Transport bosses originally blamed coronavirus rules for banning booze on ScotRail services in November 2020
Scotland's transport minister has said she is "pretty relaxed" about ending the booze ban on ScotRail services.
Transport Scotland was instructed by government to carry out a "a rapid evidence review" when ScotRail returned to public control in April this year. Ministers are determined to make public transport a safer environment for women following years of passenger complaints about harassment from men. "I won't do it again after doing it at Christmas last year," she told The Times. "It was scary. And I'm nearly 40 and quite able to look after myself. And I just think if I was a 15-year-old, how vulnerable I might feel in that circumstance."She added: "We cannot say that alcohol consumption on our trains is not related to safety," she said. "It is. The two are interlinked.
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