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

A pilot removing peak fares on ScotRail trains has ended. Loch Earn/ShutterstockCommuters 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 commuting at peak time from Glasgow to Edinburgh, for example, has gone from £16.20 to £31.40.

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