Date: 12/03/2023

Nearly half of ScotRail's inter-city fleet was damaged and out of action on some days in the autumn because of a failure to fit the trains with equipment to cope with slippery rails caused by fallen leaves, Scotland on Sunday has learned.

Repairs caused significant knock-on disruption to services in Fife because other trains had to be redeployed, while improvements to the fleet will take until late next year, according to a report obtained under Freedom of Information laws. Industrial action also delayed the trains being moved for repair.

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