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12/01/2023 Double whammy for travellers [DNG Online Limited] Train passengers using Lockerbie station are set for a 'double whammy' with prices. South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has highlighted two issues facing the Mid Annandale stop. He explained that fares will increase in line with English rises, and also revealed the station is not covered by ScotRail's plans to scrap peak time fares. (Permalink) Fares Lockerbie On Peak ScotRail Lockerbie: The 1S51 Preston to Glasgow Central, operated with TPE 397003, departs from Lockerbie on 8 July 2021. John McIntyre 08/07/2021 Lockerbie: Road approach to the 1847 station at Lockerbie in June 2013. View is north east from Station Road. The roofless section in the left background once formed the eastern terminus of the Dumfries, Lochmab ... John Furnevel 11/06/2013 DNG Online Limited
13/10/2022 Lanarkshire MSP urges Scottish Government to scrap 'peak fare' railway ticket prices [Daily Record] Currently, passengers who travel before 9.30am on weekday, pay extra on ScotRail trains. (Permalink) Off peak On peak ScotRail Daily Record
09/10/2022 SNP transport minister Jenny Gilruth 'very sympathetic' to scrapping peak time ScotRail fares [Daily Record] Passenger numbers on Scotland's rail network plummeted during lockdowns and ministers are under pressure to find new ways of encouraging more people to use public transport. (Permalink) On peak Politics ScotRail Daily Record
05/10/2022 Scottish Government refuses to rule out abolition of peak rail fares [Daily Record] Transport minister Jenny Gilruth said the government was looking at ways of making ScotRail fares 'easier'. (Permalink) Fares Off peak On peak ScotRail Daily Record