ScotRail confirms Highland train services won't be affected by strike action on Scottish Cup Final weekend

TRAINS in the Highlands are set to run as normal despite strike action taking place next weekend.

ScotRail has confirmed that its services will operate as normal on Friday, June 2 and Saturday, June 3 – when Inverness Caledonian Thistle are set to take on Celtic in the men’s Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park.

Members of the RMT trade union plan to take strike at a number of train operating companies across the UK on Friday, while ASLEF – which represents train drivers –are expected to take strike action the following day.

The industrial action is a result of a dispute between the trade unions and a number of other train operating companies across the UK, and does not involve any ScotRail staff.

Phil Campbell, ScotRail 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 operate as normal on Friday, 2 and Saturday, 3 June, apart from a small number of services to and from Carlisle.

“While we look forward to welcoming passengers to our services, we would encourage those travelling to plan ahead as our trains will be busier than usual due to customers of other operators travelling on our services."

The only ScotRail services to be impacted are between Glasgow Central / Dumfries and Carlisle, due to train dispatching at Carlisle station.

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