Question reference: S6W-05860
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 21 January 2022
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Current status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether closing rail ticket offices will increase or decrease rail passenger numbers.
Answer
The consultation phase of ScotRail’s review on ticket office opening hours closed on 2 February. Transport Focus, the independent watchdog for transport users, is in the process of collating responses in order to produce a report of the consultation outputs. It would not be prudent for Scottish Ministers to prejudge the outcomes of that process prior to the Transport Focus report being published.