Falkirk rail passengers travelling between Christmas and New Year are being advised there may be some disruption to services due to engineering works.
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Network Rail will complete a range of vital infrastructure improvement works at locations across Scotland over the festive period.
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All the information you need for travelling over Christmas and New Year.
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Until we get tangible outcome, action will be on, says RMT leader after talks with transport secretary. The RMT's Mick Lynch said that rail strikes planned around Christmas would still go ahead but added that the union had started a dialogue after a first meeting with the new transport secretary, Mark Harper. The Rail, Maritime and Transport union general secretary said he did not expect the secretary of state to be at the table but had been promised a constructive letter setting out his position and said Harper had got rid of the bellicose nonsense from one of his predecessors, Grant Shapps.
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Greater Anglia, Stansted Express and c2c services hit by London Liverpool Street closure. Rail passengers face disruption over Christmas as Network Rail carries out 300 engineering projects. The government-owned infrastructure management company said more than 95% of the network would be open but urged travellers to plan their journeys in advance.
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Vast majority of the rail network - more than 95% - will be open for business as usual for passengers travelling by train over the festive period. Most of the £120m upgrade work planned for when passenger trains don't run such as on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and overnight to keep passengers moving over the holidays. Some routes will be affected by essential work, passengers advised to plan journeys in advance.
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Some trains into Edinburgh from Aberdeen will be diverted via Stirling, causing delays. Some Glasgow trains will be scrapped. ScotRail, LNER and CrossCountry are hit.
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Vast majority of the rail network - over 95% - will be open for business as usual for passengers looking to travel by train over Christmas and New Year. Most upgrade works planned for when passenger trains aren't running - such as overnight, Christmas Day and Boxing Day - to minimise disruption. But some routes will be affected by the essential works taking place, so passengers should plan ahead. Passengers who must wear a face covering in busy indoor settings unless they are exempt can continue to travel with confidence this Christmas.
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ScotRail has published all the information needed for travel over Christmas and New Year, including timetable alterations due to engineering work.
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Vast majority of the rail network - over 95% - will be open for business as usual for passengers looking to travel by train over Christmas and New Year
Most upgrade work planned for when passenger trains don't run - such as overnight, Christmas Day and Boxing Day - to minimise disruption. But some routes will be affected by the essential work taking place, so passengers should plan ahead
Passengers - who are asked to wear a face covering in busy indoor settings unless they are exempt - can continue to travel with confidence this Christmas.
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Hogmanay revellers travelling between Edinburgh and Glasgow on New Years Eve are set to be hit with travel chaos as rail engineering works will shut down a line on the route.

From December 27 until December 31, all lines will be closed between Glasgow Central and Motherwell which will prevent ScotRail, LNER and CrossCountry services running on the line.
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The shutdowns have yet to be added to timetables used by officials at National Rail Enquiries. Passenger watchdogs warned the engineering schedule could be even more disruptive.
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Rail passengers are being urged to plan their journeys ahead this festive season as timetables will change over New Year.

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Railway passengers in Glasgow are being reminded of disruption throughout the festive period, as Network Rail begin works in city stations.

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British Transport Police (BTP) will ramp up patrols across Scotland's railway network over the Christmas period to tackle anti-social behaviour and ensure Covid-19 government guidelines are followed.
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Christmas is going to look a little different this year but we'll still be here.
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As the rail industry works together to help people travel with confidence this Christmas, passengers are asked to plan in advance and book their outward and return journeys. 95% of the network is running as usual over the Christmas and New Year period, with essential engineering work taking place at key locations
Upgrade work will improve train reliability for passengers on several routes and boost connectivity between England and Scotland on the East Coast Main Line.
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Christmas is coming early this year for Scottish students, thanks to a massive 50 per cent discount on tickets from Scotlands Railway.
University students will be able to take advantage of half price travel on any off-peak ScotRail service until 24 December.
And, the train operator is getting into the festive spirit even more by simplifying the process of buying the tickets.
All a student needs to do is turn up at a staffed ticket office with their ID, jump on board and head home to their loved ones.
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The RMT rail union called today for police to enforce passenger limits on Christmas trains along with higher penalties to ensure safe festive travel.
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A Christmas travel tsar has been appointed in an effort to avoid transport chaos during the festive period. Sir Peter Hendy, the chairman of Network Rail, will scrutinise whether train, air and road networks are ready for millions of people making trips over the five-day window when coronavirus restrictions are eased, the Department for Transport said.
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Peak fares to be withdrawn to give customers greater flexibility and help maintain social distancing onboard trains.
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Passengers, and freight customers, will benefit from more than £16m of investment in Scotland's Railway over this Christmas and New Year. Engineers will be relaying track, renewing junctions and refurbishing structures across the country with work taking place in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth and Inverness. In Glasgow, a key line into Glasgow Queen Street High Level station will be affected from Christmas Day until January 2 while engineers renew points - rails which move to allow trains to cross from one track to another - and replace over 1km of track at Cadder. This will have an impact on some services in and out of Glasgow Queen Street, but alternative routes between Glasgow and Edinburgh will be available. A number of services will continue to run. On the south side of the Clyde, engineers will be working from New Year's Day until the early hours of January 4, to renew junctions and life-expired track between Muirhouse and Eglinton Street, near Glasgow Central. In Stirlingshire, engineers will be delivering a range of works to renew track, upgrade signalling and level crossings while in Perth and Inverness works will be delivered to improve track at both stations.
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The only inter-city train on Boxing Day is a single round trip from London to Birmingham on Chiltern Railways.
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