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Not any more:
https://www.modernrailways.com/article/ecml-december-2024-timetable-deferred?utm_campaign=KMR%20Social&utm_content=289419580&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&hss_channel=tw-385365654
That wasn't my experience when I visited a few weeks ago. My AVE tickets were available as QR codes in the RENFE app and the same codes formed my Cercanías tickets which I scanned to gain entry through the barriers. I didn't have to load the Cercanías tickets onto a separate chipcard.
Would the Treasury fund them? Would they not be funded by Transport Scotland / Scottish Government? (I appreciate that much of the SG funding comes from the Treasury (some income tax receipts come direct), but it comes in the form of a block grant and it's up to the SG how that's distributed)
An advert for a tender for legal services for the above (https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG455691) gives some more detail on the fleet plan
An article on the BBC says "ScotRail said if drivers begin doing overtime again a full timetable could return within 10 days" so it'll be interesting to see how accurate your guess turns out to be.
Consultation response now here: https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/fit-future. Includes the interesting claim that "Even before the pandemic, on average, each seat was empty more for more than 75 per cent of its journey".
(Mods - could this thread be moved to the timetable forum, where...
I don't think that this analogy is quite right. In Scotland at least, the roads being discussed (A75, A77) are Trunk Roads. Powers to manage and improve the Trunk Road network are devolved to Scottish Ministers amd exercised through Transport Scotland.
TS are engaged in a wide-ranging review...