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Far North Line train services to and from Inverness remain cancelled today with Network Rail beginning mass safety checks on rail tracks.
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The route had been badly affected by Storm Babet. Disruption continues elsewhere in the north.
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The Met Office has extended its amber alerts across huge parts of Scotland with up to 50mm of rain expected to fall in some part in the next few hours.
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ScotRail suspends some services and cross-border passengers warned not to travel to Scotland.
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... The alternative of introducing a much improved rail track from Glasgow and Edinburgh to Inverness has much to be commended - certainly in environmental terms. ...
(Permalink) A9 'dualling' Highland Main Line  Edendon Signal Box: Putting the second track back 11 years after it was lifted - a southbound Highland Main Line train passes a continuous corridor of new concrete sleepers between Dalnaspidal and Blair Atholl in 1977. N ... |
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A North rail campaign group hopes the Scottish Government 'avoids the temptation' to fully dual the A9 and listens less to the 'powerful' roads lobby.
(Permalink) A9 Friends of the Far North Line Highland Main Line Edendon Signal Box: Putting the second track back 11 years after it was lifted - a southbound Highland Main Line train passes a continuous corridor of new concrete sleepers between Dalnaspidal and Blair Atholl in 1977. N ...  Ballinluig: Southbound service passing under one of the two new flyovers at Ballinluig. To the right of the train the A9 dual carriageway can be seen which now has the national maximum speed limit of 70mph. |
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Dozens of major transformations to transport Scotland over the next 20 years have been officially recommended by the Scottish Government.
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Tayside commuters are facing another day of disruption as flooding has blocked the railway line between Perth and Inverness.
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Five major railway lines in the north and north-east will be subject to speed restrictions following Met Office warnings for heavy rain and high winds.
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Services on the Highland Main Line are back to normal after services going north of Perth were cancelled or interrupted yesterday.
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Trains heading to Inverness from Glasgow and Edinburgh have been cancelled or delayed after three bridges were damaged near Perth. The damage was caused by a freight train coming into contact with the bridges over the railway between Perth and Dunkeld.
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Ground investigation work has started on the Highland mainline between Inverness and Perth.
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Vital improvements to the Far North Line and the Highland mainline would bring benefits to Highland residents and businesses, an MSP has argued.
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A rail campaign group has accused Highland Council of having a 'head in the sand' attitude over its support for major road upgrading.
(Permalink) A9 A96 Aberdeen and Inverness Line Highland Main Line  Findhorn Viaduct [Tomatin]: The Findhorn Viaduct on the line from Inverness to Perth. Photo taken from the A9.  Castle Stuart Platform: New single track replaces the former double track route between Inverness and Nairn, as seen from the front of an Aberdeen bound DMU in the late 1960s. Ballinluig: Southbound service passing under one of the two new flyovers at Ballinluig. To the right of the train the A9 dual carriageway can be seen which now has the national maximum speed limit of 70mph. |
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Emma Roddick says 'I find it bizarre that ScotRail is using current passenger numbers to justify service reductions'.
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A rail campaigner has questioned an 'extraordinary intervention' by leading public sector figures in support of dualling the A9 and A96 roads.
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Transport Scotland say all projects must be delivered in line with its net-zero ambitions.
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Rail passenger journeys in Great Britain fell to the lowest levels of annual passenger usage since at least before 1872, when records started, according to official statistics from the Office of Rail and Road. ScotRail, at (14.9%), recorded the lowest level of relative usage.
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The Highland Mainline railway line between Inverness and Perth remains shut today following a train derailment at the weekend.
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ScotRail has released an impressive video of the view from the drivers seat of a train travelling along the Highland Mainline from Inverness to Pitlochry.
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Rail passengers in the Highlands were facing a third day of disruption on Tuesday after sustained rainfall sparked further cancellations and delays.
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Rail passengers in the Highlands have been warned to expect disruption today after several trains were cancelled amid a yellow weather warning.
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Highland motorists have been warned of a minor road closure tonight to enable engineers to inspect a rail bridge on the Highland mainline.
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Rail passengers face disruption on the Highland mainline this weekend.
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Around two thirds of the 118-mile line is still single track and has not been electrified
(Permalink) Doubling Highland Main Line  Dalnaspidal: Track redoubling work underway north of Dalnaspidal in the winter of 1976.  Ben Alder Level Crossing: A permanent way gang welding rails south of Dalwhinnie as part of the track redoubling work to Blair Atholl in the summer of 1976. |
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ScotRail services travelling from Inverness to the central belt have been cancelled for a fourth consecutive day.
