourages women and BAME communities to take up careers in engineering
The rail industry has, for some time, realised that both women and minorities are under-represented in its workforce. Now ScotRail is supporting a campaign to…
Glasgow Queen Street wins World Cup of Stations
Glasgow Queen Street has won the 2020 World Cup of Stations, organised by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG), making it the nation’s favourite railway station….
Cars on the line delay trains in Scotland
Passengers using Stirling station in Scotland on Wednesday 14 October were surprised to find a car parked across the lines serving Platforms 2 and 3….
Cairngorm Funicular to be repaired and reopened
Balfour Beatty has been brought in to repair and reopen the Cairngorm Funicular, the UK’s highest railway. Opened in 2001, the Cairngorm Funicular runs for…
ScotRail and Samaritans jointly ask people to look out for each other
ScotRail has chosen World Mental Health Day (Saturday 10 October 2020) to announce that it is joining with the Samaritans in encouraging people to look…
Scottish MP with COVID-19 travels home by train
Margaret Ferrier, Scottish National Party MP for Rutherglen & Hamilton West, travelled to London by train on Monday 28 September to speak in the House…