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The Largs line will fully reopen for passengers on Saturday (March 27) following the successful completion of work to repair landslip-damaged tracks near Fairlie.
(Permalink) Fairlie Landslip Largs  Fairlie: An aerial view of the Fairlie landslip seen on the 17th of February 2021.  Fairlie: Looking down on the site of the major landslip at Fairlie, on 20th March 2021, with repair work apparently in its final stages although the track has still to be replaced.
 Fairlie: The Fairlie landslip site on 23rd March 2021. The track has just been replaced and the tamper was in action. However, the overhead line had still to be replaced at the time the photograph was taken.
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The Largs rail line will fully reopen for passengers on Saturday (March 27) following the successful completion of work to repair landslip-damaged tracks near Fairlie.
(Permalink) Fairlie Landslip Largs Fairlie: An aerial view of the Fairlie landslip seen on the 17th of February 2021. Fairlie: Looking down on the site of the major landslip at Fairlie, on 20th March 2021, with repair work apparently in its final stages although the track has still to be replaced.
Fairlie: The Fairlie landslip site on 23rd March 2021. The track has just been replaced and the tamper was in action. However, the overhead line had still to be replaced at the time the photograph was taken.
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The construction of new Cumbrae ferry is to start within a year in a move welcomed by local MSP Kenneth Gibson.
(Permalink) Great Cumbrae Largs  Largs: A Viking longboat at Largs Station. Design supplied by the Scottish Maritime Museum.  Cumbrae Ferry Terminal:
'MV Loch Shira' approaches the desolate Cumbrae Slip from Largs on 4th October 2019.
 Largs Slip: MV Loch Striven on the Largs - Great Cumbrae service in 1989 when still relatively new, having been built in 1986. This ferry can currently (2016) be found on the Oban - Lismore service. |
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Caledonian MacBrayne has extended its winter timetable for a further month to coincide with the planned easing of Covid-19 restrictions.
(Permalink) Great Cumbrae Largs Largs Slip: MV Loch Striven on the Largs - Great Cumbrae service in 1989 when still relatively new, having been built in 1986. This ferry can currently (2016) be found on the Oban - Lismore service. |
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A community group say they have been left in the dark over the re-opening of a Largs railway line.
(Permalink) Fairlie Largs West Kilbride  Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings: On a wet and dismal Saturday morning DB 66 206 is stationary at the former Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings with a materials train in connection with weekend track relaying in the Stevenston and Saltcoats ... Fairlie: An aerial view of the Fairlie landslip seen on the 17th of February 2021.  Montfode Fuel Depot Sidings: Long distance shot of one of the landslip work sites just north of Montfode Siding on the Largs line, showing Networks Rail's temporary access road laid across a field adjacent to the A78. The access ... |
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Flooding on the line in between Largs and West Kilbride has affected Glasgow train services.
(Permalink) Fairlie Flooding Largs West Kilbride |
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There are no trains between Glasgow Central, Largs and Ardrossan after heavy weather closed the lines.
(Permalink) Ardrossan Glasgow Central Largs |
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Proposals for a new marina railway station in Largs have received a mixed reaction.
(Permalink) Largs Largs Yacht Haven New station |
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A new multi-million pound railway station in Largs have moved a step closer.
(Permalink) Largs Largs Yacht Haven New station  Largs: An EMU leaving Largs for Glasgow in Spring 1988 andpassing the Marina. The scene is much changed today - a hard-standing occupies the area to the right and it is usually full of yachts and other craf ...  Largs: The 'Pencil' and the Largs Branch in 1990 when it was still showing the scars of lifting the northbound line. |
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