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Rail commuters are experiencing cancellations to services travelling to and from Inverness this morning.
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Major weather disruption was continuing to hit Highland railway lines on Friday, amid continued snow warnings from the Met Office.
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Highland mainline closed at Dalwhinnie due to deep snow, Network Rail Scotland confirms; snow also causing issues at Slochd, Tomatin and Moy passing loops; disruption comes amid yellow and amber snow warnings from the Met Office.
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The Highland main rail line is currently closed at Dalwhinnie because it is blocked by drifting snow.
Customers are being advised to postpone their journey if they can and there are no coaches services running from Badenoch and Strathspey or Inverness. Network Rail has said it is trying to secure a locomotive to clear the snowdrifts on the route between Drummochter and Inverness.
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Trains to the north of Scotland have been delayed after a train hit deer, including a stag, near Blair Atholl.
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Rail services on the Highland mainline have been disrupted by a signal fault.
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Heavy snow on the Highland mainline was causing delays for railway passengers on Friday morning.
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Rail passengers are being reminded of some engineering disruption to some Highland mainline services this weekend.
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A second weekend of disruption is set to affect railway passengers on some Highland mainline services.
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Rail passengers face disruption on Highland mainline journeys when engineering work closes the route this weekend.
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A Highland train was forced into an emergency stop this morning after a woman was spotted on the tracks.
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Rail users across the north are being urged to pressure the government into making good on a mothballed pledge to upgrade the tracks between Inverness and Perth.
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Commitment to decarbonise passenger rail services by 2035. Plans to decarbonise Scotland's rail passenger services by 2035 have been launched by Transport Secretary Michael Matheson today.
Railscot note - PDF page 8 shows electrification of lines by 2035: - Glasgow - Aberdeen - Inverurie - All lines in Fife including Levenmouth - Highland Main Line - Borders line - Glasgow - Barrhead - Dumfries - Carlisle - East Kilbride - Kilmarnock - Ayr - Anniesland - Maryhill Partial electrification or alternative technology: - Ayr- Girvan - Inverurie - Inverness - Tain Battery or alternative technology: - West Highland Lines - Far North Line - Kyle Line - Girvan - Stranraer (Permalink) Aberdeen Barrhead Battery train Borders line Dumfries East Kilbride Electrification Far North Line Fife Girvan Highland Main Line Inverurie Kilmarnock Kyle Line Levenmouth Maryhill Stranraer Tain West Highland Lines  Scotland: Transport Scotland - Rail Services Decarbonisation Action Plan for 2035. Lines shown in red are to be electrified. Those in yellow to be alternative traction, possibly prior to electrification. Those ... |
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Ten years ago the rail freight industry had good cause to feel confident about the prospects for shifting freight from trucks to trains along the Perth-Inverness corridor.
In 2008, the Scottish Government's Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR) identified upgrading the largely single-track Highland Main Line (HML) as the third-top priority among 29 road and rail schemes across Scotland. Investment of between £200 million and £450m was envisaged, including 'additional loops, dynamic loops or lengthening of double track sections' designed to benefit both passenger and freight traffic. (Permalink) David Spaven Highland Main Line Strategic Transport Projects Review |
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Campaigners claiming there is a lack of investment in the Highland rail network fear it will result in more freight being transported on the A9 as the road improves.
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Rail passengers doubtless welcomed the recent news that Transport Scotland had awarded a £10 million contract for upgrading crossing loops at Aviemore and Pitlochry as part of a wider £57m programme to enhance the largely single-track Highland Main Line (HML) from Perth to Inverness. But - compared with the steady progress of the £3bn dualling of the parallel A9 road - is that rail funding enough to make trains fully competitive with the car, the coach and the lorry?
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Business Development Manager Scott Prentice will be meeting the Cairngorms National Park Authority and local residents to discuss the proposed new timetable and service improvements for the Highland Mainline.
