Tag: ScotRail

Scotland’s Railway on track for net zero emissions by 2035

Stuart Mitchell

The United Nations is encouraging countries to take action to protect our environment. This worldwide awareness includes rail networks, with Scotland’s Railway having a big part to play in reducing the industry’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2035. ScotRail and its partners are already making rail healthier by assisting in the fight against climate change and, the numbers from the train operator are impressive. Between 2014 and 2019 Scotland’s Railway electrified 325km of the country’s central railway network. This investment supported the introduction of a new £370m fleet of…

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ScotRail become the latest organisation to support a schoolgirl’s campaign to raise awareness of ‘invisible’ disabilities.

Stuart Mitchell

ScotRail has installed ‘Grace’s Sign’ at accessible toilets in its stations across Scotland. Grace’s Sign is a bathroom sign that includes both a person in a wheelchair and a standing person with a heart, symbolising people with invisible conditions. Thirteen-year-old Grace Warnock, who has Crohn’s Disease, came up with the idea for a more inclusive sign after facing criticism from strangers when she used accessible toilets. The innovative signs can also be found at other locations across the country including at the Scottish Parliament, V&A Dundee and St. Enoch shopping…

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