THE ScotRail Alliance has vowed to pull out all the stops to keep the Helensburgh and Lomond public moving during the holidays as the rail operator releases its Christmas and New Year train times.
The firm is encouraging people to plan their festive journeys now, as the last trains of the day will depart earlier than normal on both Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve amid a raft of service changes for the festive period.
No trains will run on Christmas Day or New Year’s Day.
On Tuesday, January 2 a reduced service will be in place across much of the country, with trains starting from mid-morning.
All trains will run as normal between December 27 and December 30, with the exception of the Cumbernauld to Motherwell route, which is replaced by buses while improvement works take place.
On Boxing Day a limited service will run in parts of the west of Scotland and routes in and around Glasgow will be replaced by buses to allow improvement works to be carried out.
Details for Helensburgh Central services are as follows:
December 24 last trains:
1940 Edinburgh to Helensburgh
2040 Edinburgh to Bathgate
2057 Airdrie to Helensburgh
1955 Helensburgh to Edinburgh
2055 Helensburgh to Bathgate
December 25:
No service
December 26:
No services before 10am, then a 30-minute frequency from Helensburgh-Partick via Singer.
No trains via Queen Street low level - change at Partick for connections to Glasgow Central low level and the Subway
December 27-30:
Normal service
December 31 last trains:
1940 Edinburgh to Helensburgh
2040 Edinburgh to Bathgate
2057 Airdrie to Helensburgh
1955 Helensburgh to Edinburgh
2055 Helensburgh to Bathgate
January 1:
No service
January 2:
No services before 10am, then a 30-minute frequency from Helensburgh-Partick via Singer.
No trains via Queen Street low level - change at Partick for connections to Glasgow Central low level and the Subway
January 3:
Normal service resumes
Graham Heald, the ScotRail Alliance’s head of customer experience, said: “We will be working flat out to keep people moving during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
“But with many of our customers taking time off work to be with their loved ones, the network is quieter between Christmas and New Year.
“That means it’s an ideal time to carry out vital improvement works while causing as little disruption to our customers as possible.
“There will be changes to train times, so we encourage our customers to plan their journeys now on our app or at scotrail.co.uk.”
A dedicated webpage has been set up to provide customers with holiday train times and information – scotrail.co.uk/christmas
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