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Scotrail should cut fares when they cut services, train drivers’ union says
Commuters walking past a ScotRail train at Edinburgh's Waverley Station

SCOTRAIL should slash fares after hitting passengers with swingeing service cuts, according to train drivers’ union Aslef.

Earlier this week, the Scottish government-owned company announced a temporary timetable, axing hundreds of services across the country and cutting half of all Sunday trains.

ScotRail blame the decision on a shortage of drivers amid an Aslef overtime ban after workers voted to reject a below-inflation 2 per cent pay offer.

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