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A campaign has been launched, calling for Scotrail to stop skipping train stops.

More than 700 people have signed a petition which accuses Scotrail of "skipping stops to make up time."

The petition on 38degrees.org claims Scotrail skips stops in order to "manipulate performance statistics" – a practice which the rail firm branded "factually incorrect" and "extremely misleading."

The campaign, started by Lynn Reid, claims that "commuters have has enough of the daily train lottery".

The petition reads: "Despite Scotrail claiming skipping stops is a last resort, on a number of routes it appears to be a daily occurrence:

"Commuters are paying for a service and the service they are receiving is not acceptable. Is it too much to ask that trains start where they are supposed to, stop at timetabled stops and actually reach their destination?"

The petition follows the news that ScotRail fares have increased by an average of 3.2%, with peak tickets going up by 3.6%.

Transport union RMT hit out at ScotRail, saying the rise - the biggest in five years - comes at a time when earnings are falling in real terms.

A spokesman for Scotrail said: "It's extremely misleading and absolutely untrue what the petition has published, that we skip stops to meet targets. Whenever we miss a stop, we fail targets and it affects our performance, so it actually counts against us."

For more information, or to sign the petition, head here.