SCOTLAND’S transport unions have joined forces to call on Nicola Sturgeon to give a commitment on the future of the country’s railways.

With ScotRail to revert to public ownership when the current franchise runs out in March 2022, the First Minister met the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) general council today.

Before the meeting, the unions highlighted an internal ScotRail report by Professor Iain Docherty, a former non-executive director of ScotRail and Transport Scotland, which questions whether providing ticket offices will be viable in future and suggests a 10 per cent cut in services.