RAIL unions pledged to fight cuts to ticket office hours at most ScotRail stations today, warning that the plans will create a “muggers’ paradise” across the network.

The Abellio-run company, already being fully funded by the Scottish government ahead of its return to public control in April, wants to reduce kiosk opening hours at 120 of its 140 stations.

Clydebank, Cartsdyke in Greenock and Woodhill will also lose their ticket offices entirely, with a ScotRail spokesperson arguing that maintaining infrequently used services is “not the best use of people.”