The Railway Magazine

Endof loco-hauledScot­Rail trainson FifeCircle­services

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THEoperati­onof two hired-in Class68 and Mk2carriag­e setsby ScotRaiol n peak-time FifeCircle­servicesen­dedon May29.

Theuseof unmodified Mk 2s,which hadbeen runningsin­ce2015,meantthe trainswere­not fully accessible.

Theirwithd­rawalfrom servicenow means everytrain in ScotRail's fleet complieswi­th the technicals­pecificati­onfor interopera­bilityfor persons with reducedmob­ility (PRMTSI)standard.TheMk2shad beengivend­ispensatio­nto operateunt­il May31.

Delaysin modifying ScotRail'Hs STsetshad led to the temporaryu­seof'classic' (unmodified)units,but this endedon March31.

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