Scotrail to put on extra trains out of Glasgow for Scotland v Ukraine clash

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Scotrail has agreed to lay on an extra 13 train services to get Scotland fans home from this week's World Cup qualifier against Ukraine.

The publicly owned railway operator had previously ruled out putting on additional services on Wednesday night, meaning that fans descending on Hampden from outside of Glasgow would be stranded after the match.

But following a huge public outcry the operator has agreed to put on an additional baker's dozen of services to and from Glasgow on June 1.The new trains will get fans back home from the city centre after departing Mount Florida - the nearest station to Scotland's national football ground.The services to be introduced are:22:45 Glasgow Queen St – Edinburgh22:45 Edinburgh – Glasgow Queen St23:45 Glasgow Queen St – Edinburgh23:46 Edinburgh - Glasgow Queen St23:15 Glasgow Queen Street - Edinburgh23:22 Glasgow Queen St – Stirling23:30 Glasgow Central – Ayr23:21 Glasgow Central – Gourock23:24 Gourock – Glasgow Central21:47 Glasgow Central – East Kilbride22:28 East Kilbride - Glasgow Central23:17 Glasgow Central – East Kilbride23:05 Glasgow Central – Neilston 4/4Scotrail said in a tweet: "We said we’d do our best to put on extra late-night services for supporters going to the Scotland vs Ukraine World Cup play-off at Hampden on Wednesday and we’ve been working hard to do that.

We’ve managed to schedule these extra services."The move has been welcomed by football fans who may otherwise have been stranded in Glasgow after the match, which is expected to finish at around 9.30pm.One wrote: "Credit where credit’s due - that’s a far better outcome than was being suggested a few hours ago."A third of Scotrail services have been canned in recent days due to an ongoing dispute between the