SCOTRAIL passengers saw the introduction of the UK's first blanket ban on alcohol last night as police and rail staff stepped up their presence to enforce the 9pm curfew.
Conductors and station staff, working with British Transport Police (BTP), had been briefed to inform passengers about how the new by-law would operate, with the aim of raising awareness rather than making arrests.
On-train catering trolleys called last orders at 8.30pm, half-an-hour before the ban – which lasts until 10am – took effect.
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