Date: 16/05/2012

RIVAL fans will be allowed to mix on the trains heading from Edinburgh to Glasgow before this weekend’s all-Edinburgh football showdown. Police chiefs have insisted there is “no need” to attempt to segregate more than 20,000 fans who will be travelling by rail from the capital on Saturday for the Scottish Cup final.

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Scottish Cup final: Hibs and Hearts fans to travel on same trains

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RIVAL fans will be allowed to mix on the trains heading from Edinburgh to Glasgow before this weekend’s all-Edinburgh football showdown.

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