Volunteers brought back onto railway in Renfrewshire in bid to improve passenger safety

A scheme to keep people safe while travelling on the rail network has been relaunched.

Rail Pastor volunteers will patrol platforms and carriages looking for anyone who is vulnerable, distressed or in need of some assistance.

But it has drawn the ire of a trade union that represents train staff, who say plans to remove train staff and instead rely on volunteers “directly jeopardises safety”.