Misery for Renfrewshire rail commuters as strikes cripple network

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Gilmour Street train station resembled a ghost town yesterday as the first day of crippling strike action by Network Rail workers took place.No trains passed through the usually busy station, with no services running in Renfrewshire.Indeed, just five routes ran throughout West Central Scotland after RMT members downed tools in the first of three days of strike action scheduled for this week.Renfrewshire Live, the new free app dedicated to bringing you around the clock breaking news, is now available to download.Powered by the Paisley Daily Express, Renfrewshire Live is your go-to source for news, features and sport with live coverage provided direct to the app, seven days a week.The dedicated team of experienced journalists, responsible for the publication of the award-winning Express, will focus on breaking news, day and night, across Renfrewshire’s towns and villages.There is also a dedicated St Mirren section that will follow every kick of the ball with the Buddies.Available on both Android and Apple.

Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocialWould-be commuters were turned away from a normally packed Gilmour Street by rail staff, with Neil Bibby warning the UK government were in danger of standing by as the country was "dragged back to the 1980s".That led to the Paisley-based MSP calling on the government to "get a grip" of the crisis.The Scottish Government's Transport Minister Jenny Gilruth - who herself presided over a recent row with train drivers' union ASLEF - has waded into the dispute, writing to the UK Government urging them to "do more to resolve" the issue.In the letter to Grant Shapps, Ms Gilruth called for the UK Government to do more to resolve the dispute which will significantly affect operations in