Commuters will be facing travel chaos from Tuesday morning as industrial action grinds train services to a halt.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union will be staging five days worth of strikes across December after a pay deal was rejected. Network Rail Scotland staff will be taking part and as they carry out essential work, the majority of trains cannot run in Scotland.
ScotRail released their revised timetable warning travellers to expect significant disruption either side of the strike days too as signal boxes open and close. Union members are set to walk out on Tuesday December 13, Wednesday December 14, Friday December 16 and Saturday December 17.
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RMT also announced additional December dates, and staff are expected to strike from 6pm December 24 to 6pm December 27. Then in January further dates include 3, 4, 6 and 7, impacting those trying to travel through the festive period.
Edinburgh trains running on December strike days
ScotRail have announced the following services to and from Edinburgh for Tuesday December - Saturday 17.
Services will only run on a dozen routes across the central belt, Fife and the Borders between 7.30am and 6.30pm. Those services are:
- Edinburgh Waverley – Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High: two trains per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – Helensburgh Central: two trains per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – Glasgow Central via Shotts: one train per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – Cowdenbeath: two trains per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – Tweedbank: two trains per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – North Berwick: one train per hour
- Edinburgh Waverley – Larbert: one train per hour
There will also be some disruption on the day after December 18 as signal boxes open and close.
You can see more information at Scotrail.co.uk
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