Abellio took over the ScotRail franchise last year on a ten-year deal but the Scottish government can potentially end the contract in 2020 Danny Lawson/PALabour has called for ScotRail to be put into public hands after claims that the network is being squeezed financially for the benefit of Dutch shareholders. Neil Bibby, Labour’s transport spokesman, said that it was wrong for Scotland’s rail network to be run “for profit not passengers” after it emerged that Abellio is making a substantial profit from the service. According to business documents prepared by Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Abellio’s parent company, the operator is taking in up to £1 million a month on what it described as a “limited investment” in its Scottish operation. Abellio took over the ScotRail franchise…

Source: The Times October 02, 2016 23:01 UTC