For the next week, unlike services operated by most other UK train operators which will be disrupted due to industrial action by members of the RMT and ASLEF trades unions, services operated by ScotRail will be unaffected and will operate as normal.

Although the RMT and ASLEF unions have called for industrial action in their dispute with other train operating companies across the UK, ScotRail staff will not be involved.

For those train operators involved in the dispute, the RMT trade union has called for its members to take strike action tomorrow, Saturday, 29th July. In addition, whilst ASLEF has called for its members at several train operating companies across the UK to withdraw from non-contractual overtime between Monday, 31st July and Saturday, 5th August.

Only a few ScotRail services between Glasgow Central, Dumfries and Carlisle will be affected by the RMT strike action because the dispatch of trains from Carlisle station is the responsibility of other train operators. However, Anglo-Scottish services operated by Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, CrossCountry, London North Eastern Railway, and TransPennine Express will be affected.

Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s Head of Customer Operations, said: “The dispute between the trade unions and other train operators does not involve any ScotRail staff, which means we’ll be able to run our services as normal during the latest industrial action.

“A small number of ScotRail services to and from Carlisle will see some disruption as a result of the planned RMT strike action, so customers travelling on this route should check their train times before leaving for the station.

“We’d also encourage anyone travelling to plan their journey in advance, as we’re expecting our trains to be busier than normal due to customers of other operators travelling with ScotRail.”