Train passengers are being warned to expect "significant disruption" across ScotRail services next week as unionised railway workers go on strike.
Network Rail staff affiliated with the RMT union are set to walk out on Tuesday December 13, Wednesday December 14, Friday December 16 and Saturday December 17 if a pay deal is not agreed on by Monday. Members are currently being balloted on the pay offer, which union bosses are telling them to refuse, with further strikes planned for over Christmas and in January.
While ScotRail staff are not directly involved in the strikes, staff absences across Scotland's railway will see services hampered. ScotRail itself says that many of the staff expected to strike are in "safety-critical roles" such as signalling, affecting the number of trains they can put on during the industrial action.