A total of £57 million is being invested in improving the Highland Mainline, which will allow more and faster journeys between Inverness and the Central Belt. The entire timetable for this vital route is being completely redrawn, and will see average journey times reduced and an extra eight journeys between Inverness and the Central Belt each day. By the end of 2019: Services will become faster and more reliable as Aviemore and Pitlochry stations receive upgraded signalling. Arriving trains will no longer have to stop and wait for services going in the opposite direction. All services between Inverness and Glasgow and Edinburgh will be operated by our refurbished InterCity trains. These trains will provide more than 2,500 extra seats each day, increasing seating capacity by 50%. Customers will also benefit from extra luggage space, greater comfort and an enhanced food and drink service. There will be an hourly service between Inverness, Aviemore and Pitlochry to Perth and Edinburgh or Glasgow. All stations on the route will benefit from the enhanced timetable. (Permalink) Highland Main Line Inverness and Perth Junction Railway  Aviemore: 170415 with the 1431 service to Inverness departing Aviemore past the semaphore signals at the north end.  Pitlochry: One train in each direction daily between Edinburgh and Inverness is worked by a pair of Class 158s, and they pass at Pitlochry.  Aberdour: Dawn of a new era as ScotRail HST (power cars 43132 and 43021) nears Aberdour, heading from Craigentinny to Aberdeen on 10 September 2017.
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Transport Scotland has appointed WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff to produce a business case for improvements to the Highland Main Line between Perth and Inverness.
The project will establish the business case for reducing journey times, increasing capacity and enhancing freight operations on the route, which links the Highlands with Scotlands Central Belt and the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. (Permalink) Highland Main Line Transport Scotland  Inchmagranachan Crossing: The East Coast Kings Cross - Inverness 'Highland Chieftain' HST heading north near Dunkeld on 30 June 2011.  Buchanan Street: The 10.15am to Inverness leaves Buchanan Street on 11 July 1955 behind B1 4-6-0 61180.  Millburn Junction: A triple-headed southbound train takes a run at the 1 in 60 gradient shortly after passing Millburn Junction, Inverness, in the summer of 1971. With 11 coaches, a restaurant car third from the front, ... |
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The new Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership (HML CRP) celebrates its launch at an event at Pitlochry Station today (Monday 9 November 2015).
More than 40 guests– including Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Phil Verster, managing director of the ScotRail Alliance - were welcomed by Sally Spaven, Chair of the HML CRP. CRPs are designed to form a bridge between the railway and local communities and to work with community groups, businesses and organisations in the area - as well as the rail industry - to encourage more local people and visitors to use trains. The HML CRP includes the rail route from Dunkeld and Birnam to Carrbridge, taking in Pitlochry, Blair Atholl, Dalwhinnie, Newtonmore, Kingussie, and Aviemore. (Permalink) Highland Main Line Phil Verster ScotRail  Pitlochry: Photograph taken at the launch of the Highland Main Line Community Rail Partnership. [See news item] |
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Scotland's killer road has just got more deadly - while the safest form of transport wasn't even given a look-in, argues David Spaven. The crude politics of the Perth-Inverness transport corridor will just not go away. Despite the safety gloss being presented to the public, new evidence obtained from the Scottish Government by the Rail Freight Group (RFG) shows that the planned increase in lorry speed limits from 40mph to 50mph on single-carriageway sections of the A9 is being driven by 'operational benefits' - and more lives will be lost as the price of government helping to keep truckers competitive.
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Rail freight and road hauliers are competing on a playing field that is far from level, says David Spaven.
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Tilting trains should run on lines north to Aberdeen and Inverness to cut journey times by 20 per cent so rail could better compete with road travel, a transport think tank has urged.
The move would shorten rail trips from Edinburgh to Aberdeen trips to less than 2 hours and to Inverness to 2 hours 40 minutes, according to the Scottish Association of Public Transport (SAPT). The group argued that tilting diesel trains such as Voyagers, which can go round corners faster, would become available when other lines are electrified. It fears that without significant improvements, rail travel to northern Scotland will become increasingly unattractive as driving times are reduced with the dualling of the A9 and A96. (Permalink) A9 A96 Aberdeen Highland Main Line Inverness Scottish Association of Public Transport Tilting  Dalwhinnie: A Glasgow Queen Street - Inverness service runs north through Dalwhinnie station on 25 August 2007.  Fordoun: The morning HST service from Leeds to Aberdeen passes the former station at Fordoun (closed 1956) between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven on 20 October 2012.  Perth: A4 60019 'Bittern' restarts from Perth in the mid 1960s with a Glasgow Buchanan Street - Aberdeen train. |
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Racing to build a safer road north forfeits the alternative option to improve our economy and the environment at the same time, says David Spaven.
