Trains disrupted by hot weather [BBC]





Date: 09/07/2013

Rail services have been disrupted around Edinburgh after high temperatures on the track affected signalling equipment. Network Rail said temperatures on the tracks had reached 43C at Kincardine in Fife and they had also registered 38C to 40C on rails across the country.


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Trains disrupted by hot weather
Waverley Station

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Rail services are disrupted around Edinburgh after high temperatures on the track affected signalling equipment.

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