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Tracy Carmichael

Questions over Renfrewshire rail ticket office proposals

The importance of rail travel is being "undermined" by the Scottish Government says one politician.

Paisley-based Neil Bibby made the remark during a Holyrood exchange as he pressed First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to intervene in a bid to stop proposed cuts to the staffing of ticket offices currently being mooted by outgoing Dutch-owned operator Abellio.

The failing outfit are set to hand over control of the Scottish rail network to the new arms-length ScotRail operation overseen by the Scottish Government, after Transport Secretary Michael Matheson ruled out extending Abellio's contract last year.

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