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Scotrail is proposing a new timetable, which will also affect customers in Stonehaven, Laurencekirk and Portlethen.
(Permalink) Inverurie Laurencekirk Portlethen Stonehaven |
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Services are facing delays due to a speed restriction.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Dundee Laurencekirk Speed restriction Stonehaven |
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An amber weather warning in eastern Scotland has been extended with flooding leading to school closures and disruption on roads and railways.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
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Rail services have been hit by the weather this morning. The East Coast Line is flooded at Dalgety Bay. The Dundee-Arbroath service is suspended along with services between Aberdeen and Inverurie. ScotRail has speed restrictions on many routes.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Arbroath Cancellations Dalgety Bay Dundee Flooding Grantshouse Inverness Inverurie LNER Laurencekirk Linlithgow Montrose Rain ScotRail Weather |
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Rail services in the north-east are facing a day of disruption after a broken-down maintenance vehicle blocked the railway line.
(Permalink) Broken down train Cancellations Carmont Laurencekirk |
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An investigation concludes that more needs to be done to ensure drivers are fully informed of emergency restrictions.
(Permalink) Laurencekirk Portlethen Speed limit exceeded |
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ScotRail train services are being delayed between Aberdeen and Dundee this morning due to a fault with a level crossing.
(Permalink) Delays Laurencekirk Level Crossing Stonehaven |
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A new survey has been launched this week to study transport problems and opportunities between Aberdeen and Laurencekirk.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Altens Cove Laurencekirk New station proposal Newtonhill Stonehaven  Aberdeen: Hourly Aberdeen to Montrose stopping services seem to have sneaked into the timetable when I wasn't looking. They give Portlethen and Laurencekirk a regular service, but this train anyway was rather e ...  Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
 Newtonhill: The 09.52 LNER service from Aberdeen to Kings Cross passes through the site of Newtonhill Station, closed in 1956. The signalbox closed on 28 April 2019. |
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ScotRail has announced that flooding due to heavy rain has meant that the line between Laurencekirk and Montrose is closed, affecting Glasgow, Edinburgh and Montrose to Aberdeen services.
(Permalink) Cancellations Flooding Laurencekirk Montrose |
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Network Rail said a 24m section of side wall fell away from a bridge between Carmont and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont] Laurencekirk Stonehaven  Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont]: A follow up to photos taken at the Carron Water bridge on 12th July 2020 - see image [[73730]] - now that STORY have departed. This was the scene at the end of September.
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A number of train journeys have been cancelled after severe weather damaged an embankment between Laurencekirk and Stonehaven.
(Permalink) Carron Water Bridge [East Croft of Carmont] Laurencekirk Stonehaven |
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Investigation into trains exceeding an emergency speed restriction between Laurencekirk and Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, 4 December 2020.
(Permalink) Carmont Laurencekirk Porthlethen Stonehaven Stonehaven derailment |
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Passengers in Laurencekirk have raised concerns that they have been missed out by the Aberdeen to Glasgow train, which no longer stops in the village.
There have also been complaints about a reduction in direct services raised by passengers in Stonehaven. Both communities are increasingly relying on driving to Montrose to hop on a train to the central belt. (Permalink) Laurencekirk Stonehaven Laurencekirk: The 1530hrs Edinburgh to Aberdeen in the down platform Laurencekirk on Saturday 25 August 2018.
 Laurencekirk: 170 417 with an Aberdeen bound service at Laurencekirk on 19 June 2009.  Laurencekirk: An Aberdeen - Glasgow Queen Street service calls at Laurencekirk on 12 July 2009. Note the successfully restored (as opposed to demolished) main building on the down platform see image [[13322]]. |
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