In all the recent debates on reducing the toll of deaths and injuries on the A9 between Perth and Inverness, very little has been heard about the potential solutions offered by the country's safest mode of overland freight transport - the railway. (Permalink) A9 David Spaven Highland Main Line  Gleneagles: DRS 66430 coasts downhill to the south of Gleneagles on 12 April with the 4D47 Inverness - Mossend intermodal, composed entirely of Tesco containers.
 Aviemore: Two Class 26s pull into Aviemore in 1974 with a northbound passenger service, while sister locomotive no D5321 waits for the road to Kingussie with a Millerhill-bound freight dominated by empty Preslo ...  Dalnaspidal: Freights about to cross at Dalnaspidal in the summer of 1970 - looking north. |
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The Rail Freight Group (RFG) has said upgrading the railway line between Perth and Inverness would help to ease travel on the A9 trunk road. The call follows the Scottish government's announcement that average speed cameras will be installed on the road between the two cities.
(Permalink) A9 Highland Main Line Rail Freight Group  Moulin Level Crossing: Stobart-liveried 66414 'James the Engine' approaching the northern outskirts of Pitlochry with the 4Z50 Inverness - Coatbridge 'Intermodal' container train on 19 July 2011.
Aviemore: Two Class 26s pull into Aviemore in 1974 with a northbound passenger service, while sister locomotive no D5321 waits for the road to Kingussie with a Millerhill-bound freight dominated by empty Preslo ... Dalnaspidal: Freights about to cross at Dalnaspidal in the summer of 1970 - looking north. |
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Donations to charities from the
Pitlochry Station bookshop have now exceeded £75,000. The shop - opened in 2005 under ScotRail’s Adopt a Station scheme – sells second hand books, with the proceeds going to six charities. They include the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS) - which is also ScotRail’s charity partner. And this month, the bookshop made its first payment to a sixth charity – Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance. Ken Nichol, chairman of the Pitlochry Station Bookshop, said: “We simply opened the shop to give customers the chance to buy a book for their train journey and hand it back on return to re-sell. “We are now open six days a week, and are so grateful to ScotRail for its continuing support – without which we would not have raised so much money, which benefits a number of charities.” John Yellowlees, ScotRail’s external relations manager, said: 'Pitlochry is the doyen of our adopted stations. We are delighted at the bookshop's continuing success, and note next year marks the 150th anniversary of the completion of the original Highland Main Line from Perth to Inverness.' The accommodation that houses the bookshop was recently improved with new secondary glazing, with assistance from the Railway Heritage Trust, and funding for painting was given by Perth & Kinross Council. (Permalink) Bookshop Highland Main Line ScotRail Station Adoption  Pitlochry: Welcome to the Station Bookshop - Pitlochry, July 2012. [See adjacent news item]  Pitlochry: Having called on the way from Inverness to Glasgow, 170414 is ready to depart south from Pitlochry. The station buildings are in good condition as are other pieces of infrastructure such as the signa ... |
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A HIGHLAND Perthshire bookshop celebrated a major milestone at the weekend – raising more than £50,000 for charity. The Pitlochry Station venture has sold more than 100,000 books at 50p a time since opening in 2005.
(Permalink) Bookshop Highland Main Line  Pitlochry: The northbound platform wooden building at Pitlochry in September 2006.  Pitlochry: A Glasgow to Inverness service, formed by 170403, calls at Pitlochry in this view from the station footbridge looking south towards Dunkeld and Birnam. |
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Nearly eight years after the re-opening of the original Highland Main line between Boat of Garten and Broomhill and eighteen months after reaching the River Dulnain, the Strathspey Railway Charitable Trust launched the 'Rails to Grantown' appeal at Broomhill Station, near Dulnain Bridge yesterday. Local and national politicians as well as leaders of the many organisations that are giving support to the project attended. The intention of the appeal is to raise at least £182,000 in the current year, part of the estimated £5M it will cost to restore a train service to Grantown-on-Spey.
