ScotRail is warning passengers in Scotland of "significant disruption" to services as staff prepare for strike action. Network Rail workers that are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are staging two 24-hour stoppages: on Saturday, October 1, and Saturday, October 8, as part of a dispute over pay.
It comes amid a wave of industrial action on the railways, which will also see RMT members working for ScotRail walk out on strike on Monday, October 10. On October 1 and October 8, ScotRail will run 379 trains - one more than it was able to put on during strike action in August.
While the rail operator usually runs about 2,150 services per day, over the next two Saturdays, it will only run trains on 11 routes across the central belt, Fife, and the borders. David Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said that the "vast majority" of services would not be running, resulting in "significant disruption".
