Date: 04/10/2018

The possible emergency closure of the East Coast Main Line due to a deteriorating bridge could cost Aberdeenshire Council up to £3m a day to cover disruption.
The Abbeyton road-over-rail bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, was shut in July.
Inspections found serious failings in the 170-year-old structure.
It is now to be demolished, but the local authority said an emergency closure could cost £1m to £3m a day. [The bridge is two miles north of Fordoun.]

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The possible emergency closure of the East Coast Main Line could cost Aberdeenshire Council millions of pounds.

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The 12.07 First Scotrail Class 170 Aberdeen - Edinburgh approaches Fordoun on 20 October 2012. Photographed from the road bridge alongside the station site looking north east towards the Network Rail track access point in the middle distance.
Location: Fordoun
Company: Aberdeen Railway
20/10/2012 John McIntyre

The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012.
Location: Fordoun
Company: Aberdeen Railway
20/10/2012 John McIntyre

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