Delayed trains after track damage at Stonehaven [Kincardineshire Observer]





Date: 18/06/2012

Police are investigating damage on a stretch of railway track approximately 3 miles west of Stonehaven at Auquhirie.

The damage was brought to the attention of British Transport Police at around 1am by a train driver.

Many rush hour trains have been cancelled or disrupted and delays are likely to contine.

Limited replacement buses will operate from Laurencekirk to Aberdeen for trains terminating there, passengers can also alight at Montrose for a local bus service to Aberdeen.

[Near the former Dunnottar Signal Box. ]


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Delayed trains after track damage at Stonehaven

Kincardineshire Observer

Police are investigating damage on a stretch of railway track approximately 3 miles west of Stonehaven at Auquhirie.

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