Chamber and committees

Transport Committee

Agenda: 16 September 2026

Wednesday, 16 September 2026

5th Meeting, 2026

Start time: 09:30am

Location: Committee Room 3

Agenda items:

Declaration of interests
Scotland's rail services
Scotland's rail services – review of evidence (in private)
Work programme (in private)

Agenda published: Tuesday, 15 September 2026 09:31am

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1. Declaration of interests

Martyn Day MSP will be invited to declare any relevant interests.

2. Scotland's rail services

The Committee will take evidence from—

Graeme Cook
Director of Rail Delivery
Transport Scotland

Joanne Maguire
Managing Director
Scotrail

Hannah Ross
Chief Executive
Scottish Rail Holdings Ltd

Liam Sumpter
Managing Director
Network Rail Scotland

Papers for this item:

Paper 1 - Clerks Cover Note (83KB, pdf) posted 10 September 2026

Paper 2 - SPICe briefing paper (335KB, pdf) posted 10 September 2026

3 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item

3. Scotland's rail services – review of evidence (in private)

The Committee will review the evidence heard under agenda item 2.

4. Work programme (in private)

The Committee will consider its work programme.

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