ScotRail is reminding passengers that there will be significant disruption during the week because of strike action.

Amid a pay dispute, around 40,000 RMT union members at Network Rail will strike on Tuesday, January 3, Wednesday, January 4, Friday, January 6, and Saturday, January 7.

While ScotRail staff are not involved, the strikes will impact services as they involve Network Rail staff in Scotland.

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During the strike dates, the train operator will run services on only 12 routes across the central belt, Fife, and the Borders.

These services will begin at 7.30am and finish at 6.30pm, and customers are urged to plan ahead and check their services. 

Only the following services will be in operation: 

Edinburgh Waverley – Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High: two trains per hour   

Edinburgh Waverley – Helensburgh Central: two trains per hour  

Glasgow Central – Hamilton/Larkhall: two trains per hour   

Glasgow Central – Lanark: two trains per hour   

Edinburgh Waverley – Glasgow Central via Shotts: one train per hour 

Edinburgh Waverley – Cowdenbeath: two trains per hour 

Edinburgh Waverley – Tweedbank: two trains per hour 

Edinburgh Waverley – North Berwick: one train per hour 

Edinburgh Waverley – Larbert: one train per hour

Glasgow Queen Street – Larbert: one train per hour 

Glasgow Queen Street – Falkirk Grahamston: one train per hour 

Milngavie – Springburn: two trains per hour 

David Simpson, ScotRail's service delivery director, said: “It’s really disappointing to see more widespread disruption across the whole Great Britain rail network as a result of the dispute between Network Rail and the RMT at a time when we need to be encouraging more people back to the railway.

“For ScotRail, it’s going to mean that we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services between 3 and 7 January, which we know will be really frustrating for our customers.   

“We’re advising customers to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel if they really need to on the days of strike action.

“Customers should check their entire journey in advance to make sure their train is running."