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• Majority of services on routes across Scotland will be unaffected by RMT strike

• Some local services from Glasgow Central to be reduced on Christmas Eve

• No disruption expected to cross-border operations

• No impact on published Boxing Day timetable

· 80% say plans make them more likely to use the train

· Events held around the north setting out vision for rail in the region

· Overwhelming majority support Network Rail’s plans to improve rail network

• Morgan Sindall to build new £25m Haymarket station

• BamNuttall awarded £27m bridgeworks contract

• Carillion to deliver £3m of track alterations