Murdo has written to Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop MSP to ask her when the continuing problem of short-running trains being used on the Fife to Edinburgh rail line will end.
The issue happened again at peak time on September 11 when Murdo was about to board a train at Inverkeithing rail station for Edinburgh, on his way to work at Holyrood.
Commenting, he said: “I have been raising the issue of short-running trains on the Fife to Edinburgh service for years now at the Scottish Parliament. Despite numerous promises that this practice will end, it is continuing to cause serious disruption to my constituents.
“On Wednesday last week, at peak commuter time in the morning two successive trains had just two carriages, leaving dozens of commuters stranded and irate on the rail platform at Inverkeithing, meaning they were late for work.
“I last discussed this issue with ScotRail in January when I was told that they would increase the number of rail carriages on the Fife to Edinburgh rail line by the summer but that has obviously not happened.”
Murdo continued: “It is a problem that I have raised several times with the Scottish Government in the Chamber at Holyrood but all we have had are lots of empty promises. I would like to know when this issue will finally be sorted, which is why I have written to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport. I am sure she will agree with me that it is a very unsatisfactory situation that needs addressed.
“I have had many complaints through the years from constituents in Fife about the problem of short-running trains. It is surely time this outdated practice came to an end.”
