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RAIL workers will demonstrate outside Glasgow’s historic Springburn works on Friday — the day it is due to close.
Owners Gemini Rail Group say the works, known as the “Caley,” is no longer viable.
New ScotRail trains are maintained and repaired directly by their manufacturers.
Two-hundred years ago, on September 27 1825, the world’s first passenger railway line was opened between Stockton and Darlington. MICK WHELAN, general secretary of Aslef, the train drivers’ union, reflects on the history – and the future – of Britain’s railway industry
But unions warn renationalisation must not be fudged
Our groundbreaking report reveals how private rail companies are bleeding millions from public coffers through exploitative leasing practices — but we have the solutions, writes Aslef Scottish organiser KEVIN LINDSAY
