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Alastair Dalton rail travel update
The Scotsman
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22/05/2025
Alastair Dalton, The Scotsman's Transport Correspondent gives an update on the lifting of the alcohol ban and peak fare abolition.
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I'm Alistair Dalton, the Scotsman's transport correspondent, here to tell you about two
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significant changes being introduced by ScotRail on drinking alcohol and peak fares. First of all,
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on alcohol, the blanket restriction that has been in place since the Covid pandemic in 2020
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is to be eased. From the 2nd of June 2025, you'll be able to drink on trains and in stations between
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10am and 9pm. ScotRail will also resume selling alcohol from their catering trolleys on some
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services but that will be later. However, the night time restriction between 9pm and 10am
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will remain. ScotRail said some other restrictions may also be imposed such as during large concerts
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and sporting events. However, the change will mean an anomaly will remain between ScotRail and other
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train operators in Scotland such as LNER and Avanti West Coast, most of whose services do not have
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alcohol restrictions. On peak fares, the higher price that you pay for travelling at certain times
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will be abolished, which the Scottish Government says will be for good. It means that you won't be
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charged extra for travelling before 9.15 in the morning or in the late afternoon or early evening
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on some routes, such as between Edinburgh and Glasgow. However, not everyone will benefit because
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peak fares aren't charged on some routes such as those north of Inverness. The permanent scrapping of
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peak fares follows a year-long experiment that ended in September 2024, which didn't produce the expected
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switch of drivers to trains. However, the Scottish Government say they have more funding now
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and are switching the focus to concentrate on the money-saving aspect of the scheme, as well as hoping
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more drivers will leave the car at home and travel by rail. Ministers hope to achieve that with what they say
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will be an extensive marketing campaign which could offset the expected £40 million a year cost of the scheme.
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