Rail strikes will halt train services in and out of Glasgow over the next week.

Strikes are due to take place tomorrow, Saturday and next Monday by Aslef and RMT unions.

The strike on Wednesday by Aslef drivers will not directly affect ScotRail services but will have an impact on passengers travelling on Avanti West Coast services to and from London.

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On Saturday, October 8, the RMT union has called a national strike over pay talks with Network Rail and some train operating companies.

It will affect services in the city and only ten ScotRail routes will operate on the day.

Glasgow to Edinburgh, Edinburgh to Helensburgh, via Glasgow Queen Street low level, and Glasgow Central; to Edinburgh via Shots.

Glasgow to Hamilton and Larkhall with two trains per hour.

Glasgow to Lanark with two trains per hour.

Glasgow Queen Street to Larbert, one train an hour, Queen Street to Falkirk Grahamston, one train per hour, and Milngavie to Springburn with two trains per hour.

On the evenings of October 7, and the morning of October 9, there will be disruption caused by the closing and reopening of signal boxes at different times across the country.

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On Monday, October 10 ScotRail conductors, ticket examiners, hospitality staff, engineers, train presentation, and ticket office staff will take part in an RMT strike.

ScotRail said: “We will now work on contingency plans for services that day.”

It said it will update customers on its website “as soon as it has information available”.

The strikes come as unions have asked for a meeting with the First Minister to discuss the future of the network.

Aslef, Unite, the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) and the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) have written to Nicola Sturgeon a year on from the  ‘Vision for Scotland’s Railway’ report where they outlined their hopes for the network such as removing peak fares, extending concessionary bus travel to the train network and modernising rolling stock.

Aslef’s Kevin Lindsay said it is time for the Scottish Government to “pick whose side they are on”.

He said: “We would therefore respectfully like to request a meeting with you as soon as possible.

“In so doing we hope that we can agree on a common purpose that rejects the vision for decline, and which instead sees us work together towards the building of world-class rail services in Scotland.”