The Herald on Sunday

Scotrail

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the number of additional diesel trains available for lease in the UK from the rolling stock leasing companies at the start of the Abellio franchise £370 million

the deal made for the production of the fleet of 70 Hitachi trains currently being built in Japan and England

Autumn 2017 the date when the first

Hitachi trains are in service

806

trains currently in service

25 years

the duration over which the train operator will have to keep paying the lease for the Hitachi trains before it owns them

£150 million

the profits last year of the rolling stock companies that lease the trains to the UK train operators

£1 million

ScotRail Abellio the monthly profit made by

£219 million

the revenue grant ScotRail Abellio got from Transport Scotland last year

4

the number of refurbishe­d trains recently put on the Glasgow suburban route

51%

the growth Network Rail predicts in Edinburgh rail commuters between 2012 and 2023

226%

the growth Network Rail predicts in Aberdeen morning rail commuters by 2043

 ?? Photograph: Robert Perry ?? Late trains and overcrowdi­ng are common complaints across ScotRail Abellio’s network
Photograph: Robert Perry Late trains and overcrowdi­ng are common complaints across ScotRail Abellio’s network

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