SAFETY on Scotland’s rail network is being jeopardised by 200 unfilled job vacancies at Network Rail and private contractors planning redundancies, rail union RMT said yesterday.

A motion tabled in the Scottish Parliament calls on the Scottish government to ensure safety on the network by employing sufficient workers to maintain the rail infrastructure.

It says that MSPs are “alarmed that reported rail infrastructure redundancies and unfilled vacancies will adversely impact on the quality of the rail network and passenger safety.”