WORKERS and climate campaigners are today demanding more investment into austerity-hit rail services across Scotland as part of the country’s green transition. 

Train drivers’ union Aslef and campaign group Friends of the Earth Scotland urged Edinburgh to launch a “full inquiry into rail services and the wider transport system, with a specific focus on the role they have in helping Scotland grow, transform and meet its climate targets.”

The call, which came in a letter to the net zero, energy and transport committee ahead of its meeting today to consider last year’s nationalisation of ScotRail, follows a warning from both organisations that SNP ministers lack “any plan and vision” for rail services north of the border.