ScotRail advises passengers travelling to The Open Championship

The prepare operator is operating a really restricted variety of trains to and from Leuchars, the closest station to St Andrews, throughout The Open which began as we speak (July 10), and ending subsequent week.

Trains from Carlisle and Scotland stay the identical.

The momentary timetable sees trains function roughly each 60 minutes between Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Leuchars all through the occasion.

On Could 23 ScotRail launched a brief timetable to supply higher certainty and reliability for purchasers on account of a big variety of drivers declining to make themselves obtainable for time beyond regulation or relaxation day working, as is their proper, as a consequence of ongoing strike negotiations.

Whereas progress has been made and the drivers’ union ASLEF has put ScotRail’s newest pay supply to a referendum of its members with a advice to simply accept, the results of this vote can be introduced tomorrow (July 11).

ScotRail is advising clients that house on board trains may be very restricted, and no rail substitute transport is accessible, so clients ought to plan forward, verify their complete journey, and know what different modes of transport can be found to them and is suggested.

The native bus community operated by Stagecoach hyperlinks St Andrews to Dundee, Cupar, Glenrothes, and the villages across the East Neuk of Fife, in addition to an categorical bus service connecting to Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Further park and trip amenities can be found for followers travelling to The Open by highway.

Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s head of buyer operations, mentioned: “We’ve been working carefully with key companions, together with The R&A, Fife Council, and Transport Scotland, and we’re doing every thing we will to play our half and help journey to the historic occasion, however regrettably, our momentary timetable will nonetheless be in place all through The Open.

“This implies there’s a very restricted variety of trains to and from Leuchars – the closest station to the course – so we urge followers to plan forward and think about their journey choices.

“House on board our trains is restricted, so I’d urge anybody travelling to The Open to think about different modes of transport as there can be considerably lengthy queues at stations and we might not be capable to get you to the course.”

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