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To: Humza Yousaf, Minister for Transport / Scotrail.
Return new trains to Inverclyde and give commuters the service we pay for.
Return class 380 trains to the Gourock/Wemyss Bay to Glasgow lines and remove the 40-year old class 314 trains completely from these services.
Why is this important?
Inverclyde commuters have faced annual increases for travelling on the Gourock/Wemyss Bay to Glasgow lines. A yearly season ticket now costs £1796 from Gourock to Glasgow. Despite this high cost and record numbers of passengers on these routes, we have seen modern class 380 trains with comfortable seating, heating, toilets and free WiFi removed to cover "driver training" on other routes and had these carriages replaced with the unreliable, 40-year old class 314 trains with none of the amenities of the newer trains.
The Scottish government has now said that these old trains could be running from Inverclyde until 2019. We believe that this is unacceptable and that Inverclyde commuters deserve far better. It is not sufficient for Inverclyde's MSP to ask for the carriages to simply be cleaned, we believe they should be replaced. We call on the Scottish transport minister to use his position to return the newer class 380 trains to Inverclyde immediately.
The Scottish government has now said that these old trains could be running from Inverclyde until 2019. We believe that this is unacceptable and that Inverclyde commuters deserve far better. It is not sufficient for Inverclyde's MSP to ask for the carriages to simply be cleaned, we believe they should be replaced. We call on the Scottish transport minister to use his position to return the newer class 380 trains to Inverclyde immediately.
