PASSENGERS are finding it increasingly hard to find a seat on peak-period trains as the number of ScotRail services without enough spaces has shot up by 50% in five years.

More than 2600 trains a year were classed as not having enough carriages or being too small to meet the increased demand during the morning and afternoon peak in both 2010 and 2011, according to Government data released to The Herald following a Freedom of Information request.

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