ScotRail's new timetable, which will see almost 700 fewer train services a day, begins on Monday as the deadlock over driver pay continues.
The move, which will see the last train on many routes departing before 8pm, follows a third Sunday of disruption.
Drivers' union Aslef has argued a 2.2% pay rise is not acceptable at a time of soaring inflation.
Employment minister Richard Lochhead said he understood the pressures but urged "sensible" pay claims.
since the 8th of May, hundreds of trains have been cancelled when many drivers opted to not work overtime.
Aslef and the RMT union are both balloting members for strike action after rejecting the pay offer.
Ministers insist that scaling back the number of services under the new temporary timetable will reduce the amount of cancellations.
But hospitality and entertainment businesses have warned the transport situation will affect their income, while some commuters are concerned they could be struggling to get home using the rail network.
The original timetable had approximately 2,150 weekday services, but from Monday this will be temporarily reduced by a third to 1,456.
Politicians have criticised the move which comes after a Scottish government owned company took over the running of ScotRail last month.
The previous operator Abellio has its franchise ended early amid criticism of the quality of the service.
More than 300 services were cancelled on Sunday before the temporary timetable came into place.
ScotRail's service delivery director David Simpson conceded that the temporary timetable would see a reduction in service but said it would also provide customers with "a level of certainty and reliability".
"I hope we have this in place for a short a time as possible because we recognise the disruption it is causing to people," he told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme.
"We need to sit down and talk against the background where everyone is clear that we need to compromise. The demands of 10, 11% are just not sustainable in the current economic climate of the railway. We need to find a way round that."
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