SCOTTISH Labour will axe peak fares on the ScotRail network if it wins power at Holyrood next year, the party announced today.

A £40m year-long pilot scheme scrapping peak fares was ditched last year by SNP transport secretary Fiona Hyslop, who argued it had produced only a “limited increase in the number of passengers.”

The move, branded a “retrograde step” by RMT general secretary Mick Lynch, hiked peak-time return fares between Glasgow and Edinburgh from £16.20 to £31.40 — rising to £32.60 from April.