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Ryan Carroll

Scottish Cup semi-final travel plans confirmed by ScotRail with rival fans kept apart at station

ScotRail have confirmed their travel plans for the Scottish Cup semi-finals this weekend with rival fans set to be kept apart at stations.

It's set to be a busy weekend in Glasgow with two huge football matches taking place over the bank holiday weekend.

First up is the Edinburgh derby, as Hearts meet Hibernian at Hampden Park with a 12.15pm kick off this afternoon.

ScotRail has advised Hearts fans to join the queues on the Carriage Drive, off Hope Street, at Glasgow Central and travel on trains to Mount Florida.

Meanwhile Hibs fans are asked to queue on the main concourse for services to Kings Park.

The same queuing system will apply on Sunday when Celtic and Rangers meet at the national stadium at 2pm.

Rangers fans are being asked to queue on the Carriage Drive for Mount Florida services - and Celtic fans should line up on the main concourse for Kings Park trains.

After the matches, fans are asked to return to the station "promptly" and join the respective queues at Mount Florida for Hearts and Rangers fans, and at Kings Park for Hibernian and Celtic supporters.

To reduce the need to queue on the day, customers are encouraged to buy their return tickets to either Mount Florida or Kings Park in advance via the mTicket system on the ScotRail app.

Scotrail say extra seats will be added to as many trains as possible to help fans travel to the matches - but the train operator is advising supporters to leave extra time for travel as services will be busy.

Queuing systems will be in place at stations before and after the final whistle on both days, which include Glasgow Central, Mount Florida, Kings Park, and other key stations across the network.

Customers are reminded that major improvement works between Rutherglen and Exhibition Centre will impact those travelling to and from the city centre on services which would normally operate via Glasgow Central Low Level.

Many services will be diverted into Glasgow Central High Level or Glasgow Queen Street Low Level, resulting in slightly longer journey times.

A replacement bus service is in operation from Carmyle, Newton, Cambuslang, Rutherglen, Dalmarnock, Bridgeton, Glasgow Central, Exhibition Centre and Partick - however, space is limited.

First Glasgow is also providing extra capacity on their bus services between the city centre, Bridgeton, Dalmarnock, and Rutherglen throughout the improvement works.

Anyone travelling is reminded that "the wearing of a face covering is currently mandatory" on trains and in stations and that "the carrying of alcohol is prohibited".

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