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The Station Hotel building in Ayr is to be handed over to South Ayrshire Council on Thursday as emergency services prepare to stand down from the site.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire South Ayrshire Council |
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ScotRail said that it does not expect to be able to run services to or from the station for 'at least the next few days'.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Cancellations Fire ScotRail |
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The crew attending the fire at Ayr Station Hotel was forced to wait for a specialist high reach fire engine after budget cuts.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire Scottish Fire and Rescue Service The Fire Brigades Union |
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The hotel originally catered to an affluent clientele when it opened in 1855 but has been an eyesore for years.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire  Ayr Station Hotel: The inevitable, but at least the dilemma about the Station Hotel is settled. Despite an earlier attempt at setting the hotel on fire it appears nothing was done to enhance security. Ayr is in chaos, t ...  Ayr Station Hotel: The fire damage to Ayr Station Hotel viewed from Burns Statue Square, where the roads are closed. The view is looking east towards the station with the Royal Scots Fusiliers memorial to the right. The ...  Ayr Station Hotel: The Station and Station Hotel at Ayr, seen here on 1st June 2012. The impressive structure was built to the design of Andrew Galloway, Chief Engineer of the G&SWR, in 1886. The view from the platf ... |
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It is the second time in four months that a blaze has broken out at the Ayr Station Hotel, where stars who have performed have included Billy Connolly and Tom Jones.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire |
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Shocking pictures from the scene show Ayr Station Hotel go up in flames.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire |
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ScotRail has announced details of changes to Ayr train services after the devastating blaze at the Station Hotel building on Monday.
(Permalink) Ayr Ayr Station Hotel Fire |
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Commuters are being asked to avoid using one Glasgow service if possible, following a 'small fire'.
(Permalink) Bellgrove Electrification Fire Glasgow Queen Street Low Level |
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The people of Troon will get the first chance to see [three] proposed plans for the redevelopment of the station building following a fire which destroyed it in July last year.
(Permalink) Fire Redevelopment Troon  Troon: Looking across from the southbound platform to the northbound platform of Troon station in 2014. It is the building seen opposite which burned down in July 2021. Addendum : This platform suffered cata ...  Troon: The roof frames have been saved and are piled on the platform. And let's hear it for the engineers - from Motherwell - who built the frame to last.  Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... |
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The East Coast Main Line has now reopened after teams carried out repairs to the railway in Sandy, Bedfordshire following significant damage caused by a fire which spread to the tracks.
(Permalink) East Coast Main Line Fire Sandy  Sandy: Damage caused by fire on the railway in Sandy during the heatwave of July 2022. |
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Councillor Craig Mackay continues to push for updates on the town's railway station.
(Permalink) Fire Troon  Troon: It looks as if the steel frame at Troon has survived the fire. It has been shot blasted and primer-coated and looks like new but I think it is the original.
Troon: The roof frames have been saved and are piled on the platform. And let's hear it for the engineers - from Motherwell - who built the frame to last. Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... |
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Transport for Wales says rail services will continue to be affected for the rest of 2022, following a train fire near Craven Arms in Shropshire on May 22.
(Permalink) Craven Arms Fire Sprinter Transport for Wales |
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A fire broke out last night causing damage to signalling cables on the track near Cambuslang.
(Permalink) Cambuslang Fire Signalling |
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Emergency services were called to Stonehaven Station shortly before 4pm on Friday.
(Permalink) Fire Stonehaven |
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The fire, which has affected Oban to Glasgow trains, broke out close to a site storing gas cylinders.
(Permalink) Connel Ferry Fire |
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E-scooters pose a significant threat to the public, a union says after a fire on London Underground.
(Permalink) E-scooter Fire London Underground Parsons Green |
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The station has been evacuated and trains are passing straight through without stopping.
(Permalink) Fire London Underground Westminster  Westminster: Now withdrawn LUL C stock on a clockwise Circle Line service calling at Westminster on 15th June 2013. This station opened as Westminster Bridge on Christmas Eve 1868 and was the temporary terminus of ... |
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Fire crews have tackled a blaze on board a Caledonian Sleeper train at Cupar railway station that forced the main railway line through Fife to close.
