Commuters walking past a ScotRail train at Edinburgh's Waverley Station, May 23, 2022
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PUBLICLY OWNED ScotRail operators have spent £1.2 million on providing emergency transport to replace cancelled trains since being taken back into state ownership by the Scottish government last year, new research has found.
Scottish Labour is set to reveal research today that more than £4m had been spent on replacement transport when cancellations due to engineering and maintenance work took place.
But it found that £1.2m was spent on unplanned emergency replacement transport.
The new Scottish Parliament looks set to continue a cycle of managerial tinkering while public services face the axe, writes STEPHEN LOW
