Misery for rail passengers as numerous cancellations on Scotrail services to Glasgow Central

Rail passengers faced a series of delays between Kilmarnock and Glasgow Central with a number of cancellations on morning services.

Trains to Glasgow Central faced significant delays with replacement buses in operation. Picture; John Devlin

Rail passengers in the Kilmarnock faced delays after the 5.22am, 6.20am, 6.52am, 7.20am and 7.55am trains to Glasgow Central were all cancelled.

According to Scotrail, overrunning engineering works were responsible for the delays with trains being unable to operate between Kilmarnock and Glasgow until at least 8am. Scotrail also warned that delays could be faced throughout the day with replacement bus services put in place.

There were also reports that numerous ticket machines in Glasgow Queen Street were not working leading to massive queues at the station and further disruption.

Abellio, who operate Scotrail, have been hit with £1.5 million fines so far regarding poor service with a petition calling for the service to be stripped of the contract attracting 20,000 signatures.