FREE wi-fi internet connections are being considered for passengers on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow rail line. Ministers are expected to ask First ScotRail for a detailed study into the move, to attract more business people to travel by train.

By ALASTAIR DALTON SCOTLAND is to get dozens of new trains to help cope with the soaring number of rail passengers. First ScotRail will receive 46 electric and diesel trains over the next three years to provide more services on new and existing lines.

THE country's top transport bodies have been given four weeks to submit their views on plans for the re-opening Edinburgh's South Suburban rail line.

Two of the main rail firms in Scotland are failing to keep a large number of their passengers happy when there are delays. First ScotRail and GNER were both criticised by an MSP for how they fared in an annual customer survey by the passenger rail watchdog.

GROTTY loos and extortionate ticket prices are the biggest gripes of train passengers, a report by the rail watchdog revealed yesterday. The other major irritants are surly - or unreachable - staff and poor parking provision, according to a survey of 28,000 people by Passenger Focus.