The Sunday Mail asked the operator to state the pay of three new officials - chief operating officer Joanne Maguire and new body Scottish Rail Holdings chief exec officer Chris Gibb and finance boss David Lowrie.
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Newly-nationalised ScotRail is failing to show passengers the cheapest fares for some journeys on its website, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
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SNP ministers have been urged to lower fares and increase services now that ScotRail has been nationalised.
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The transfer of the ScotRail franchise into the public sector takes place on Friday 1 April 2022.

All customers should be assured that train services will continue to run, tickets and season tickets remain valid, and all purchases can be made in the usual way.

Timetables, including any scheduled amendments, will remain the same as planned.
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ScotRail officially coming under public control and ownership heralds a new beginning that truly puts passengers and staff at the heart of rail services, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Speaking at Glasgow Queen Street Station today, the First Minister marked the transition date that means ScotRail services will be delivered by a Scottish Government owned operator.
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Abellio has been running services in Scotland since 2015, however its contract has been axed early due to criticisms over delays and performance levels.
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As ScotRail is renationalised, RMT calls for the Scottish Government to bring the Caledonian Sleeper into public ownership as internal Scottish Government documents show this could be done in just twelve weeks.
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An arms-length Scottish government company will take over running the rail franchise from Abellio.
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ScotRail has been nationalised by the Scottish Government.
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TRADE union RMT will be holding a rally outside Glasgows Queen Street railway station today as ScotRail return to public ownership.
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Transport minister Jenny Gilruth told the Record that government faced a 'challenge' in convincing more Scots to leave their cars at home.
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Commenting on the new start for ScotRail under Scottish Government ownership, Transforms rail spokesperson Paul Tetlaw said: We welcome the new start for ScotRail from 1 April with a much closer working relationship between the different parts of the railway and with the Scottish Government. This should allow better and more focused long term planning.
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ScotRails takeover by the Scottish Government on Friday could turn it into CalMac on wheels, Scottish Conservatives transport spokesperson Graham Simspon has told MSPs.
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The proportion of train journeys in Britain on services run by the public sector will hit 25% on Friday.

Analysis by the PA news agency found the milestone will be reached once the Scottish Government takes over ScotRail.

That is the highest percentage since Britains railways were privatised in the mid-1990s.
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The trains need to go where people want, when people want and at a reasonable price. This in essence is our approach to rail travel and should surely be the mission statement of those in charge.
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Your questions answered as a new public body prepares to take over Scotland's train services.
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The transfer of ScotRail to the public sector tomorrow marks not only the end of Abellio's often controversial seven-year tenure as operator, but also a quarter of a century of private sector management of Scotland's domestic rail network.
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As ScotRail enters public ownership on 1st April 2022, RMT holds day of action to call on the Scottish Government to ensure that the new operator delivers for Scotlands rail passengers, communities, and workers.
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John Lauder, deputy CEO of Sustrans, will join Scotlands Railway in April on an 18-month secondment to lead a special strategic project to reduce car journeys to the nations train stations.
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At least the train was on time. After a fraught few days when ministers were, again, forced to defend the Scottish Government's role in a flagship transport fiasco, the 12.15 from Glasgow's refurbished Queen Street left Platform 7 for Edinburgh Waverley bang on schedule.
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Next Friday (April 1), the operation of the ScotRail franchise will transfer from Abellio ScotRail to ScotRail Trains, a publicly owned company.
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