First electric vehicle chargers installed at Scottish train stations

Fifty free electric car charging points are being installed at train stations around the country.

The first four chargers are now live at Uphall, Bathgate, East Kilbride and Johnstone stations, with the remainder set to follow over the coming weeks.

A total of 100 spaces will be created at 50 of Scotrail Alliance’s station car parks by the end of the year, joining more than 700 publicly-available charge points across the country.

Thechargersareavailableto all customers parking at the stations and are free to use 0 Electric car charging points to go live at Scotrail stations although drivers must hold a valid Chargeplace Scotland card to activate the device.

Scotrail Alliance’s programmes and transformation director Ian Mcconnell, said: “We’re building the best railway Scotland has ever had, and improved facilities for customers at our stations is a huge part of this.

“These additions to our car parks, combined with longer trains, more seats and better services, will all help us to achieve our aim of reducing the carbon footprint from door to door.”

A complete charge from the 22kw supply will typically take around four hours. A fleet of four electric vanswill also replace a number of existing diesel vehicles.

Rebecca Roper, community manager at Chargeplace Scotland, said: “We are delighted to welcome the new Scotrail Alliance charge points on to the growing Chargeplace Scotland network.