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Why a pilot scheme removing peak rail fares should have been allowed to go the distance

Written by Rachel Scarfe, Lecturer in Economics, University of Stirling

A pilot removing peak fares on ScotRail trains has ended.Loch Earn/Shutterstock

Commuters in Scotland faced a shock at ticket machines as the Scottish government abandoned a pilot scheme that removed peak rail fares. During the pilot, tickets were the same price all day. But now that it has ended, the increase in fares is significant. The cost of...

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