A FULL timetable will return to the Fife Circle next week, ScotRail has confirmed.

The train operator has announced that the current temporary timetable will be scrapped from Monday after a pay deal was agreed.

Mark Ilderton, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: "We are delighted to confirm that our full timetable will return on Monday.

"We have been working round the clock to deliver this in a very short space of time because we know how important a full service is to our customers.

"It’s been a difficult few months for our customers and staff, and we thank everybody for their patience.

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"With a pay deal agreed and the full timetable back in place, everyone at ScotRail is focused on delivering a safe, reliable, and green service for our customers."

The news follows the return this week of peak fares in Scotland following the scrapping of an off-peak all-day trial.

The return of peak fares has been questioned by Mid Scotland and Fife MSP Claire Baker who has questioned how the Scottish Government’s control of ScotRail is delivering improvements for passengers.

She said analysis by Scottish Labour has shown that peak time travel during the pilot was almost 40 per cent higher than the same period the previous year, despite the introduction of a temporary timetable.

This could, she added, may mean, that commuters be priced off the trains as a result of peak fares being reintroduced.

“This week’s hike in rail fares will hit passengers pockets and means more people are being priced out of rail travel as a viable option," she said.

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"That the Scottish Government has chosen to reintroduce peak fares when hundreds of services a week are not even running is the latest example of how it is failing to deliver improvements to rail services.

“From the confusion around the announcement of the peak fares pilot, through to its evaluation and demise, the Scottish Government has made a mess of this whole process and it is passengers who have lost out.

“Instead of delivering a reliable and affordable rail service, passengers continue to face reduced timetables and increasing prices. Too many local services have disruption and overcrowding, with passengers at times unable to board trains.

"It is not acceptable for passengers to continue having to pay more for such poor services.”