Celtic play away to Kilmarnock in the Scottish Premiership this weekend, and thousands of supporters will be heading to Rugby Park to take in the action.
However, if you were planning to travel by train, alternatives will have to be sought with Scotrail not running any services between Glasgow and Kilmarnock on the day.
Planned engineering works on the line have been slotted in for the entirety of Sunday, the train company confirms on their website when looking at timetables.
Celtic have been handed an allocation of 3,971 tickets for the 12pm kick-off, which has sold out, so there will be a fair amount of people descending on the Ayrshire town from the Glasgow area.
The reality is a large bulk of the support will be arriving on supporters’ buses, but consider this a public service announcement in case you had been considering a rail journey!
As an aside, the Celtic Supporter Liason Officer has provided coach parking details and information for approaching the stadium on social media today.
The latest rail disruption comes after recent Scotrail issues from Dalmarnock into Glasgow city centre after the Celtic vs Aberdeen opener a couple of weeks ago.
Public transport is a bit of a hot-button topic in Scotland right now, and the services available to football fans across the country are often under scrutiny. Celtic Park can, at times, feel particularly isolated even on a local level.
Beyond that kind of infrastructure, it’s just becoming increasingly costly and difficult for supporters to travel around the country watching the Bhoys, even if you are a member of a supporters club or travelling by car due to rising fuel costs.
The commitment of fans is often so impressive when we see allocations sold out in stadiums up and down the division.
Ultimately many of them get to head home happy thanks to the impressive performances and results that Ange Postecoglou’s team consistently deliver, and hopefully that’s the case this Sunday too.
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