Highland rail services hit again by strike action; no trains will run in the region on Monday says ScotRail, due to action by members of the RMT union
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Members of the RMT union have rejected the latest pay offer in their ongoing dispute with ScotRail.
ScotRail has confirmed services will face widespread disruption on Monday as RMT members stage another strike.
The 24-hour stoppage is separate from the RMT’s dispute with Network Rail which has seen disruption across the whole Great Britain railway network on a number of days since July.
A large proportion of ScotRail’s employees are members of the RMT, including in roles such as conductors, ticket examiners, hospitality, station staff, engineering depot staff, train presentation, supervisors, resource co-ordinators, and CCTV operators.
ScotRail says that, on Monday between 7.30am and 6,30pm it wil be able to offer a limuited service only on three routes: Milngavie to Edinbugh Waverley; Glasgow Central to Larkhall and Glasgow Central to Lanark.
The RMT has also advised ScotRail that members will take part in an overtime and rest day working ban as part of action short of a strike from Friday, 14 October, which will also have some impact to services.
ScotRail customers will also see disruption to services on the days prior to October 10 due to strike action by RMT members of Network Rail.
Network Rail’s RMT members will take part in 24-hour strike action on Saturday, October 8, across Britain as part of a separate pay dispute with the track and infrastructure operator, also affecting ScotRail services.
Services will also be affected the following day due to signal boxes across the country opening at different times throughout the day.
Further Information on how strike action will impact ScotRail services can be found here
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, 10 October.
“We remain open to resolving this dispute.”
