RAILSCOT | Storm Alex disrupts rail travel as rainwater floods tracks [Press and Journal]

Storm Alex disrupts rail travel as rainwater floods tracks [Press and Journal]

02/10/2020
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Date: 04/10/2020

Trains in the north and north-east of Scotland are facing significant disruption due to the adverse weather conditions, with a section of track in Aberdeenshire found to be flooded and an Inverness to London train cancelled.

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