Good news for Fife commuters with pledge over lack of train carriages
There’s good news coming for commuters fed up with a lack of carriages on some Fife trains.
An MSP said the practice of ‘shot forming’ trains - when they have two instead of four carriages, for example - is coming to an end.
Anabelle Ewing, MSP for Cowdenbeath, raised the issue at the Scottish Parliament, with a question to Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport.
She said the issue was constantly raised by constituents travelling to Edinburgh.
She said: “One constituent advised that so far in 2026, five out of six journeys in the morning have been short formed with two rather than four carriages. “This is self-evidently extremely uncomfortable as well as dangerous. It is also hugely inconvenient as on many occasions, my constituents simply cannot even get on the train they needed to because of the overcrowding.” Ms Ewing said the Cabinet Secretary stated that there would be improvements from May - a timescale based on the anticipated end of the electrification process.
“I note her commitment to have both Transport Scotland and Scotrail confirm that,” she added.