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ScotRail Fares to Be Frozen for the Next Year
The Scottish Government aims to ease cost-of-living pressures with a 12-month ScotRail fare freeze following a 48% cut in peak-time fares, supported by a £4.3 million budget investment.
- On Thursday morning at Edinburgh Waverley Station, First Minister John Swinney announced ScotRail fares will be frozen for 12 months with no annual increase planned.
- The Scottish Government says the freeze aims to ease cost-of-living pressures and follows September last year's abolition of peak-time fares, which cut some ticket prices by up to 48%.
- The £4.3 million investment will support the fare freeze in 2026-27 financial year, covering all ScotRail fares including Season Tickets and Flexipass products.
- As the Budget reached Holyrood, the fare freeze was announced, with Scottish Labour abstaining and the Scottish Greens also abstaining in Thursday's stage one vote.
- Officials note the fiscal impact of earlier fare reforms as context for the freeze, with rail fare hikes usually imposed from April and last year rising 3.8%, ahead of the May 7th Holyrood election, which the First Minister declined to link to the policy.
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Rail fare freeze announced by John Swinney ahead of first vote on Budget
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