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Scotland needs a world-class rail service if it is to meet its environmental obligations, rail unions say
Scotland's rail unions held a rally and launched a new report setting out a future vision for Scotland's railways outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

SCOTLAND cannot meet its environmental obligations without a world-class rail service that gets travellers out of cars and lorries and onto trains, a report by rail unions said today.

A Vision for Scotland’s Railways, jointly published by Unite, Aslef, TSSA and the RMT and launched at Holyrood rally, outlines a transformative agenda for the future of passenger and freight services. 

The ScotRail franchise will be taken back into public control next March due to repeated service failures, cancellations, late-running trains and poor management.

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