SCOTRAIL is warning train travellers to check for disruption on Thursday after today's 24-hour strike.
Many services will not operate, or will only run over part of their usual route, on Thursday as a knock-on effect of Wednesday’s industrial action.
The RMT union announced three days of strike action across the Great Britain railway network resulting from a pay dispute with Network Rail.
The dispute does not involve ScotRail staff but had a major effect on the company’s services because Network Rail staff in Scotland are among those who have walked out.
Many of the Network Rail staff who are part in the planned industrial action occupy safety-critical roles such as signalling and maintenance, meaning ScotRail has been unable to operate the vast majority of services.
ScotRail says that larger signalling centres will not be able to operate until 7.15am on Thursday – meaning that anyone intending to catch an early train on July 28 faces the prospect of disruption.
The company has published a full list of the services it says will be disrupted on the morning of Thursday, July 28.
On the routes north-west of Glasgow, to and from Dalmuir, Balloch and Helensburgh Central, the following services will be disrupted.
Altered services:
0607 Edinburgh-Helensburgh: starts from Yoker at 0748
0625 Helensburgh-Edinburgh: starts from Bathgate at 0756
0637 Edinburgh-Helensburgh: starts from Airdrie at 0734
0654 Helensburgh-Edinburgh: starts from Garscadden at 0727
0659 Whifflet-Dalmuir: starts from Yoker at 0800
0703 Larkhall-Dalmuir: starts from Yoker at 0815
0709 Dalmuir-Motherwell: starts from Garscadden at 0718
0717 Dalmuir-Larkhall: starts from Hyndland at 0735
0730 Dalmuir-Cumbernauld: starts from Hyndland at 0745
0738 Balloch-Airdrie: starts from Hyndland at 0817
0739 Dalmuir-Whifflet: starts from Garscadden at 0748
0841 Airdrie-Balloch: starts from Dalmuir at 0910
Cancelled services:
0532 Airdrie-Helensburgh
0547, 0617 and 0647 Dalmuir-Larkhall
0547, 0556, 0617 and 0624 Motherwell-Dalmuir
0552 Dalmuir-Edinburgh
0554 Helensburgh-Edinburgh
0601 Dalmuir-Airdrie
0601 and 0633 Larkhall-Dalmuir
0608, 0638 and 0708 Balloch-Airdrie
0609 and 0700 Dalmuir-Motherwell
0611 and 0637 Dalmuir-Balloch
0615, 0644, 0714 and 0844 Airdrie-Balloch
0617 Cumbernauld-Dalmuir
0619 Bathgate-Helensburgh
0640 Dalmuir-Whifflet
0649 Dalmuir-Helensburgh
Further 24-hour strikes by the RMT are planned for Thursday, August 18 and Saturday, August 20.
For full details of disrupted services across the whole of the ScotRail network on Thursday, click here.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here