Striking Rail Workers On The Picket Line Outside Glasgow Central
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Glasgow Central Station.
Today's picket line at Glasgow Central Station.
Rail strike Scotland: Which ScotRail services are running as fresh strike action begins?
Rail services across Scotland have been crippled again as the nationwide RMT strike begins.
Although the dispute does not involve ScotRail staff, it is having a major impact because of the involvement of Network Rail signallers.
Around 40,000 RMT union members at Network Rail are taking UK-wide strike action on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 6, and Saturday. On strike days, this means ScotRail will run services on just 12 routes across the central belt, Fife, and the Borders between 07.30 and 18.30.
The train operator is warning customers that final services will depart well before 18.30, so customers should plan ahead and ensure they know when their last train will depart.
It says that the limited services are due to the greater reliance on manual signalling outside the Central Belt. Signal boxes are key pieces of Network Rail infrastructure located across the rail network that control train movements.
David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “It’s really disappointing to see more widespread disruption across the whole Great Britain rail network as a result of the dispute between Network Rail and the RMT at a time when we need to be encouraging more people back to the railway.
“For ScotRail, it’s going to mean that we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services between 3 and 7 January, which we know will be really frustrating for our customers.
Today's picket line at Glasgow Central Station.
Rail strike Scotland: Which ScotRail services are running as fresh strike action begins?
Rail services across Scotland have been crippled again as the nationwide RMT strike begins.
Although the dispute does not involve ScotRail staff, it is having a major impact because of the involvement of Network Rail signallers.
Around 40,000 RMT union members at Network Rail are taking UK-wide strike action on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 6, and Saturday. On strike days, this means ScotRail will run services on just 12 routes across the central belt, Fife, and the Borders between 07.30 and 18.30.
The train operator is warning customers that final services will depart well before 18.30, so customers should plan ahead and ensure they know when their last train will depart.
It says that the limited services are due to the greater reliance on manual signalling outside the Central Belt. Signal boxes are key pieces of Network Rail infrastructure located across the rail network that control train movements.
David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “It’s really disappointing to see more widespread disruption across the whole Great Britain rail network as a result of the dispute between Network Rail and the RMT at a time when we need to be encouraging more people back to the railway.
“For ScotRail, it’s going to mean that we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services between 3 and 7 January, which we know will be really frustrating for our customers.