Alastair Dalton Journalist
  • Glasgow
  • National World

Alastair Dalton is a specialist news reporter and columnist for The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News with a strong track record of breaking major Scottish transport stories and providing incisive coverage and analysis of sector issues across online and print. His most recent industry honour was winning the Finance/Business Journalist of the Year runner-up award at the 2020 Scottish Press Awards.

Published In

The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday

Focus Areas

  • Transport

591 Articles
almost 2 years ago
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Crunch time for ScotRail passengers next week with two crucial decisions from Aslef and RMT unions

It’s looking likely to be a crunch week next week for ScotRail passengers.

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almost 2 years ago
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Flybe cancels 700 flights on Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Inverness routes until October

Newly re-launched airline Flybe has cancelled some 700 Scottish flights until October, blaming late delivery of aircr...

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almost 2 years ago
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Ageing CalMac fleet ‘driven hard’ by increased sailings risks more breakdowns

CalMac’s ageing ferry fleet is being driven so hard by increased sailings that faults could happen at any time, its h...

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almost 2 years ago
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New Glasgow Subway trains will run without any staff on board from 2025

Revolutionary new trains due to start running on the Glasgow Subway next year are now scheduled to operate without dr...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rail strike travel 'chaos'? Don't believe all the hype – Alastair Dalton

Just as the summer weather has heated up, so too has the language being bandied about over the rail strikes.

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almost 2 years ago
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Book review: Road to Nowhere – Silicon Valley and the Future of Mobility, by Paris Marx

With electric scooters and autonomous vehicles threatening to make life even more dangerous for pedestrians, Paris Ma...

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almost 2 years ago
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Call for RMT members to reject ScotRail pay deal as second GB-wide strike in separate dispute to ...

Officials of ScotRail’s largest union have recommended members vote to reject its 5 per cent pay offer despite the co...

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almost 2 years ago
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Strike-bound Glasgow Central Station quieter than lockdown – even most trains had vanished this time

It reminded me of New Year’s Day – virtually no trains, but a small band of hopeful and determined passengers.

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almost 2 years ago
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ScotRail forced to slash 264 more services on Wednesday as knock-on effect of signallers’ strike

ScotRail has been forced to cancel hundreds more trains on Wednesday and Friday because of the knock-on effects of th...

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almost 2 years ago
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Caledonian Sleeper charter plan to whisk wedding parties to the Highlands

The Caledonian Sleeper could be chartered to take wedding parties to the Highlands under an innovative proposal for u...

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almost 2 years ago
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British rail strike on a very different track to ScotRail dispute – Alastair Dalton

What has always struck me about railway workers is their fierce pride for the industry.

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almost 2 years ago
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ScotRail to cancel 90% of trains and run only five routes during three days of signallers' strikes

Almost 90 per cent of ScotRail’s train services will be cancelled as the country is next week hit by one of the bigge...

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