Helping supporters TO the match. But afterwards ...

[whole diary]

[grahame]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-61636041

Phil Campbell, ScotRail's head of customer operations, said: "We know this is a massive match for the Scottish national team and we are looking forward to helping supporters travel to Hampden to play their part in the occasion. It's also an honour to welcome Ukraine fans to Glasgow.

Good on them ... would be good to provide trains for fans to get home too

Scotland fans have been warned to plan ahead to get home from the World Cup play-off match against Ukraine on Wednesday.

Many who want to travel further than Glasgow city centre are unlikely to be able to get home by train.

ScotRail is operating an emergency timetable which has cut the number of trains running in the evening.

Final services to most of Scotland's cities will leave before kick off at 19:45.

Some additional trains and extra seats have been laid on within the city, allowing fans to travel between Glasgow Central and stations near Hampden Park.

But the latest service outside Glasgow will be to Edinburgh, due to depart Glasgow Queen Street station at 22:15.

Even if the match finishes after 90 minutes - at 21:30 - fans will be unable to leave Hampden and get to Queen Street in time for the last train.

The final service to both Aberdeen and Dundee will leave Glasgow at 19:45 - according to the ScotRail app - while the latest anyone can return to Dumfries would be 19:07.

Those hoping to head back to Inverness will be unable to do so after 19:07 and those hoping to return to Perth will need to make the 19:37 service.

[infoman]

I thought that after Nicolas Sturgon took scotrail back under her wing,things could have been "easier"

But it just proves that the auditors and accountants still hold sway over the trains that run,north of the border.

[TaplowGreen]

This would NEVER happen with a nationalised  railway, run for the benefit of the people, not profit! .......errrrrr.....