ScotRail has announced that its temporary timetable is to end despite over a hundred staff still off due to covid.
The train operator cut its services at the height of the omicron wave due to staff shortages.
More than 450 members of staff were off in early January due to contracting the virus or having to self-isolate.
As a result, the decision was taken to cut the number of services operating to give 'greater certainty' for customers with the majority of changes impacting the central belt.
As of Monday (February 14), ScotRail will be reintroducing the timetable that was in operation in early December, which delivers around 2,000 services a day.
The operator has said that around 150 staff remain absent due to covid, including 50 drivers, but relaxing restrictions mean they are able to return to greater normality.
David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “The introduction of some temporary changes to our timetable was important for our customers, providing a level of certainty during a challenging time.
“Those changes have allowed us to keep people moving across the country, and our staff worked flat out to run a safe and reliable railway in really difficult and continually changing circumstances.
“We still face significant challenges, with 150 staff absent, but with things improving, and restrictions across Scotland being relaxed, we are now able to safely reintroduce our full timetable of around 2,000 services a day.
“The pandemic is not over yet and we will still face some disruption due to staff absence, but we are confident of providing a reliable service for our customers.”
Customers are reminded that the mandatory wearing of a face-covering remains in place for the entirety of their journey, which includes on trains and in stations – both enclosed and open-air platforms.
