21 August 2024
RMT Press Office:
RAIL union RMT expressed opposition today (August 21, 2024) to the Scottish government’s decision to scrap an off-peak fares trial in September.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said that it meant that peak fares would be reintroduced.
“The announcement that the Scottish government is scrapping the off-peak fares is a retrograde step which undermines it’s own climate change and car reduction goals.
“RMT has long called for the off-peak fares trial to be made permanent, and the decision to scrap the trial will be significant disappointment for many passengers.
“The return of peak fares, inflated by this year’s 8.7 per cent fare increase, will make rail travel unaffordable for many and push people into cars.
“The Scottish government should be investing in making rail travel affordable, accessible and reliable and it should rethink this short-sighted and damaging decision,” he said.
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