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Yeah and how is it going to be enforced?ScotRail outlines train drink ban
Alcohol is being banned from Scottish trains in the evenings and mornings, following concerns about drink-fuelled anti-social behaviour.
ScotRail has decided to prohibit the carrying and consumption of alcohol on its services between 21:00 and 10:00, starting on 20 July.
The move was welcomed by police and the government.
Drunk people would be banned from travelling on trains under the crackdown.
Transport police have dealt with at least 260 drink-related incidents in the last six months, while an increasing number of trains have also been delayed, because of anti-social behaviour.
The overnight Caledonian Sleeper train to and from London is exempt from the ban.
ScotRail managing director Steve Montgomery, said: "Anti-social behaviour fuelled by alcohol has no place on our trains or at stations... (read more)
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