ScotRail is reminding golf followers travelling to The 150th Open up at St Andrews to contemplate their travel choices and know what alternate transportation is accessible due to the temporary timetable presently in place.
The educate operator is running a extremely confined quantity of trains to and from Leuchars, the nearest station to St Andrews, throughout The Open up which started off on Sunday 10 July and ends on Sunday 17 July 2022.
The short-term timetable sees trains work around each 60 minutes in between Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Leuchars all over The Open.
On 23 May perhaps, ScotRail launched a momentary timetable to present higher certainty and dependability for buyers as a end result of a considerable quantity of drivers declining to make themselves obtainable for time beyond regulation or relaxation day functioning, as is their appropriate, due to ongoing negotiations all-around driver shell out.
Even though development in these shell out negotiations has been created and the drivers’ union ASLEF put ScotRail’s most current pay out offer you to a referendum of its members with a recommendation to acknowledge, the outcome of this vote was declared on Monday 11 July. Obtain out more about the consequence. However, without having drivers returning to get the job done relaxation days and time beyond regulation, the momentary timetable continues to be in spot.
It will just take a quick interval of time to restore providers as these are based mostly on driver availability and returning to past rosters, however, ScotRail’s aim is to return to a entire timetable at the earliest chance.
ScotRail is advising buyers that house on board trains is pretty limited and no rail alternative transportation is readily available. Clients need to strategy in advance, look at their total journey, and know what alternative modes of transportation are accessible to them and is suggested.
The nearby bus community, operated by Stagecoach, links St Andrews to Dundee, Cupar, Glenrothes and the villages all around the East Neuk of Fife, as perfectly as an convey bus provider connecting to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Far more data on bus services can be located by means of Stagecoach and Moffat and Williamson.
Further Park and Trip services is readily available for enthusiasts travelling to The Open by highway. Spectators travelling to the Championship by vehicle or motorbike will be directed to The Open up Park and Ride web pages by Variable Messaging Signs (VMS) and unique black and yellow celebration signs delivered by the AA. Park and Trip tickets are available on The 150th Open website.
Those travelling by rail are becoming inspired to system ahead and be expecting long queues at stations.
ScotRail has further personnel at stations ready to aid clients, and the train operator is reminding everybody that the carrying and usage of alcohol is prohibited on ScotRail trains and in ScotRail stations.