East Kilbride weekend train services cancelled due to electrification works

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Trains between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central face further cancellations due to electrifications works. The East Kilbride and Barrhead corridors are being upgraded as part of wider plans to decarbonise all rail passenger services in Scotland by 2035.

This saw trains between East Kilbride and the city cancelled this weekend, with no services next weekend either due to preparatory works on the line.

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Plans to dual the line - as well as electrify - between East Kilbride and Busby were ditched after a sudden U-turn last October via and announcement from Transport Scotland.