East Kilbride: Busy commuter train line closes for four months

Customers travelling between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central have been asked to consider alternative rail routes.

However, the disruption will leave East Kilbride, one of Scotland’s largest towns, without a train service for four months as alternative routes do not provide access to the town.

Services on the Barrhead line and other neighbouring routes, which serve some of the same stations, will continue to operate as normal.

ScotRail said it would add additional carriages to services on nearby routes, but services at peak times are expected to be busy.

ScotRail said rail replacement buses would operate from East Kilbride, Hairmyres, Busby and Clarkston.

However, passengers from Giffnock and Thornliebank are advised to use other stations.

Thorntonhall will have a rail replacement shuttle service to and from Hairmyres.

Scotrail offered a list of alternative travel options for each affected station on its website, external.