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Holyrood to review rail franchising following coalition demand to renationalise railways
A GWR (Great Western Railway) train waits on a platform
THE Scottish government is to review its franchise deals with private operators after a coalition united today to demand public ownership of railways north of the border.
Fourteen organisations representing rail workers, passengers, disabled people, pensioners, environmentalists and civil society and 20 cross-party MSPs have written to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon calling for public ownership from January next year.
The signatories say that the Covid-19 pandemic has created “substantial and unprecedented challenges” for Scotland’s railways.
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