Travel tips ahead of Hampden semi finals

TRAVEL advice has been issued to football fans travelling to Hampden Park this weekend.

ScotRail is urging fans to allow more time for journeys and to expect services to be busier than normal during a big weekend of football.

On Saturday, January 14, Celtic will play Kilmarnock at 5.30pm, with Rangers then facing Aberdeen on Sunday, January 15, at 3pm, both at the national stadium.

ScotRail will be running as many services as possible to help fans get to the games, including additional trains to and from Mount Florida before and after the matches.

There will also be weekend engineering works on some routes meaning replacement buses will be in operation between Kilmarnock and Glasgow, and between Dundee and Aberdeen. Fans travelling on either of those routes will need to allow more time for their journey as the bus sections will take considerably longer, and there will be fewer seats available.

For those travelling by train, queueing systems will be in place at Glasgow Central before the football and at Mount Florida and Kings Park after the final whistle.

To reduce the need to queue, customers should buy their return tickets to Mount Florida or Kings Park in advance via the ScotRail app or website.

On Sunday separate queues will be in place for Rangers and Aberdeen fans at Glasgow Central Station.

Rangers fans will queue for services to Mount Florida via the carriage driveway on Hope Street, while Aberdeen supporters will queue for services to Kings Park via the main concourse. After the match, Rangers fans should travel home via Mount Florida, while Aberdeen supporters should make their way home from Kings Park station.

Phil Campbell, ScotRail head of customer operations, said: “To help the events run smoothly, we’ll be running as many trains as possible, however, trains will be much busier than normal and engineering works will have an impact, so please plan ahead.”