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ScotRail services are set to be extended to West Kilbride from Monday, February 22, as engineers make progress on clearing the landslip damaged Largs line.
(Permalink) Landslide West Kilbride  Fairlie: An aerial view of the Fairlie landslip seen on the 17th of February 2021. |
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ScotRail services are set to be extended to West Kilbride from Monday, February 22, as engineers make progress on clearing the landslip damaged line.
(Permalink) Landslide West Kilbride Fairlie: An aerial view of the Fairlie landslip seen on the 17th of February 2021. |
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ScotRail trains are expected to remain halted for another three days after thousands of tonnes of debris engulfed tracks in two 'significant landslips' on a North Ayrshire line.
(Permalink) Fairlie Landslide Largs Branch |
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This aerial view of the landslide at Southannan in Fairlie today shows the extent of the problem.
(Permalink) Fairlie Landslide Largs Branch |
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ScotRail trains have been halted after thousands of tonnes of debris engulfed tracks in two 'significant landslips' on a North Ayrshire line.
(Permalink) Fairlie Landslide Penmanshiel West Kilbride |
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A fund for the families of three men killed in the Stonehaven train derailment raises more than £142,000.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The line between Aberdeen and Dundee closed after the crash in August which left three people dead.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Carmont Derailment Dundee Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The line between Aberdeen and Dundee will reopen on Tuesday, November 3, after the completion of work to repair the railway following Augusts tragic derailment.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment  Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The huge Ainscough crane being used at the Carmont crash site to lift the rear power car out on 10th September 2020.
 Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: The site of the derailment has been restored with new track,and drainage and repairs to the bridge.  Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Repairs to the embankment, railway and viaduct at West Carmont. |
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ScotRail is to restart through trains between Aberdeen and Dundee after the completion of major track repairs following a fatal derailment in August.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The work of rescuers at last month's fatal north-east train crash has been praised as police handed control of the site back to Network Rail.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment  Carron Water Bridge [West Carmont]: Track and bridge repairs seen at the derailment site near West Carmont. The heavy lift crane and quite a few of the portacabins are now off site. |
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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps makes the comparison about the Stonehaven crash in the House of Commons.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The Old Military Road in Argyll has reopened this morning following a safety inspection. Train services between Fort William and Bridge of Orchy have been reinstated following a safety inspection.
(Permalink) Landslide West Highland Railway |
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Passengers will again be able to travel on a section of the Heart of Wales line, which runs from Shrewsbury to Swansea, from November as Network Rail has set out the timescales for repairs to the line after two major incidents within a month.
(Permalink) Derailment Heart of Wales Line Landslide |
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A landslide has shut part of a world-renowned Scottish rail line - a day after another slip has lead to the closure of an iconic Highlands road.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations |
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ScotRail, Caledonian Sleeper and freight services on the West Highland Line have been affected.
(Permalink) Bridge of Orchy Caledonian Sleeper Landslide ScotRail Weather West Highland Railway cancellations |
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Two Highlands railway lines remain shut today due to severe weather yesterday and overnight.
(Permalink) Attadale Bridge of Orchy Landslide |
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The first carriage to be removed from the site of the fatal derailment near Stonehaven has been mounted to the back of a lorry and transported south.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The operation to remove all four of the carriages and two power cars is expected to take several days, depending on weather conditions.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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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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Government publishes Network Rails interim report on 12 Augusts tragic derailment of a passenger train at Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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Inverclyde residents raised fears over a landslide near a local railway line. The slip happened on the hillside at Spango Valley, sending earth and mud down in the direction of the Wemyss bay to Glasgow line at IBM. A Network Rail spokesperson said: 'Our engineers have inspected the site. It is a significant distance from the railway and does not pose a risk to train services.'
(Permalink) IBM Landslide |
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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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More than £80,000 of a £100,000 target has been raised for Boness and Kinneil Railway within a week.
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Landslide |
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The RAIB is investigating a fatal accident that occurred near Carmont on the national rail network in Scotland.
