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Tayside rail passengers are facing disruption due to a signalling problem at Arbroath.
(Permalink) Arbroath Signalling fault |
An amber weather warning in eastern Scotland has been extended with flooding leading to school closures and disruption on roads and railways.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
Rail services have been hit by the weather this morning. The East Coast Line is flooded at Dalgety Bay. The Dundee-Arbroath service is suspended along with services between Aberdeen and Inverurie. ScotRail has speed restrictions on many routes.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
Activity is ramping up over the next few months between Perth and Aberdeen, as part of Network Rail's ongoing enhancement work across Scotland's Railway. The coming weeks will see a significant increase in activity as Network Rail and recently appointed contractor AECOM carry out a £5 million package of work to assess a number of existing bridge structures including in Perth, Dundee, Broughty Ferry, Arbroath Angus, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.
(Permalink) AECOM Aberdeen Arbroath Broughty Ferry Dundee Network Rail Perth |
Arbroath's former miniature railway has been left like a bomb has hit it after a project to shore up the adjacent east coast main line.
(Permalink) Arbroath Kerr's Miniature Railway Arbroath West Links: Material delivered to Arbroath in March 2022 as part of the major reinforcement of the line down the side of Kerr's model railway.
Arbroath West Links: In March 2022, major reinforcement is taking place on the main line at Arbroath, alongside Kerr's model railway, which can just be seen in the foreground and from where the rails on the embankment ori ... |
Network Rail is investing more than £4m renewing track on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cove Bay Dundee Montrose Network Rail Track replacement |
Several train services between Arbroath and Edinburgh, as well as one between Edinburgh and Perth, were cancelled or altered on Friday.
(Permalink) Arbroath Edinburgh Perth Service Alterations Staff shortage |
Transport Minister, Graeme Dey visited the team delivering the Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project and heard first-hand about the next phase of works which is due to commence next month.
Speaking from the event at LNERS Clayhills depot adjacent to Aberdeen Station, Matthew Spence, director of route business development and sponsorship for Scotland's Railway, said: 'Construction is expected to take place between 2022 and 2026 and it's important to point out this scheme will have benefits for the wider North East region with proposals for Dundee, Arbroath, Montrose and Aberdeen stations including lengthened platforms, enhanced capability and enabling additional and longer services.' (Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project Arbroath Dundee Montrose Platform extensions |
The next phase of railway upgrades that could slash journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt by more than 20 minutes is due to start next month.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Aberdeen to Central Belt Enhancement Project Arbroath Dundee Montrose Platform extensions |
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Multiple train routes from Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central are seeing 'major disruptions' due to the snow.
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