The RMT union said the timetable plans could cause 'industrial carnage' amid an ongoing pay dispute.
ScotRail could cause "industrial carnage" with plans to axe up to a third of services during an ongoing pay dispute, a union has warned.
Mick Hogg, RMT Scotland organiser, told BBC Scotland: "We're talking about a 30% cut in trains over the piece and to me it can only be described as an absolute shambles. Alongside a ballot of UK workers over Network Rail cuts, which closes on 26 May, Mr Hogg said it was "safe to say that industrial carnage is days away".Aslef described ScotRail's proposals as the biggest cuts to rail services "since the dark days of Beeching" in the 1960s.
ScotRail said it was looking at how to deliver "greater timetable certainty and reliability for customers" while the problems continued. He added: "Unfortunately, since Aslef announced it would ballot for strike action, a significant number of drivers, but not all, have declined to make themselves available for overtime or rest day working."ScotRail has been run by a company owned by the Scottish government since 1 April.
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