A Lanarkshire politician is calling on the SNP and Scottish Greens to take the Caledonian Sleeper rail service into public ownership and reintegrate it with the ScotRail franchise.
Central Scotland MSP Richard Leonard's plea comes amid news the Scottish Government is planning to hand the service back to Serco after announcing less than two months ago that it was ending the franchise from June next year.
Mr Leonard, who is also convenor of the RMT Scottish parliamentary group, and the RMT union say that if this happens it is "likely to mean the contract being awarded on more favourable terms than the original franchise agreement, with cost risk and revenue borne by the Scottish Government and Serco receiving fees, for profit, to run services".
