This point was highlighted in an article in the Scottish Sun: Ministers under fire for not including ScotRail’s parent firm in bodies covered by anti-rip-off law: https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish- news/8633273/scottish-government-scotrail-consumer-law/ Secondly, currently Scotrail has said that its aware that given historical fare anomalies its often cheaper to buy a split ticket across the Strathclyde boundary.