ScotRail have announced that there will be extra services added to the timetable on Thursday, January 5, to ease the disruption caused by the RMT strikes.
The operator previously said that it would be unable to provide a full service, however, it has now added more journeys and more routes.
They will now operate four additional routes all from Glasgow with three from Central going to Ayr, Gourock and Neilston and one from Queen Street heading north to Fort William / Mallaig / Oban.
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There are 12 routes in total that have been added by ScotRail:
- Inverness – Perth.
- Inverness – Aberdeen.
- Inverness – Wick & Kyle.
- Aberdeen – Edinburgh.
- Perth – Edinburgh.
- Glasgow Queen Street – Fort William / Mallaig / Oban.
- Ayr – Stranraer.
- Carlisle – Dumfries.
- Ayr – Glasgow Central.
- Gourock – Glasgow Central.
- Neilston – Glasgow Central
The times of the last trains on these routes will vary but they will generally run until the normal end of service.
Two more strike days are set to take place on Friday and Saturday with the limited timetable being used to ease the travel disruption.
David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “We have worked really hard to add more services to the timetable for Thursday. We’re pleased that customers will have more travel options throughout the day.
“However, we are still advising customers to check their journeys before they travel and we’re reminding them that we will have to revert to our strike timetable on Friday and Saturday, which we know will be really frustrating for them.
“The widespread disruption across the whole Great Britain rail network as a result of the dispute between Network Rail and the RMT is really disappointing coming at a time when we need to be encouraging more people back to the railway.”
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