ScotRail passengers are set for a week of chaos as a strike by signal workers will bring a halt to around 95 per cent of traditional services.
The strikes are set to take place on Tuesday June 21, Thursday 23 and Saturday 25 but rail operators warn that disruption should be expected throughout the week.
The railway is understood to be operational between 7.30am-6.30pm on June 21, 23, and 25.
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Edinburgh – Glasgow via Falkirk High: will run two trains per hour
Edinburgh – Bathgate: will run two trains per hour
Glasgow – Hamilton/Larkhall: will run two trains per hour
Glasgow – Lanark: will run two trains per hour
Edinburgh – Glasgow via Shotts: will run one train per hour
Union members of RMT who work for Network Rail are expected to be on strike, causing Scotrail to announce that they will only be able to run 100 services on the strike days along five routes in the Central Belt.
To understand the scale of the disruption it is worth mentioning that ScotRail would traditionally run 2,150 services on a full timetable.
However at the moment they operator is only running around 1,500 services due their own pay dispute with drivers’ union Aslef.
Those reliant on rail travel supplied through ScotRail are being urged to make alternative arrangements to travel on these days.
RMT members from Network Rail Scotland and cross-border train operators LNER, CrossCounty, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express will also take part in the action.
David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “It is very unfortunate to see such widespread disruption across the whole of the Great Britain rail network and we know this will be frustrating for ScotRail customers.
“Regrettably, this strike action by RMT members of Network Rail means that we will not be able to operate the vast majority of our services during the period of strike action. Customers should expect significant disruption to services next week, including on the days between strike action.
“On the five routes where we are able to operate a very limited service on strike days, we’re advising customers to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel if they really need to.”