(Permalink) Caledonian Sleeper Cupar Fire Fire on board |
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A passenger on board a train that was forced to make an emergency stop at Cupar due to an engine fire has spoken about the 'strange' experience.
(Permalink) Caledonian Sleeper Cupar Fire Fire on board |
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People of Troon could soon be able to have their say on the restoration plans of Troon station.
(Permalink) Fire Largs Restoration Troon  Troon: 156442, forming the 15.15 for Stranraer, calls at Troon on a sunny 15th October 2020..  Troon: The 1036 Ayr to Glasgow calls at Troon on 2nd August 2021 following service resumption after the disastrous fire.
 Troon: The venerable analogue clock here at Troon's northbound platform is going, but it is very wrong: four hours twenty minutes fast as I'm sure you have worked out. The other face is stuck at 3 o'clock so ... |
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service is still investigating the devastating fire at the unmanned station in July.
(Permalink) Fire Troon Troon: The 1036 Ayr to Glasgow calls at Troon on 2nd August 2021 following service resumption after the disastrous fire.
 Troon: Not all the Troon station roof has survived. This section in particular hasn't although much has been salvaged. Work continuing on 9th August 2021
Troon: It looks as if the steel frame at Troon has survived the fire. It has been shot blasted and primer-coated and looks like new but I think it is the original.
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A takeaway place that was devastated by the recent fire at Troon train station has plans to reopen from next week.
(Permalink) Fire Scran at the Hanger Troon |
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Platform one at Troon station reopened this morning meaning normal service has resumed for the first time sine the station set alight almost two weeks ago.
(Permalink) Fire Troon  Troon: View north of the fire damaged Troon station seen on 21/07/2021. The frame of the platform 1 building is on the left and the metal structure, which supports the canopies and overhead wires, can be see ... |
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All ScotRail services between Glasgow and Ayr will be running normally again from tomorrow, Friday, 30 July, after the line was closed following a devastating fire at Troon station.
Both platforms will be open for the first time in just under two weeks after Network Rail engineers put in place special supports for beams over the tracks which overhead line equipment is attached to. New overhead power cables were also installed. (Permalink) Fire Troon |
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Distraught hairdresser Claire McGhee and kiosk owner Pamela Main have revealed their horror of having to evacuate the unstaffed station as union chiefs step up calls for probe.
(Permalink) Fire Troon  Troon: A view through the frame of the fire damaged Troon station building to the platforms, seen on 21/07/2021. |
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ScotRail is to reopen platform two at Troon station on Monday, 26 July, following a fire which devastated station buildings last weekend.
Network Rail has fully assessed the damage to the buildings, platform canopies, overhead power cables and other infrastructure. Special supports have been designed and installed on platform two which enabled track-level repairs to be carried out, and similar props on platform one are supporting the beams over the tracks which overhead line equipment is attached to. New overhead power cables have also been installed. (Permalink) Fire Troon Troon: A view through the frame of the fire damaged Troon station building to the platforms, seen on 21/07/2021. Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... Troon: View north of the fire damaged Troon station seen on 21/07/2021. The frame of the platform 1 building is on the left and the metal structure, which supports the canopies and overhead wires, can be see ... |
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Ayrshire Live can reveal that platform 2 at the station will be used for all trains arriving and departing to Troon.
(Permalink) Fire Troon Troon: View north of the fire damaged Troon station seen on 21/07/2021. The frame of the platform 1 building is on the left and the metal structure, which supports the canopies and overhead wires, can be see ... |
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ScotRail's Glasgow Central to Ayr services will resume again from tomorrow, Friday, 23 July.
And, services between Ayr and Stranraer, which were also affected by the disruption caused by the fire, are expected to run normally from mid-morning tomorrow. It comes less than a week after fire badly damaged station buildings at Troon, causing trains to terminate at Kilwinning. (Permalink) Fire Troon |
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RMT demands urgent investigation into Troon Station fire following revelations station was completely unstaffed.
