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Holly Lennon

ScotRail Glasgow football fans warning ahead of Scottish Cup semi-finals this weekend

It's set to be a busy weekend in the city with two major football matches to take place over the Bank Holiday weekend.

With thousands of football fans set to descend on Hampden, ScotRail has urged anyone travelling by rail to plan ahead.

The weekend marks the first time in the Scottish Cup's 148-year history that derby matches will decide the cup finalists.

Today, Hearts will meet Hibernian at Hampden Park with kick-off at 12.15pm.

ScotRail has advised that Hearts fans should join the queues on the Carriage Drive off Hope Street at Glasgow Central and travel on trains to Mount Florida, while Hibs fans will queue on the main concourse for services to Kings Park.

The same queuing system will apply on Sunday when Celtic and Rangers are due to meet at the stadium for a 2pm kick-off. Rangers fans are being asked to queue on the Carriage Drive for Mount Florida services, and Celtic fans should line up on the main concourse for Kings Park trains.

After the matches, fans are asked to return to the station promptly and join the respective queues at Mount Florida for Hearts and Rangers fans, and at Kings Park for Hibernian and Celtic supporters.

To reduce the need to queue on the day, customers are encouraged to buy their return tickets to either Mount Florida or Kings Park in advance via the mTicket system on the ScotRail app.

Extra seats will be added to as many trains as possible to help fans travel to the matches but the train operator is advising supporters to leave extra time for travel as services will be busy.

Queuing systems will be in place at stations before and after the final whistle on both days, which include Glasgow Central, Mount Florida, Kings Park, and other key stations across the network.

Customers are reminded that major improvement works between Rutherglen and Exhibition Centre will impact those travelling to and from the city centre on services which would normally operate via Glasgow Central Low Level.

Many services will be diverted into Glasgow Central High Level or Glasgow Queen Street Low Level, resulting in slightly longer journey times.

A replacement bus service is in operation from Carmyle, Newton, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Dalmarnock, Bridgeton, Glasgow Central, Exhibition Centre and Partick, however, space is limited.

First Glasgow is also providing extra capacity on their bus services between the city centre, Bridgeton, Dalmarnock, and Rutherglen throughout the improvement works.

Anyone travelling is reminded that the wearing of a face covering is currently mandatory on trains and in stations and that the carrying of alcohol is prohibited.

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