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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

ScotRail to hold talks with union in effort to resolve pay dispute

Rail travellers at Waverley station
Rail travellers at Waverley station in Edinburgh on Monday. The cuts have been greeted with dismay by commuters. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

ScotRail will open talks with the rail union Aslef on Tuesday to resolve a pay dispute that has led to the train operator axing more than 1,000 services from its timetable.

The company confirmed on Monday that it would meet union leaders hours after Aslef’s Scottish organiser, Kevin Lindsay, accused it of repeatedly ignoring his invitations to negotiate.

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