Braeriach, a 0-6-0 tank locomotive formerly on the Weymss Private Railway, pulling the LMS Inspection Officers Saloon heralded the launch of the appeal event at noon. During the afternoon, this train took guests down some of the new track already laid towards Grantown. [With thanks to Sue Davies] (Permalink) Highland Main Line Strathspey Railway [Preserved]  Broomhill: Strathspey Railway No.17 is seen nearing Broomhill. Nicely turned out in lined green and named Braeriach. A huge improvement on last year.  Broomhill: Reinstatement of passenger railway service. A delightful poster at Broomhill.  River Dulnain Viaduct: Drivers eye view of the approach to the site of Dulnain Bridge on 10 October 2008. [With kind permission of the Strathspey Railway.] |
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The first minister pledges to reduce Inverness to Edinburgh rail journey times and make the A9 safer.
(Permalink) A9 Edinburgh Highland Main Line Inverness  Inverness: Scotrail HST on platform 3 at Inverness prior to working the 17:13 to Aberdeen on 4th October 2023.
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Transporting freight by rail would improve safety on one of Scotland's most dangerous roads, an MSP says.
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Very stong winds and rain impacted on most of Scotland's rail services in this period. The heaviest rain since 1822 fell in Carlisle causing widespread flooding when the River Eden burst its banks, a P&O ferry was blown onto the shore at Cairnryan and passengers and crew spent 30 hours aboard before re-floating. The Highland Main line was closed repeatedly due to flooding at Dalguise and Kingussie. Both the Forth and Tay bridges were closed. On the 12th the entire ScotRail network was closed as winds gusts reached 124mph. Routes were re-opened once proved safe. The Edinburgh - Glasgow line re-opened at 0715 with trains running at a restricted 50mph. Most lines re-opened although the Glasgow-Paisley line closed with an overhead line fault at Ibrox. The Highland Main Line, Carlisle-Lockerbie/Dumfries, Mallaig, Kyle and Wick lines remained closed. The front cover of the Scotsman featured a spectacular photograph of a train being engulfed by a wave at Saltcoats. The Highland Main Line re-opened on the 13th.
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The Highland Main Line is closed for works which will take a week.
- Replacement of central track section of the 'A' listed timber 5-span Moy viaduct over the Alit Craeg Bheithin, north of Moy, at a cost of £2.6m - Partial replacement of the Dalnaspidal bridge over the Altavaich Burn, between Struan and Dalnaspidal, at a cost of £500,000 - Reinforcement of Kingswood Tunnel, south of Dunkeld, with a concrete lining and other works at a cost of £420,000 - Installation of new drainage, renewal of cesses and repairs to embankments damaged by heavy rainfall in September, between Culloden and Cradlehall, at a cost of £1m - Maintenance to signalling at Dunkeld, Pitlochry, Blair Atholl, Dalwhinnie, Kingussie and Aviemore The work will involve 150 engineers and contractors and should be complete on Sunday the 3rd of November at 10am. (Permalink) Highland Main Line |
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The Highland Main Line will be closed between Inverness and Aviemore throughout the week commencing 27 October while Railtrack build a modern structure within the timber Allt na Slanaich Viaduct, just north of Moy, which will eliminate the speed restriction there. The bridge will be retained as a timber viaduct.
The viaduct is the last remaining timber viaduct on the railway network. (Permalink) Highland Main Line Railtrack |
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The Highland Main Line re-opens after repairs to an embankment near Moulinearn washed out on the 6th of August.
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30 July saw monsoon conditions, with over a month's rainfall in a day over much of Scotland. All three routes between Glasgow and Edinburgh were closed until after end of service by flooding or landslips. Through most of 31 July Edinburgh and Glasgow services were diverted to Springburn, which remained the terminus for local services from Stirling and Cumbernauld for over a week while the Maryhill route was suspended. Glasgow Queen Street's trackbed was flooded to 15 inches and track circuits damaged.
On Sunday 4 August Edinburgh and Aberdeen services were diverted to Central, taking Turbostars there for the first time so that engineers could repair the track circuits in the Queen Street Tunnel. Monday 5 August saw the reopening of the Highland Main Line at Slochd after repairs to a damaged embankment near Slochd viaduct. Barrhead locals went half-hourly for the first time since introduction of the special timetable on 7 January. However the reintroduction of the 15-minute interval service between Edinburgh and Glasgow (which had been announced for 5 August before the flood damage) had to be deferred, and the Argyle Line remained closed due to damage to track circuits associated with flooding at Dalmarnock where the track was submerged between the platforms. (Permalink) Highland Main Line Landslide Slochd Viaduct |
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