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ScotRail introduces EMUs onto newly-wired Central Belt routes [RAIL]

Date: 12/12/2018

Electric trains start serving Alloa, Dunblane and Stirling as ScotRail brings more Class 385s into traffic

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Electric trains start serving Alloa, Dunblane and Stirling as ScotRail brings more Class 385s into traffic

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