More misery is on the way next week for Scottish rail passengers.
A national strike by the RMT union on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday will cause major disruption to ScotRail services.
The only ScotRail trains running will be some Central Belt routes.
The news that services connecting the North-east to other parts of Scotland were being axed brought a furious reaction from the local business community.
Fergus Mutch, Policy Adviser at Aberdeen & Grampian Chamber of Commerce, said this morning: "The north-east is simply being cut off by rail during this dispute.
"If ScotRail has capacity to operate a skeleton service, it's not good enough for this to be just in the Central Belt.
"We want at least a.m. and p.m. 'lifeline services' to Aberdeen while strikes are ongoing."
He also told BBC Good Morning Scotland listeners that the rail strikes were more bad news for business following two years of pandemic restrictions and disruption - and the walkouts further delay full economic recovery.
He added: "RMT, Network Rail and the train companies need to urgently get around the table and find a way forward."
Next week's action follows a ballot for industrial action of RMT members at 15 train firms plus Network Rail.
ScotRail was not one of the train operators involved, but it is reliant on Network Rail to run its services.
The recently-nationalised train operator added: "Unfortunately, Network Rail will be unable to open any other signal boxes to operate passenger services on any other routes on the strike days.
"As there will be very limited services running, please only travel if necessary. If you have to travel, you should expect disruption and plan ahead."
Disruption
It added: "On the days following strike action there will be disruption caused by the reopening of signal boxes at different times across the country.
"It may well be early afternoon before many routes are able to operate as normal. This is particularly the case for routes outwith the Central Belt."
ScotRail will only be able to run about 180 services on five routes in the Central Belt.
The train operator usually operates 2,150 services on its full timetable.
It is currently running a reduced timetable of about 1,500 services due to a separate pay dispute with the drivers' union Aslef, which is now asking its members to accept a revised deal.
Events happening in Scotland on next week's strike days include the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh, which runs from Thursday to Sunday, and a Barry Manilow concert at the Hydro in Glasgow on Thursday.
Biggest rail strike
The industrial action, which has been described as the "biggest rail strike in modern history", is expected to involve more than 40,000 RMT members.
This includes staff working for Network Rail Scotland and cross-border train operators LNER, CrossCounty, Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express.
Although ScotRail and Caledonian Sleeper staff are not participating in the strike, their services will also be disrupted.
Network Rail Scotland's route director Liam Sumpter told the BBC: "We understand the disruption this strike will cause and apologise to passengers for the impact on their journeys.
"We are continuing talks with our trade unions to seek a compromise that would avoid this damaging strike action."
The RMT has said it is open to meaningful negotiations, and that its members have been subject to pay freezes, threats to jobs and attacks on their terms and conditions.
The action is separate to the dispute between ScotRail and the Aslef union.
Aslef says it is now recommending that its members accept the deal on the table. Results of the ballot should be known on July 11.