A local train provider has vowed to deliver nearly £93,000 worth of surplus food to people in need. 

Over the last year, Avanti West Coast has donated nearly 40 tonnes of food from onboard its trains and first-class lounges that would have otherwise gone to waste.

The rail company will join up with local charities, food banks and other organisations in Glasgow to distribute items of food including eggs, olives, crisps, fruit, sandwiches, soft drinks and porridge.

The Marie Trust, who have received packages from the operator, said donations allowed the charity to provide a variety of meals to the vulnerable. 

Frances McKinlay, Chief Officer of The Marie Trust, said: “The donations we received from Avanti West Coast was incredible.

"It enabled us to provide a variety of meals to homeless and vulnerable house individuals during the pandemic who otherwise would have really struggled to have any consistency in their diet.

"The food we received went out the same day we received it as we had over 90+ people experiencing food poverty and insecurity presenting to The Marie Trust for assistance daily.

"Without this invaluable support, we would have struggled to provide a balanced diet and meet the demand placed upon us to provide food provisions to homeless people and people in vulnerable households who were shielding.”