West Lothian commuters are in for more misery as Scotrail announced further strike action for Monday.
Trains will be limited to 7.30am to 6.30pm between Milngavie and Edinburgh via Bathgate, running two an hour.
Workers will walk out on Monday, October 10 after the RMT union rejected the latest pay offer.
An improved pay offer was made on Tuesday but the details of that were not made public.
The RMT union confirmed on Thursday afternoon that it would not be recommending members accept it.
Phil Campbell, ScotRail Head of Customer Operations, said: “We’re really disappointed that the dispute with the RMT has reached this outcome, given the strength of the improved pay offer ScotRail made.
“This strike action does nothing for the railway’s recovery at this fragile time. It will severely impact our customers and it will also cost our staff through lost wages.
“Due to the large number of ScotRail staff who are members of the RMT, ScotRail customers should expect significant disruption to services on Monday, 10 October, as we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services."
Mick Hogg, RMT Scottish organiser, said: “The five per cent goes nowhere near the cost of living crisis and constitutes a pay cut, not acceptable to RMT members.
“RMT members are not prepared to sit back and watch the bosses get richer at the expense of the workers who deliver for ScotRail... the five per cent is a kick in the teeth, therefore we want more."
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