(Permalink) Fire Staffing Troon Troon: A view through the frame of the fire damaged Troon station building to the platforms, seen on 21/07/2021. Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... Troon: View north of the fire damaged Troon station seen on 21/07/2021. The frame of the platform 1 building is on the left and the metal structure, which supports the canopies and overhead wires, can be see ... |
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Troon: A view through the frame of the fire damaged Troon station building to the platforms, seen on 21/07/2021. Troon: View north of the fire damaged Troon station seen on 21/07/2021. The frame of the platform 1 building is on the left and the metal structure, which supports the canopies and overhead wires, can be see ... |
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 Troon: Virtually empty car park at Troon station on 15th October 2020. Mid-afternoon on a normal Thursday you would be lucky to find a space.  Troon: The fire damage at Troon station viewed through the mesh looking south at the building. |
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Following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July, ScotRail is advising customers will not be able to travel by train from Glasgow Central to Ayr until Friday, 23 July at the earliest.
(Permalink) Cancellations Fire ScotRail Troon  Troon: A view of Troon station showing the badly damaged northbound platform building from the west side. Following the fire on the 17th the site is all securely fenced off with no easily accessed vantage po ... Troon: The fire damage at Troon station viewed through the mesh looking south at the building. Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... |
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The Victorian Troon Station was devastated by a blaze on Saturday afternoon.
(Permalink) Fire Railway Heritage Trust Rebuilding Troon  Troon: The 1202 Kilmarnock - Girvan train arrives at Troon on 13 July 2021. This was taken just days before the station fire of the 17th in which the building on the left was burned down. Troon: Virtually empty car park at Troon station on 15th October 2020. Mid-afternoon on a normal Thursday you would be lucky to find a space. Troon: A view of Troon station showing the badly damaged northbound platform building from the west side. Following the fire on the 17th the site is all securely fenced off with no easily accessed vantage po ... |
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Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July.
(Permalink) Fire Troon Troon: Network Rail is assessing the full extent of structural damage following the serious fire at Troon station on Saturday, 17 July. The blaze caused extensive damage to the station building on platform o ... |
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Following a serious fire at Troon railway station, trains between Ayr and Glasgow have been cancelled indefinitely until a full safety inspection can be carried out.
(Permalink) Cancellations Fire Timetabling Troon |
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Troon: The 1202 Kilmarnock - Girvan train arrives at Troon on 13 July 2021. This was taken just days before the station fire of the 17th in which the building on the left was burned down. |
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ScotRail has advised customers not to travel by train to Ayr, following a serious fire at Troon station.
(Permalink) Fire Troon Troon: Looking across from the southbound platform to the northbound platform of Troon station in 2014. It is the building seen opposite which burned down in July 2021. Addendum : This platform suffered cata ... |
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A Network Rail image shows the extent of the damage following a fire at Troon station.
(Permalink) Fire Troon  Troon: Troon station, northbound platform, seen from 156430 from Kilmarnock to Stranraer arriving on 25th July 2017. |
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A fire broke out at Troon station has sent smoke billowing across the town. Emergency crews were scrambled to the scene in Ayrshire after the alarm was raised around 12.40pm this afternoon.
(Permalink) Fire Troon  Troon: An Ayr to Glasgow stopping service calls at Troon on 18 September 2019. Class 385s don't seem to have a look-in in Ayrshire. I managed to catch this train without losing too much sang-froid. Troon: Virtually empty car park at Troon station on 15th October 2020. Mid-afternoon on a normal Thursday you would be lucky to find a space. Troon: The venerable analogue clock here at Troon's northbound platform is going, but it is very wrong: four hours twenty minutes fast as I'm sure you have worked out. The other face is stuck at 3 o'clock so ... |
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A fire at a station just outside Glasgow caused delays to travel early this morning.
(Permalink) Caldercruix Fire |
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The fire involved a vehicle on the deck of the MV Isle of Lewis, which sails between Oban and Castlebay on Barra.
(Permalink) Castlebay Fire MV Isle of Lewis Oban |
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A man set fire to railway tracks and a nearby fence before boarding a train to Giffnock.
