Rail union to put new pay deal to members after talks to end row resume A TRAIN driver’s union will put a new 4.2 pay offer to members as Scotland’s railway moves closer to a return to normal. The National (Scotland) · May 26, 2022
ScotRail table improved staff pay offer in bid to end rail crisis Driver shortages linked to a pay dispute have caused misery for passengers across Scotland Daily Record · May 26, 2022
Extra ScotRail train services to be announced soon, says Jenny Gilruth THE announcement of extra train services could come on Thursday or Friday, Scotland’s Transport Minister has said. The National (Scotland) · May 26, 2022
Anger over reduction of train services in South Ayrshire South Scotland Conservative List MSP, Sharon Dowey, has expressed major concerns that services in South Ayrshire have been slashed by 28 per cent since Monday. Daily Record · May 26, 2022
Lanarkshire locals 'paying price' for Scotrail timetable reduction, fumes MSP Scotrail started operating a reduced timetable earlier this week. Daily Record · May 26, 2022
Scotrail travel fears ahead of World Cup match at Hampden The train operator insists it has a "plan" to cope with the thousands of football fans expected to descend on Glasgow as they run a reduced timetable across the country. Glasgow Live · May 25, 2022
ScotRail hopes to prevent travel chaos for Scotland's World Cup play-off clash next week More than 700 services were slashed from ScotRail's schedule from yesterday amid a pay dispute with train drivers' union Aslef. Daily Record · May 24, 2022
Plans are in place to get fans home from Scotland qualifier, says Jenny Gilruth PLANS are in place to ensure Scotland fans can get to and from Hampden Park for the World Cup qualifier against Ukraine next week amid major cuts… The National (Scotland) · May 24, 2022
Unions accused of disrespect after saying transport minister 'lied' SCOTLAND's transport minister has accused unions of a lack of respect after being told she lied over a ScotRail dispute that has led to cuts to… The National (Scotland) · May 24, 2022
What is the dispute on UK railways and could strikes be biggest in modern history? The RMT has balloted about 40,000 members for industrial action over pay and cuts The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2022
ScotRail to hold talks with union in effort to resolve pay dispute Train operator has axed more than 1,000 services after drivers rejected pay offer and refused overtime The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2022
Edinburgh passenger 'forced to get bus' to East Lothian with wife after Scotrail cuts Maurice Popplestone, who lives in Edinburgh, regularly travels to Musselburgh, East Lothian, with his wife. Last week, they had to resort to taking the bus after multiple ScotRail services were cancelled. Edinburgh Live · May 23, 2022
ScotRail's train times and cancellations explained as reduced timetable kicks The temporary timetable is Scotrail's biggest cut to services in half a century Daily Record · May 23, 2022
ScotRail boss says train driver demands for 10% pay rise ‘unsustainable’ A reduced timetable began this morning, with more than 700 services cut across the country Insider UK · May 23, 2022
Daily Record · May 23, 2022 West Lothian train services face delays and disruption amidst national driver shortage A temporary timetable will be enforced due to a 'significant' number of drivers refusing to work overtime for Scotrail
Daily Record · May 23, 2022 ScotRail and Aslef say no talks planned to end dispute as passengers hit by cuts The Scottish Government has said work is under way to recruit more train drivers and reliance on rest-day working must stop.
Edinburgh Live · May 23, 2022 New Scotrail timetable comes into effect with Edinburgh services among those cut Scotrail cut 700 services across the country with Edinburgh seeing the last train leaving from Glasgow leaving at 10:15pm instead of 11:45pm. The cuts follows a pay dispute with Scotrail drivers.
The National (Scotland) · May 23, 2022 ScotRail’s reduced timetable begins amid driver dispute SCOTRAIL'S reduced timetable began on Monday, with more than 700 services cut across the country.
Insider UK · May 23, 2022 Employment Minister urges Scots to be 'sensible' over pay He warned that if people 'take wrong decisions we could end up with a recession'
Daily Record · May 23, 2022 ScotRail's reduced timetable starts today amid driver dispute with 'travel misery' to hit passengers Changes to the timetable were confirmed on Wednesday but will come into effect today as commuters prepare to grapple with a significantly reduced number of services.
The National (Scotland) · May 22, 2022 Minister ‘hopes’ rail strikes will not continue into summer Minister Richard Lochhead has not ruled out the possibility that disruptions surrounding the ScotRail pay dispute could continue into summer and…
Daily Record · May 22, 2022 SNP Minister mocked for maintaining government cannot intervene in rail dispute as 700 services are cancelled Richard Lochhead insisted that the government could take no part in the pay dispute in the state-owned train service that is resulting in services being cut across Scotland
Daily Record · May 20, 2022 ScotRail's 'dispute-busting' timetable a disappointment in Invergowrie After waiting years for hourly trains to connect Invergowrie with Perth and Dundee, the new timetables been shrunk by ScotRail to cope with a driver shortage.
Edinburgh Live · May 20, 2022 ScotRail service cuts will ‘absolutely not’ last until next summer, says transport minister The controversial changes to the train service timetables start on Monday and will impact many who commute in and out of the capital every week.
Daily Record · May 20, 2022 ScotRail service cuts won't last until next summer as SNP minister admits 'network is dependent on rest day working' The nationalised rail operator will cut around 700 services from Monday in response to train driver shortages caused by a disagreement with the union Aslef which has seen some drivers decline to work overtime or on rest days.