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Scotrail has been praised for its response to a racist tweet from a customer.

The train company put a Twitter user in his place after he "made a complaint" about the ethnicity of the train's driver.

The man tweeting under the name Ali Roberts wrote: "You have a Pakistani driving one of your trains....do you really think that's safe?"

A member of Scotrail's social media team then responded: "Yes. Very safe. Feel free to walk instead."

The response has been praised online with almost two thousand people liking the post.

While 85 people responded to thank the train company's team for making a stand against the racist comment.

The country's Transport Minister Humza Yousaf wrote: "Well done @Scotrail - Putting racists firmly in their place!"

While another wrote: "Definitely puts them in their place. People like this don't deserve to use public transport."

Following complaints from people on Twitter, the original tweets were removed by 'Ali Roberts' and he has since deleted his account.