The ScotRail Alliance is urging customers on the Aberdeen to Inverness route to check their journey times before they travel, as improvement works are taking place over the coming weeks.

Due to track replacement and improvement works, buses replace trains on four weekends from February to April, with late evening services being revised. Customers may find that their train is replaced by a bus for some or all of the journey.

To avoid disappointment, the train operator is encouraging customers to plan ahead and check their journey plans on the ScotRail app or at scotrail.co.uk.

A ScotRail Alliance spokesperson said: A ScotRail Alliance spokesperson said: “These are vital works and we are doing everything we can to keep our customers moving during them. We appreciate their patience as we work to deliver a better railway for Scotland.”