ScotRail have announced that a number of Edinburgh trains will be temporarily cancelled after a dispute with staff drivers.
The travel operator stated on Wednesday (May 18) that the amount of disrupted services in the last couple weeks was 'not acceptable', and has now created a new temporary timetable.
Beginning on May 23, the new reduced timetable is hoped to ensure reliability for passengers after ScotRail drivers refused to work overtime or on rest days.
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Currently in disagreement with the driver's union ASLEF, the row over pay has seen a selection of Scottish train services cancelled or delayed.
Speaking this week, ScotRail said a new temporary timetable has now been created from Monday to Friday, with a Saturday list still to be finalised.
ScotRail is currently working on temporary timetables for Saturdays, which will be broadly similar to the Monday to Friday timetable, as well as timetables for Sundays, and will update customers in the coming days.
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David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said:
“We are very sorry to customers for the disruption of recent days. We know what customers want more than anything is certainty and reliability, which is why we are introducing a temporary timetable.
“We want to resolve this dispute with the trade unions and move forward together to provide the safest, greenest, and most reliable railway we can for Scotland. We remain open to further talks with the trade unions.
“We’re asking customers to check their journey on our website, mobile app, and through our social media channels as train times will have changed.”
