ScotRail train route shut for two weeks as passengers face major disruption

ScotRail train route shut for two weeks as passengers face major disruption ScotRail services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Dumfries, Carlisle and Stranraer will be replaced by buses as major track works obtain underway.

Key points

• Services between Barrhead and Kilmarnock and Dumfries will be replaced by buses between August 29 and September 11.
• While Network Rail carries out improvements around Kilmarnock station, replacement buses will operate on a number of routes from Saturday, August 29.
• There will again be no scheduled services between Kilmarnock and Ayr or Stranraer on Sunday, September 13.
• ScotRail services connecting Glasgow Central with Kilmarnock, Dumfries, Carlisle and Stranraer will be affected by major engineering works from this weekend.
• On Saturday, September 12, buses will replace trains between Barrhead and Kilmarnock and Carlisle.

Rail passengers face two weeks of disruption as a busy route is closed for £13.5million of track upgrades.

For context, the works are designed to remove existing restrictions on the railway which at present mean trains have to slow down as they pass through the station.

On the Kilmarnock to Stranraer route, replacement buses will run between Kilmarnock and Troon from Monday to Saturday.

Passengers travelling from Troon will then be able to connect with trains running to and from Ayr.

There will be no scheduled train services between Kilmarnock and Ayr or Stranraer on Sundays during the works.

Network Rail is investing £13.5million in the project. It will see the track layout through Kilmarnock station modernised.

Engineers will upgrade the track leading into platforms three and four from the south, allowing trains to enter the station at higher speeds.

Parts of the track applied by southbound trains leaving platform four will additionally be rebuilt and simplified.

For context, the changes are projected to reduce wear on railway equipment and improve reliability.

On platform three, a section of track applied by trains changing lines will be moved further away from the station.

Network Rail notes this will provide southbound services a smoother and faster route out of Kilmarnock.

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