ScotRail has confirmed that there will be no trains on throughout Ayrshire on the first Saturday, Monday and Wednesday of this month.

November 5, 7 and 9 will mark further days of strike action by ScotRail general grades RMT members, following industrial action in October.

It is the result of the trade union’s rejection of an improved pay offer made by ScotRail.

For ScotRail customers, this means a very limited number of services will operate on a limited number of routes, with no trains at all on the Ayrshire lines.

Disruption to ScotRail services will not be confined to the days of strike action and will also impact the day following each day of action – November 6 (Sunday), November 8 (Tuesday) and, November 10 (Thursday).  

It leaves many rugby fans having to seek alternative arrangements if they plan to attend Scotland’s international match against Fiji this weekend.

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While ScotRail will be running a limited service from Milngavie to Edinburgh Waverley (via Glasgow Queen Street low level) - this will only operate until 6.30pm, with the match kicking off in Edinburgh at 1.00pm.

ScotRail is asking customers attending the match to plan ahead if they’re travelling to the game by train.

Long queues at stations are expected when heading to and from the match due to the limited service in place.

A very limited service will be in operation after the final whistle so customers should consider alternative options if they’re not back at the station promptly as travel cannot be guaranteed.

David Simpson, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said: “Once again, it’s really disappointing to see the dispute between Network Rail and the RMT result in more widespread disruption across the whole Great Britain rail network 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, which we know will be really frustrating for our customers.   

“ScotRail customers should expect significant disruption to services on strike days, as well as on the days after industrial action.

“We’re advising customers to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel if you really need to on the days of strike action. Customers should check your journey in advance to make sure your train is running if you’re travelling on one of the days following strike action.”

For more information on how strike action will impact ScotRail services, including ScotRail’s refund policy, visit the ScotRail website at www.scotrail.co.uk/strike.