(Permalink) Arson Fire Giffnock Thorntonhall |
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Canada: The federal government and Canadian Pacific Railway have signed an agreement covering the next steps in the development of the Lac-Megantic rail bypass, which will enable trains to avoid the Quebec town which was devastated when an unattended crude oil train ran away in July 2013.
(Permalink) Bypass Canadian Pacific Railway Fire Lac-Megantic |
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A large wildfire near the Glenfinnan Viaduct has been extinguished by firefighters and a helicopter, which waterbombed the flames.
(Permalink) Fire Glenfinnan Viaduct Moorland fire |
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Six services have been cancelled and a service amended on Thursday morning after a 'building fire' at the Edinburgh Signalling Centre in Waverley Station on Wednesday night.
(Permalink) Edinburgh Signalling Centre Fire |
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Investigation into the derailment and fire involving a tanker train at Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, 26 August 2020.
(Permalink) Derailment Fire Llangennech |
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Rush hour commuters faced major disruption to rail services after a fire at an West Lothian train station.
The blaze broke out on Wednesday just before 10pm near the station in the village of Blackridge. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said the trees and branches were alight at the side of the station and affected the overhead lines. (Permalink) Fire ScotRail  Blackridge: An Edinburgh service calls at Blackridge on 28 June and picks up its young customer. Blackridge station must suffer from being not particularly close to Blackridge. It was too warm a day to walk into ...  Blackridge: A mid morning train from Helensburgh Central calls at a grey and misty Blackridge, West Lothian, in September 2011 on its journey to Edinburgh. The embankment running across the centre of the picture ...  Blackridge: A 6-car class 334 combination approaching Blackridge, West Lothian, in May 2014 on a Helensburgh Central - Edinburgh Waverley service, with the leading set still in SPT livery. |
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Ten people have been evacuated from a train which caught fire.
Smoke could be seen billowing out of the three-carriage train at the old railway station in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The engine at the front of the train set alight, the fire service said. Operator Vivarail said it was a test train and all staff were safe. National Rail's website said trains will not run between Coventry and Leamington Spa for the rest of the day. Services between Manchester Piccadilly and Bournemouth will divert via Solihull and not call at Birmingham International and Coventry. (Permalink) Class 230 D-Train Fire Kenilworth Vivarail  Long Marston: Vivarail D-Train in the short platform at Long Marston on 17 August 2015. The D-Train, rebuilt around former LU D78 stock, is currently undergoing testing here [see recent news item].  Long Marston: Ex-LU D78 car with 'modified front end' in the yard at Long Marston on 17 August 2015. The 'modification' resulted from a controlled crash into a 3 tonne tank of water during testing of the bodyshells ... |
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TEHRAN: The head of Iranian Railways resigned on Saturday after three of his employees were arrested over a collision between two trains that left at least 44 people dead.
Mohsen Poor-Seyed Aghaie, a deputy minister in the transport ministry and head of the state-owned railway company, appeared on state television late Saturday and announced his resignation “as a social responsibility and out of sympathy for the survivors of this accidentâ€. Two trains collided and one caught fire in the northern province of Semnan on Friday, killing 44 people and injuring dozens more, in one of the country’s worst ever rail disasters. (Permalink) Crash Fire |
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A £3m plan has been unveiled to reinstate the historic Old Royal Station building in Ballater that was devastated by fire last year.
The Aberdeenshire station was once used by the Royal family when they travelled to nearby Balmoral. Although no longer used as a rail station, it housed a tourist centre, retail units and a restaurant - all of which were destroyed by the blaze. Plans have now been submitted that would see the station recreated. Parts of the Royal Waiting Room were salvaged from the fire and a replica Royal carriage which had been on display was relatively undamaged. The new planning application would see the station building reinstated - including the VisitScotland information centre, public library and restaurant - as well as the waiting room and carriage. There would be a new exhibition space extending along the old platform and over the tracks, taking the form of railway sheds. (Permalink) Fire  Ballater: The main entrance to the former Ballater station on 3 November 2005.  Ballater: General view of Ballater station on the Royal Deeside line in July 1962. The line closed in 1966 and the refurbished station building has since become a visitor centre and museum. The next train for A ... |
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A vintage diesel train valued at £100,000 has been destroyed in a fire.
