Last updated: 17 January 2024
Significant disruption to ScotRail services across the central belt due to Network Rail engineering works - January 29 until February 1.
Customer advice is essential travel only.
Safety-critical engineering works by Network Rail on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow railway line from January 29 until February 1 will mean significant disruption to Scotland’s Central Belt. ScotRail is advising customers that essential travel only is recommended on the affected routes.
Network Rail will install a specialist netting system on a rock cutting above the railway, which will help prevent potential rockfall from a cutting on the line – improving safety for colleagues and customers.
The project will mean significant disruption with our advice to customers is that they should only travel on the following routes if their journey is essential:
- Glasgow-Edinburgh via Falkirk High services will terminate at Linlithgow.
- There will be no train service between Edinburgh Waverley and Linlithgow.
- A limited number of replacement buses will be available between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Park station, with ticket acceptance in place with Edinburgh Trams for travel between Edinburgh Park and Haymarket and Waverley.
- Dunblane-Edinburgh services will terminate at Falkirk Grahamston.
- There will be no train service between Edinburgh Waverley and Falkirk Grahamston.
- A limited number of replacement buses will be available between Falkirk Grahamston and Edinburgh Park station, with ticket acceptance in place with Edinburgh Trams for travel between Edinburgh Park and Haymarket and Waverley.
- Edinburgh-Helensburgh/Milngavie services will terminate at Bathgate.
- There will be no train service between Edinburgh Waverley and Bathgate.
- A limited number of replacement buses will be available between Bathgate and Edinburgh Park, calling at Livingstone North and Uphall, with ticket acceptance in place with Edinburgh Trams for travel between Edinburgh Park and Haymarket and Waverley.
- Inverness to Edinburgh services will run via Fife and will not call at Stirling.
Journey times between Linlithgow and Bathgate and Edinburgh will be at least 40 minutes longer via a rail replacement bus to Edinburgh Park and onward journey via tram to the city centre.
There are also local bus services available. Please note capacity may be limited and rail ticket acceptance is not in place. Customers wishing to use these services should purchase tickets directly from the relevant bus operator:
- McGill’s – X38 service between Stirling-Falkirk-Polmont-Linlithgow-Edinburgh.
- Citylink:
- 900 service between Glasgow-Edinburgh.
- 902 service Glasgow-Livingston-Edinburgh Airport.
- 909 service Dunblane-Stirling-Edinburgh.
- Lothian Country:
- X18 service between Armadale-Bathgate-Uphall-Edinburgh.
- X27 Bathgate-Livingston-Edinburgh.
- X28 Bathgate-Livingston-Edinburgh via Kirknewton.
For timetable and other information on these bus services, please visit www.travelinescotland.com For timetable and other information on these bus services, please visit www.travelinescotland.com
Customers looking to travel directly between Edinburgh and Glasgow can use the following routes which depart and terminate at Glasgow Central. There will be limited additional capacity and journey times are around 30 to 50 minutes longer compared to services via Falkirk High:
- Edinburgh and Glasgow via Shotts.
- Edinburgh and Glasgow via Carstairs.
We understand the disruption this will cause to customers journeys, but it is essential that Network Rail carries out these works. We thank customers for their patience.