At around 09:40 hrs on Wednesday 12 August 2020, all six vehicles of a passenger train derailed after striking a landslip around 1.4 miles (2.25 km) north-east of Carmont, Aberdeenshire. There were nine people on the train at the time of the accident; three train crew (the driver, conductor and a second conductor travelling as a passenger on this train) and six passengers. Tragically, the driver of the train, the trains conductor and one passenger suffered fatal injuries in the accident. The remaining passengers and member of train crew were taken to hospital. (Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide RAIB Stonehaven derailment |
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Three people died and six were injured after the ScotRail train derailed and burst into flames following a night of torrential rain on Wednesday.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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The stretch of railway line where the derailment occurred has had problems with mudslides in the past.
(Permalink) Carmont Derailment Landslide Mudslide Stonehaven derailment |
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On the evening of Tuesday 11th and in the early hours of Wednesday 12th August, much of Scotland was battered by severe thunderstorms. During a subsequent inspection of the Boness Kinneil Railway, the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) Civil Engineer identified multiple landslips along approximately a mile-long stretch of the railway. The line was declared unfit for traffic and the railway closed to passenger trains. Please note that engineering trains will still operate to facilitate repairs: do not trespass on the railway.
(Permalink) Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Landslide |
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It comes a day after a train derailed in Aberdeenshire killing three people. Passengers have been evacuated from a train after it got stuck in flooding following a landslide in Kent. A total of 19 passengers were taken off the service, after the train came to a halt between West Malling and Borough Green on Thursday.
(Permalink) Borough Green Landslide West Malling |
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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 Derailment Flood Landslide Stonehaven derailment |
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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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Rail passengers are experiencing disruption following a landslip on the West Highland Line. A Network Rail spokesperson said: 'The line between Fort William and Mallaig is currently closed due to a landslip beneath the track near Lochailort.'
(Permalink) Landslide Lochailort Mallaig Extension |
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A £3.5m investment is taking place to protect the railway in Cumbria from landslips and provide more reliable journeys for passengers.
(Permalink) Landslide Protective works |
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Lochaber motorists are being warned to expect seven weeks of delays as works to stabilise a crumbling embankment on the West Highland railway line begin this week. Essential repairs will begin on Tuesday to stabilise the embankment on the A86 at Glenspean, to ensure the road remains safe for motorists. The area located above the West Highland Line has deteriorated substantially over time, leading to the undermine and exposure of the safety barrier foundations along the carriageway.
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A team of rail workers delivering landslip repair works near Guildford have uncovered a small cave believed to be from the 14th century.
The sandstone cave is made up of several sections ranging from 0.3 metres to about 0.7 metres high and was discovered during work to stabilise and protect the railway embankment. The cave may once have been much larger, but only this small piece survived the digging of the railway cutting through the hill in the early 1840s. (Permalink) Guildford Landslide |
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Michael Matheson, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity visited the site of the landslip beneath the railway between Kilmarnock and Dumfries to review progress and thank the teams for their efforts to get the line open again.
(Permalink) Holywood Landslide Michael Matheson River Nith Thornhill |
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Emergency work to secure a landslip hit section of the West Coast main line near Warrington has successfully reopened the railway for passengers a day ahead of schedule.
(Permalink) Landslide Warrington |
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Rail passengers are being warned of major disruption after Storm Jorge caused a landslip on the West Coast main line near Warrington.
(Permalink) Landslide Warrington |
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Work to repair the landslip beneath the railway between Kilmarnock and Dumfries is now getting underway following damage sustained during Storm Ciara.
(Permalink) Holywood Landslide River Nith Thornhill  Holywood [1st]: The section of line near Holywood in Dumfries & Galloway has been shut since Monday (February 10) after Storm Ciara’s 90mph winds and extreme rainfall caused the nearby River Nith to erode an e ... |
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It has been an ongoing problem since the important road to Kyle of Lochalsh, Skye and the outer isles opened back in 1970.
(Permalink) Dingwall and Skye Railway Rockfall Stromeferry landslide  Avalanche Shelter: A new meaning for 'taking to the tracks' near the avalanche shelter on the Kyle line. The view looks east to the diversion of the Stromeferry Bypass onto the railway. See image [[65935 for details]].  Avalanche Shelter: For a short length the Stromeferry Bypass has been diverted onto the Kyle line fitted with a surface to allow road vehicles to drive on the line, effectively a tramway for this portion. The cliff face ... |
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