The advert below is now being broadcast here in Scotland. How it matches up with the consultation and proposed timetable is something probably only an SNP politician could explain with a straight face:
It feels very much like most of the good work done under First Group is now being completely undone both by Abellio (also seen in their other franchises, most notably EMR) and now by the Scottish Assembly through Transport Scotland. I appreciate that Covid has lead to big changes in travel patterns but rather than wholesale reductions in services we should be looking at ways to encourage railway usage with services run by comfortable, modern rolling stock with value for money fares which make people want to get out of their cars. This achieves nothing but the exact opposite.