Swindon and Cricklade Railway said the train and three wagons were on the track near Hayes Knoll when fire crews arrived on Friday at about 18:00 BST. Dave Peacey, from Swindon and Cricklade Railway, said they had just refurbished it for the coming season and it was 'very hurtful'. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said it was investigating the cause of the blaze. Mr Peacey said: 'Back in January and February a team of us refurbished the whole thing inside. 'We repainted it, cleaned all the upholstery and made it look really smart for this coming season. And now of course we've lost it and it's very hurtful. 'It's valued at around about £80,000, but with the three wagons that were adjacent to it that have also been destroyed, the value is in excess of probably £100,000 damage.' The train - a Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (DEMU) - was built in 1964 and is nicknamed the 'thumper' because of the engine's distinctive noise. It was one of only three in the country. [From Richard Buckby] (Permalink) Fire  Uckfield: A class 207 DEMU, better know as a Thumper, photographed at the 1991 terminus at Uckfield.  Warcop: BR class 205 'Thumper' DEMU no 205009 in Connex livery, standing in the sidings at Warcop on the Eden Valley Railway on 11 May 2006. Built at Eastleigh in 1957, the unit had been withdrawn from ...  Hayes Knoll: A class 207 Thumper DEMU repainted back into its original colours and with its old BR number stands at Hayes Knoll on the Swindon & Cricklade Railway on 22 November. |
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A fire on the tracks at Vauxhall railway station in south London has caused severe disruption to travel.
Trains in and out of Vauxhall and Waterloo stations were affected as firefighters tackled the blaze, which broke out shortly after 2.30am. South West Trains (SWT) urged passengers to travel only if absolutely necessary. Passengers were left stranded at stations across the network, with those who did manage to get on a train saying services were dangerously full. The blaze affected electrical cabling and the power to the tracks has been switched off. (Permalink) Fire  Vauxhall: Shortly after leaving Waterloo, one of the initially troublesome SWT 458 units calls at Vauxhall station with a service to Reading. View west along platform 3 on 24 July 2005.  Vauxhall: A South West Trains service for Waterloo standing at Vauxhall station in July 2005 in front of a ...well... a certain government building ...errr ...'nuff said... |
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Passengers have been evacuated from a train at an Edinburgh station following a fire in a carriage wheel. The 10:38 from Inverurie to Edinburgh Waverley caught fire in an axel block [axle box surely? Ed.] at about 13:25.
[RailScot note: the Russell Road sidings referred to in the article are the east sidings at Haymarket Depot.] (Permalink) Fire ScotRail |
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A historic building on Royal Deeside has been destroyed by fire.
About 50 firefighters were called to the Old Royal Station in Ballater just before 02:00. The fire is now under control, but the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said 90% of the building, which includes a shop, restaurant and a museum has been destroyed. No-one was injured. The A93 between Ballater and Braemar has been closed and drivers are being asked to use the Pass of Ballater. The station was opened in October 1866 by the Great North of Scotland Railway and was the nearest station to Balmoral Castle so contained Queen Victoria's waiting room. It closed in February 1966. [From Colin McDonald] (Permalink) A93 Ballater Fire Ballater: The main entrance to the former Ballater station on 3 November 2005.  Ballater: The next train to Aberdeen via the Deeside line stands at the platform at Ballater in July 1962. Closure of the line came 4 years later.  Ballater: The photographer's son looks back anxiously at Ballater in the summer of 1965, wondering whether they are just going to catch the train by the skin of their teeth... again! |
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A southbound freight train of 18 oil tank wagons carrying diesel en route from Motherwell to Carlisle stopped at Beattock at 02:00 when one of the wagons caught fire after a leak. Fire engines from Strathclyde and Dumfries and Galloway attended but the fire had burned out on their arrival.
(Permalink) Beattock Fire |
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