Passengers reminded of strike action hitting ScotRail services across the country today
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No ScotRail services will run to or from the Highlands today.
Members of the RMT union are on strike in an ongoing pay dispute with ScotRail.
Last Thursday the union rejected ScotRail’s latest improved pay offer and announced that it would go ahead with the 24-hour stoppage today.
The only train services due to run today are in the central belt – between Milngavie and Edinburgh; Glasgow and Lanark and Glasgow and Larkhall.
The RMT has also advised ScotRail that its general grades members will take part in an overtime and rest day working ban as part of action short of a strike from Friday, October 14, which will have some impact to ScotRail services until the dispute is resolved.
No details of exactly what that impact will mean for passengers has been announced yet.
ScotRail services were also disrupted yesterday following strike action on Saturday by RMT members of Network Rail across the Great Britain rail network. This was due to signal boxes across the country opening at different times throughout the day as strikers returned to work.
The RMT has also advised ScotRail that its general grades members will take part in an overtime and rest day working ban as part of action short of a strike from Friday, October 14, which will have some impact to ScotRail services until the dispute is resolved.
Information on how this strike action will impact ScotRail services can be found on the ScotRail website at Industrial Action – ScotRail.
Phil Campbell, ScotRail head of customer operations, said: “We’re really disappointed that the dispute with the RMT has reached this outcome, given the strength of the improved pay offer ScotRail made.
“This strike action does nothing for the railway’s recovery at this fragile time. It will severely impact our customers and it will also cost our staff through lost wages.
“Due to the large number of ScotRail staff who are members of the RMT, ScotRail customers should expect significant disruption to services on Monday, 10 October, as we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services.
“We’re advising customers to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel if they really need to on Monday, October 10.
“We remain open to resolving this dispute.”
