Biggest cut to train services in half a century leaves Scots high and dry

Let the train take the strain – it was a famous slogan used in marketing campaigns to encourage people to use our railways.

Everyday, hundreds of thousands of Scots hop aboard our railways to travel to work, to see family or simply for a good day out.

It’s a service that has frustrated many commuters over the years - cancelled trains, late trains, skipped stops - but it was still always seen as a lifeline service.