SCOTRAIL has warned anyone planning on travelling on Sunday to check their “entire journey” before doing so.
A temporary timetable is currently in place, meaning less services than usual are available.
On Sunday, for example, the express train from Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh, which usually takes between 40 and 50 minutes, is only running once an hour.
A notice on ScotRail’s website where people can purchase tickets also points out: “For Sundays, additional cancellations may take place at short notice.”
Here’s all you need to know.
When will the temporary timetable end?
It was previously reported that the temporary timetable would come to an end towards the end of September.
In a post on ScotRail’s website, which was last updated on September 6, it says: “You can check your journey using Journey Planner for weekends and Saturdays up to and including Saturday, September 28.
“For Sundays up to and including September 29, you are advised to check your journey on the day of travel.
“Whilst most reduced timetables are showing in journey planners, there may be some additional on the day of cancellations.
“Please also take note of any service updates that may be showing with a warning triangle on your displayed journeys.”
ScotRail further added that anyone wishing to check for updates on their journeys can do so via the ScotRail app or website or through Twitter/X.
Why is a temporary timetable in place?
ScotRail said the temporary timetable is in place as a “result of the ongoing impact of fewer train drivers than normal currently available for overtime or rest day working”.
The operator explained that rest day working and overtime is “still needed to deliver a normal timetable”.
A temporary timetable has been in place since July, when a number of drivers stopped working extra Sunday shifts and overtime due to a pay dispute.
At the end of August, train drivers’ union Aslef said a ballot for industrial action had been withdrawn after a new pay deal was put forward.
The ballot will close on September 25.
