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Swathes of the London Underground remain disrupted after torrential rain overflowed into Tube stations and onto the tracks.
(Permalink) Flash flooding Flood London Underground |
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On August, 12, 2020, after heavy rainfall and extreme weather, the Union Canal burst its banks near Muiravonside and flowed into neighbouring fields, causing havoc for local landowners. [Railscot note - the floodwater washed out a portion of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway].
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Flooding Linlithgow Polmont |
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The Edinburgh-Glasgow, via Falkirk High, railway line will reopen for passengers on Monday (September 21).
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Polmont  Polmont: Engineers have been working around-the-clock to repair the line which was partially washed away near Polmont when the Union Canal burst its banks on Wednesday, August 12.
The force of thousands of ...  Polmont: Over the last six weeks, engineers have had to completely rebuild the foundations of the line, replacing over 15,000 tonnes of soil and stone beneath the track.
A kilometre of new double-track rail ... |
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The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway is to reopen fully on Monday the 21st of September following repairs after considerable flood damage was caused by a breach of the Union Canal.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Polmont |
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Work continues to be carried out to repair railway line damaged in last month's thunderstorms when Union Canal breached its banks.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Flooding Linlithgow Polmont |
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Last months flooding is still causing headaches for rail passengers as services to Edinburgh continue to be disrupted.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Landslide Linlithgow Polmont |
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Scotrail are currently operating an emergency timetable between the two cities following extreme rain and flooding.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Landslide Polmont  Polmont: The extent of the flood damage to the Edinburgh and Glasgow main line near Polmont. |
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The railway line through Burntisland has reopened this afternoon after flooding caused a closure earlier today.
(Permalink) Burntisland Flood |
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The Glasgow to Edinburgh line flooded when a section of the Union Canal breached during heavy rain.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Polmont: The extent of the flood damage to the Edinburgh and Glasgow main line near Polmont. |
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Network Rail will be working around-the-clock to repair flood damage on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line near Polmont.
(Permalink) Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Flood Polmont |
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One rail company has advised its customers not to travel on one of its routes.
(Permalink) Stonehaven derailment flood |
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Passengers using the Heart of Wales line are encouraged to check before they travel as the railway between Shrewsbury and Llandrindod Wells has been closed owing to extensive damage caused by extreme rainfall in mid-Wales on 12 and 13 August.
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Three people, including the driver, have died after a passenger train derailed in Aberdeenshire.
A major incident was declared and about 30 emergency service vehicles were called to the scene near Stonehaven. It is thought the train hit a landslide after heavy rain and thunderstorms which caused flooding and travel disruption across Scotland. (Permalink) Carmont Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont] Derailment Flood Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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Some schools will not reopen after overnight thunderstorms caused flooding and problems for the road and rail network.
(Permalink) Flood  Haymarket: Poster showing service disruption today seen at Haymarket (12th August). |
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More needs to be done to tackle the impacts of climate change on the railway, which has seen risks increase over the last year, according to a new report published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) today (14 July).
(Permalink) Carmont Climate change Flood Landslide ORR Stonehaven derailment |
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The West Highland line will fully re-open for passengers tomorrow (Monday, July 13) following the successful completion of repair works between Fort William and Mallaig.
(Permalink) Flood Landslide Lochailort  Lochailort: The West Highland line will fully re-open for passengers tomorrow (Monday, July 13) following the successful completion of repair works between Fort William and Mallaig.
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One of Scotland's wettest months on record disrupted train punctuality across the country as severe flooding impacted on services for customers.
Everyone across Scotland's Railway worked flat out to keep people moving, with Edinburgh and Glasgow both seeing more than three times their usual February rainfall. The figures for the most recent period of performance (2 February 29 February) show that 86.5 per cent of trains met the rail industry standard public performance measure (PPM). (Permalink) Flood |
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Passengers rescued from a flood-hit train became stuck near the scene on a second train that came to rescue them.
The 14:34 London to Nottingham service on Thursday was stopped due to a landslip near Corby, Northamptonshire. About 500 passengers spent up to eight hours stuck on the trains before they were finally rescued. (Permalink) Corby Flood Landslide |
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The line between Dundee and Aberdeen reopens, and train services resume, after work to clear a landslip and flooding ends. Network Rail engineers pumped flood waters of up to 5ft in depth from the track at Inverkeilor, near Montrose. Debris was also taken from the line at Carmont, near Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carmont Flood Inverkeilor Landslide  Stonehaven: Scotrail 158710, about to pull into Stonehaven with the bridge over the A957 Slug Road behind, on 29th September 2023.  Stonehaven: Caledonian Sleeper service, double headed with 73970 leading and 73971 behind, at Stonehaven on 1st June 2021.
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This was a day of disrupted services. The North Berwick Line flooded, there was a track defect at Gartshore and flooding between Linlithgow and Edinburgh Haymarket (Edinburgh to Glasgow line), flooding at Inverkeithing, a landslide between Aberdeen and Stonehaven, and flooding of the Bathgate line. The East Coast Main Line was closed between Edinburgh and Berwick.
(Permalink) Bathgate Flood Gartshore Loops Inverkeithing Landslide Linlithgow North Berwick Stonehaven |
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Severe flooding of the East Coast Mainline and landslides closed the route to trains. In some places the track was completely covered by floodwaters.
(Permalink) Flood Grantshouse Landslide |
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