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Date: 30/03/2010

Train services on the East Coast main line have been suspended north of Berwick after two landslips. Network Rail said there were landslips on the northbound and southbound tracks close to the town of Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders.


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Train services on the East Coast main line have been suspended north of Berwick after two landslips.

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21/02/2020Rail commuters face month of chaos due to landslip repairs [Daily Record]
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16/01/2020Glenfinnan Viaduct is the back drop to railway protection work [Network Rail]
05/08/2019Caledonian Sleeper forced to cancel service as West Highland Line closes due to landslip [Press and Journal]
05/08/2019Weather warnings as heavy rain causes landslides [BBC News]
14/06/2019England flooding: Flood passengers stranded on rescue train [BBC News]
22/03/2019Mammoth project to move 50,000 tonnes of earth on West Cumbrian coast line [Network Rail]
08/08/2018Train derailment in Lochaber caused by rapid thaw of snow [Scotsman]
08/07/2018Turkey train derails en route to Istanbul, killing 24 [BBC News]
03/04/2018Lynton and Lynmouth cliff railway closed after landslip [ITV News]
25/01/2018Glasgow-Edinburgh railway line closed for second day [BBC News]
24/01/2018Landslip closes main Glasgow-Edinburgh railway line [BBC News]
22/01/2018Train trapped by tonnes of mud after landslip [BBC News]
19/02/2017First scheduled steam train service used by 5,500 people [BBC News]
14/02/2017Settle-Carlisle line: Tornado powers 12 scheduled services [BBC News]
03/11/2016Tramway suggested as solution to Stromeferry Bypass [BBC News]
16/09/2016Train derailed in 'landslide' near Watford Junction [BBC News]
15/08/2016Landslide debris cleared from Highland railway line [BBC News]
12/08/2016Landslide blocks Highlands railway line and road [BBC News]
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19/12/2012Mudslide derails BNSF train near Everett [KOMO News]
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18/07/2012Passengers escape uninjured in two separate landslide incidents on Scotlands railways [Scotsman]
12/07/2012Boulder 'likely cause' of West Highland line derailment [BBC News]
29/06/2012Landslides and fire disrupt rail services as rains hit Scotland [BBC News]
29/04/2012Two taken to hospital after train derails [Telegraph]
27/04/2012Highland Chieftain train stopped in its tracks by landslide [Highland News]
11/04/2012Rockfall road set for full reopening [Ross-shire Journal]
19/03/2012Road traffic allowed onto railway at Stromeferry [BBC News]
15/03/2012Rubber mats laid on railway at Stromeferry [BBC News]
31/01/2012Work has begun to repair a heritage railway line embankment in Gloucestershire [BBC]
06/01/2012Cars on rails to end 140-mile detour in Wester Ross [BBC News]
08/12/2011Five-tonne landslip closes Highland railway line [STV]
23/04/2011Gloucestershire Warwickshire railway line reopens [BBC]
17/11/2010Fierce weather blocks Cornish main line [Rail-News]
12/04/2010Landslide derails Italian train leaving 9 dead [BBC News]
22/10/2009Harwich line passenger services suspended till 9 November [Network Rail Article]
22/08/2008Rail services resume after floods [BBC News]
16/04/2008Rail strike threat looms [Channel 4 News]
18/01/2008Landslip closes busy railway line [BBC News]
03/10/2007Work will close key 120-mile rail link for nine days [Scotsman]
20/07/2007Railway line blocked by landslip [BBC News]
22/06/2007Landslide causes rail disruption [BBC News]
11/08/2004Weather leads to service cancellations in Scotland [Railscot]
18/11/2002Weather impacts on ScotRail's performance [Scotsman]
10/11/2002Line blocked by landslip near Larbert [Railscot]
01/11/2002Landslide at Hartwood [Railscot]
23/10/2002Service disruption and reinstatement [Railscot]
22/10/2002Flooding affects services [Railscot]
30/07/2002'Monsoon' disrupts services [Railscot]
29/10/2001Mudslide closes Kyle of Lochalsh to Strathcarron [Railscot]
02/01/2001Landslide near Gleneagles [Railscot]
28/07/2000Flooding of the East Coast Mainline at Grantshouse [Railscot]

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