ScotRail’s service has been getting so good over the last six months, it is now not only one of the best-performing railways in Britain - but it’s actually on the same level as big companies across Europe.

That’s the claim made this week by ScotRail Alliance operations director Perry Ramsey.

Mr Ramsey was making reference to figures issued by the rail provider in which it highlighted how train service performance has only been improving.

In the four weeks to March 31, just over 93% of ScotRail trains met their set time targets.

This is 0.7% better than the same four-week period last year - and 0.1% better than the previous four weeks.

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In that same period, the same performance in England and Wales was just 90.7%, meaning ScotRail’s annual average performance figure is 90.3% against England and Wales’ paltry 87.4%.

A jubilant Mr Ramsey said: “This was another period where our people delivered a great service for our customers.

“We are now consistently delivering one of the best-performing railways in Britain. In fact, the levels we are now operating at are on a par with the big operators across Europe.”

He also described how “we are entering into an exciting time for our railway.”

He continued: “In a matter of weeks, the electrification of the line between Edinburgh and Glasgow will be finished.

“This will allow us to bring into service the brand new faster, longer, greener trains that will deliver more seats and shorter journey times.”

And, as if that wasn’t enough, he added: “Following that, our fully refurbished fleet of inter-city trains will give customers a better, more comfortable and faster way to travel between the seven cities of Scotland, better connecting Aberdeen, Inverness, Dundee and the Central Belt.

“Alongside the continued roll out of our queue-busting smart tickets, we are transforming the way people travel.”

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The somewhat surprising news comes in the same week thousands of angry Glaswegians have signed a petition to demand “world-class transport” for the city as rail and bus issues continue to cause misery for many.

Created just two days ago, the petition has garnered close to 3,000 signatures.

It describes how most people in Glasgow rely on public transport to get around and that “only 49% of households have cars.”

It adds: “Yet our public transport network is a total mess.”

It has also demanded an efficient and stronger ‘London-style’ system.