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Thursday 17 Jun 2021

Tartan Army urged to check before they travel

Region & Route:

Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

• London-bound services will be extremely busy 

• ScotRail services affected by strikes on Sunday

Fans heading for London for the Scotland-England game are being urged to make sure they have booked their travel before arriving at Glasgow Central or Edinburgh Waverley.

Train services from both stations will be extremely busy and fans should only expect to travel if they have booked their ticket and reserved their seat.

Fans are also being reminded that industrial action will affect the majority of ScotRail services on Sunday, June 20.

Fewer than 15 per cent of ScotRail trains will be running on Sunday because of ongoing strike action by the RMT.

To help keep Glasgow Central operating smoothly and get fans where they need to be, a queueing system will be in operation for football fans travelling to London and the Hampden matches.

Designated queuing points will be set up on the main concourse on match days to help manage the flow of fans onto services and to limit the numbers boarding each train.

Fans are reminded that they will be expected to have a valid match ticket if boarding the special services for Hampden and are being urged to allow plenty of time for their journey.

To help manage the additional crowds in the stations, more staff will be deployed on Euro 2020 match days.

Central and Waverley are also currently managing an enhanced cleaning regime due to COVID-19 and touch-points like handrails, door handles and lift buttons are being sanitised throughout the day using anti-viral cleaning agents. The station toilet facilities are also undergoing increased cleaning.

Ross Moran, Network Rail Scotland head of operations delivery, said: “We’re urging fans to plan their journeys in advance and to consider how they will return home again after the game.

“Cross-border services will be much busier than usual, and fans should book their seat in advance.

“Fans arriving back into Edinburgh and Glasgow on Sunday should also bear in mind that industrial action means the majority of ScotRail services will not be running.”