Rail passengers told 'do not travel' as workers strike today in fair pay demand

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Passengers have been warned not to travel unless 'absolutely necessary' today as train services are slashed by another walkout by rail workers across several companies in an ongoing row over pay.

Only a handful of services are expected to run on key routes in Scotland for part of the day, with some areas of the country having no services all day.Unions Aslef and the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) have voted "resoundingly" to take strike action against the companies they say have failed to give rail workers a pay rise matching inflation.Network Rail workers who are members of the RMT are staging two 24-hour stoppages on Saturday, October 1 and Saturday, October 8, as part of a dispute over pay.ScotRail has warned passengers that "significant disruption" will be expected on the network as signallers and safety critical staff walk out as part of the RMT strikes.The rail operator has urged travellers to check the app and website ahead of travelling.While the rail operator usually runs about 2,150 services per day, over the next two Saturdays it will only run trains on 11 routes across the central belt, Fife, and the borders.

On October 1 and October 8, ScotRail will run 379 trains - one more than it was able to put on during strike action in August.

While ScotRail drivers are not striking, drivers across other companies such as LNER and the TransPennine Express will walk out on Saturday.