ScotRail’s new timetable starts on Sunday 19 May and the train operator is asking customers to take a minute to check their journey for any changes.
The timetable improvements will add thousands of extra seats for customers, with more new trains meaning there are now 115,000 more seats every day since 2015.
Customers can check train times at scotrail.co.uk and on the ScotRail app. Timetables can also be downloaded from the ScotRail website.
ScotRail will enhance services with the introduction of more high-speed trains and brand-new class 385 electric trains.
With 20,000 seats being added to services, the total number of weekday seats available for customers is now 625,000 – a massive increase of 115,000 since 2015.
The completion of the electrification of the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts line provides even more improvements with a new hourly service at Breich, and more than 3,500 extra seats on weekdays.
The rail operator will also withdraw more class 314s from service as part of the continuing process of delivering a better standard of service for customers.
Some of the other improvements include:
- Glasgow to East Kilbride: the first phase of enhancements on the route with more peak services operating with six carriages, providing more than 1,000 additional seats on weekday services.
- Glasgow to Barrhead: strengthening of some services to four carriages during peak periods and an additional 3,000 seats on weekdays.
- West Highland Line: additional services added to the West Highland Line on Sundays through the winter period between Glasgow, Fort William and Mallaig.
- Edinburgh to Glasgow via Shotts: almost all services operated with electric trains, providing an extra 3,500 seats on weekdays.
- Glasgow to Lanark: the introduction of brand-new class 385 electric trains providing more comfortable journeys on the majority of services.
- Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High: more 42-minute journeys and an average journey time of just 47 minutes on weekdays.
- Edinburgh to Stirling, Alloa and Dunblane: all services will be operated by brand-new class 385 electric trains, with faster journey times and 1,500 extra weekday seats.
- Glasgow to Stirling, Alloa and Dunblane: all services will be operated by brand-new class 385 electric trains, with faster journey times and 4,000 extra weekday seats.
Further timetable improvements will be delivered in December 2019.
ScotRail Operations Director David Simpson said:
“Sunday will see the introduction of timetable changes that will deliver even more improvements on Scotland’s Railway, with the investment in new trains and infrastructure providing faster journeys, more seats and more services for our customers.
“We are now providing 115,000 extra seats every day since Abellio took over the franchise in 2015, and everyone across the ScotRail Alliance is working flat out to deliver the service that our customers expect and deserve.”