Strike action hits Forth Valley railways

There will be no trains to Stirling, Dunblane or Alloa today, as strike action hits the Forth Valley.

Members of the RMT trade union are walking out across the country in a dispute over pay.

The only local services running will be two trains an hour to Falkirk High, and one service per hour from Glasgow to Larbert.

The last trains will stop before 6:30pm this evening.

Strike action is also taking place on Saturday.

David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said:  
  
“It is very unfortunate to see such widespread disruption across the whole of the Great Britain rail network and we know this will be frustrating for ScotRail customers.  
  
“Regrettably, this strike action by RMT members of Network Rail means that we will not be able to operate the vast majority of our services during the period of strike action. Customers should expect significant disruption to services on strike days, as well as the following day. 
  
“We are able to operate on more routes than on the previous day of strike action, however, we are still only able to run a very limited number of services on these routes, so we’re advising customers to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel if they really need to.”