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| Petition calls for Abellio to lose ScotRail operation | Petition calls for Abellio to lose ScotRail operation |
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| A petition calling for Abellio to be stripped of the ScotRail contract, backed by about 16,000 people, is to be presented to transport minister Humza Yousaf. | |
| It calls for the Scottish government to act over delays and cancellations. | It calls for the Scottish government to act over delays and cancellations. |
| ScotRail has said one of the largest programmes of modernisation since Victorian times is to blame for the disruption. | ScotRail has said one of the largest programmes of modernisation since Victorian times is to blame for the disruption. |
| But it argued the result of the programme will "transform" travel. | But it argued the result of the programme will "transform" travel. |
| Stewart Kilpatrick from the campaign group 38 degrees said he was due to meet the transport secretary later to discuss the issue. | |
| He told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "The quality of service on ScotRail trains just isn't good enough. | |
| "That's seen in the fact that 16,000 Scots have signed a petition saying that just needs to improve, it needs to get better and if that means stripping Abellio of their contract then so be it. | |
| "We've been bombarded with stories from members across Scotland of delays, frustrations, missed appointments, important life events being impacted by the poor service offered by ScotRail and they've had enough." |