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Fewer than half of ScotRail services arrive on time at as many as 20 stations across Scotland, new figures have revealed.
The latest data from ScotRail, covering the period May 28 to June 24, shows that under 50 per cent of services were on time at these stations.
Scottish Labour’s Neil Bibby MSP has called on SNP Transport Minister Humza Yousaf to demand improvements from ScotRail over the summer, to prevent a repeat of the chaos that blighted the network last autumn and winter.
Public satisfaction with ScotRail is at a 14-year low and passengers are losing patience with Humza Yousaf’s failure to act. They are fed up with overcrowded, delayed and cancelled trains.
Humza Yousaf cannot allow a repeat of the chaos that blighted the rail network last autumn and winter, and that means getting on top of performance when weather is better during the summer months.
There are 73 stations listed in the ScotRail performance report. Of those, 20 stations recorded an on-time performance of less than 50 per cent. On-time is the percentage of services which arrive within 59 seconds of their arrival time, having called at all stations on the route.
The 20 stations are:
3 July 2017
Public sector workers need a pay rise. That’s why today Kez Dugdale has written to Nicola Sturgeon calling for clarity on vague promises about a pay rise.
The story so far…
On 10 May 2017, Nicola Sturgeon and other SNP MSPs voted against a Labour motion at Holyrood to scrap the 1% pay cap on NHS staff and give NHS staff a real terms pay rise instead.
This is our motion today. Please urge your MSPs to support it. Let’s scrap the NHS pay cap and give our NHS staff a pay rise. pic.twitter.com/QnDSJDZDYg
— AnasSarwar (@AnasSarwar) May 10, 2017
Then, on 21 May, Nicola Sturgeon was heckled by a nurse on NHS pay.
WATCH: Nurse rips in to Nicola Sturgeon on her record of running the NHS. #LeadersDebate pic.twitter.com/5U3YKpmC8T
— Scottish Labour (@scottishlabour) May 21, 2017
After the General Election, SNP MPs supported a Labour motion at Westminster to lift the public sector pay cap.
SNP MPs voted 2night on Labour motion to scrap public sector pay cap. SNP MSPs voted against doing so last month despite having the powers.
— Ian Murray (@IanMurrayMP) June 28, 2017
Now, the SNP government at Holyrood is promsing to lift the cap – despite voting against just weeks ago.
That’s why today Kez Dugdale has written to Nicola Sturgeon looking for answers on her vague promises, and keeping the pressure on the SNP government to deliver a pay rise for public sector workers.
Agree with us that Scotland’s public sector workers need a payrise? Then join today and let’s fight for a Scotland for the many, not the few.
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