ScotRail has added more services to its timetable today following two days of New Year strike action. The operator has confirmed 23 services across the network will operate on Thursday, after initially advising the same limited service as strike days would run.Network Rail workers who are members of the RMT union took two days of strike action on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, with a further two days of action on Friday and Saturday.
Routes will generally run until the timetabled final service, but passengers should check the website and ScotRail app.In addition to the 12 services already planned for today, 11 further routes have been added to the timetable.
These include trains from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Perth and Inverness, with services travelling to Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire, the west coast and the Highlands.The UK-wide pay dispute is becoming increasingly bitter, with the union accusing the UK government of "deliberately blocking" attempts to reach a settlement.
Gordon Martin, the RMT's regional organiser in Scotland claims ministers were seeking to impose conditions the RMT "cannot and will not accept" including driver-only operation on trains, the closure of booking offices and cuts to maintenance schedules.He told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland on Wednesday morning: "The men and women we represent are very keen to be back at work serving the public, rather than standing on picket lines fighting for a fair offer.
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