No ScotRail services will be running in Dumfries and Galloway tomorrow due to strike action.
Staff in the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union (RMT) will walk out in the latest round of industrial action over pay.
Members have rejected a five per cent pay offer and have already imposed an indefinite overtime ban.
As a result of the strike action, ScotRail will be running limited services on just three routes in the central belt.
And rail passengers will be hit by more strikes next week, with RMT members at Network Rail and several train operators, including TransPennine Express and Avanti West Coast, taking action on November 5, 7 and 9 due to a dispute over pay and conditions.
The action had been due to start on November 3 but was pushed back so as not to clash with the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Day.
RMT general secretary, Mick Lynch, said: “Our focus in this dispute is the rail employers who have yet to make an offer that will create the conditions for a negotiated settlement.
“I call upon the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to unshackle the rail industry so they can come to a settlement with RMT.
“We will vigorously pursue our industrial campaign until we achieve a deal.”
Although not one of the train operators involved in this dispute, ScotRail will be affected as Network Rail is responsible for infrastructure.
Previous strike days have seen them run no services in Dumfries and Galloway, an approach taken by TransPennine Express, while Avanti West Coast offered a significantly reduced timetable.
Avanti West Coast will also be hit by strike action on November 6.
A Rail Delivery Group spokesman said: “We are frustrated that the RMT leadership has decided to take further strike action. Given their recent call for ‘intense negotiations’ we had hoped they would give our staff and customers a much-needed break from the disruption and lost pay of the last five months.”
