Reduced Stagecoach bus service in Ayrshire as second day of strike action starts
Several Stagecoach services in Ayrshire have been reduced or cancelled completely as drivers walk out for the second time in a dispute over pay and conditions.
Bus services across Ayrshire have been hit by the latest in a series of strikes by drivers.
Stagecoach drivers based in Ayr, Ardrossan, Arran and Kilmarnock all walked out for the second time this morning, Monday, June 2 after rejecting a pay deal.
Some services are still running limited timetables today including the X76 and X77 services from Kilmarnock and Ayr to Glasgow as drivers from other depots fill in.
In total, 45 services across the county won't run today including the X36 from North Ayrshire to Glasgow.
Other services which will operate on a limited timetable include the 1 from Kilmarnock to Priestland, the 4 from Ayr to Kilmarnock the 11 from Kilmarnock to Ardrossan, the 14 from Ayr Hospital to Irvine, the 42 from Ayr to Muirkirk, the 43 from Ayr to New Cumnock and the 52 from Ayr to Bellsbank.
The 323 and 324 full-island loop services on Arran will run as normal but the remaining services on the island have been cancelled.
Unite the Union members - including around 430 drivers in Ayrshire - voted 98 per cent in favour of taking industrial action after they rejected a four per cent pay offer which the union said came with 'strings attached'.
Stagecoach have said that drivers in Dumfries and Galloway have accepted an 11.8 per cent pay offer over two years but the same offer was rejected by drivers in Ayrshire.
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at the end of April after an initial wave of strikes across seven separate day in May was announced.
Further strikes are planned for Friday, June 6 before a sustained six weeks of walkouts from Monday, June 9 and lasting until Monday, July 21.
For full details of the temporary timetables and details of cancelled services while industrial action is ongoing, visit Stagecoach's website.
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