Scotrail services cancelled the day after national strike
Some routes will see reduced services following the RMT walk-out
Scotrail services will remain disrupted today (Wednedsay) as a knock-on effect from the first of three planned one-day strikes affecting the network across the UK with many early morning train services cancelled.
Network Rail members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union began industrial action on Tuesday, and will continue on Thursday and Saturday this week.
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ScotRail said while the large signalling centres at Yoker, West of Scotland and Edinburgh will be able to operate from 7.15am, this will not be the case at manual boxes elsewhere and it may well be early afternoon before many routes are able to operate as normal.
This is mainly due to a delay to the start of services as signallers and control room staff are not doing overnight shifts.
The train company said this is particularly the case for routes outside the Central Belt.
Severely reduced services
Some routes, including the Dundee to Aberdeen and Dundee to Glasgow routes, will only see one train running on Wednesday.
Inverness to Glasgow will only see three services running in the afternoon, with Glasgow to Perth and Stirling services just running one train each in the evening.
ScotRail has advised passengers wishing to travel on Wednesday and Friday to look on its website for updated timetables as services will be more reduced than normal.
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Two more strike days
The RMT industrial resumes on Thursday with 40,000 members of the RMT union and 13 train operators in a bitter dispute over pay, jobs and conditions.
ScotRail said it is only able to run services on just five routes on these days, which will only operate between 7.30am and 6.30pm.
Gordon Martin, RMT regional organiser for Scotland, said the strike is the last resort for members and said they were looking for a "meaningful offer" to resolve the dispute.
Nick King, a spokesman for Network Rail in Scotland, said a modernised railway could improve its pay offer for staff by passing on savings.