ScotRail has announced there will be no services on the Dalmuir, Balloch or Helensburgh routes during the latest round of RMT strike action.

Members of the RMT union across the national rail network will strike on Saturday, October 29 after the trade union rejected an improved pay offer.

It will be the second day of strike action for the members following industrial action on Monday, October 10. 

For customers, it means another day of travel chaos for anyone hoping to travel to or from local stations.

Scotland's men's rugby team are also playing in Edinburgh on that day, meaning added strain across network resources.

David Simpson, ScotRail service delivery director, said: “We’re really disappointed that the dispute with the RMT remains ongoing, given the strength of the improved pay offer ScotRail made.  

“Further strike action has a damaging effect on railway’s recovery at a time when we should be encouraging more people to travel. Instead, our customers are being severely impacted and our staff losing out through lost wages.  

“Regrettably, we won’t be able to operate the vast majority of our services on Saturday, 29 October, and customers should expect significant disruption to services due to the large proportion of ScotRail staff who are members of the RMT trade union. 

“We’re advising customers, including rugby fans intending to travelling to Scotland’s first autumn international at Murrayfield, to seek alternative means of transport and to only travel by train if they really need to. 

“We remain open to resolving this dispute.” 

More than 2,000 ScotRail employees are members of the RMT, including in roles such as conductors, ticket examiners, hospitality, station staff (including train dispatch), engineering depot staff, train presentation, supervisors, resource co-ordinators, and CCTV operators – though not all employees in these roles are trade union members. 

There will be no service except on three routes - linking Milngavie with Glasgow and Edinburgh, Glasgow and Larkhall, and Glasgow and Lanark - and even these will only run between 7.30am and 6.30pm.