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Network Rail has completed a £1.8 million programme of work that will improve the resilience of the railway on the Mallaig line at Lochailort in the West Highlands.
(Permalink) Allt na Criche Loch Eilt Lochailort Resilience Lochailort: Network Rail has completed a £1.8 million programme of work that will improve the resilience of the railway on the Mallaig line at Lochailort in the West Highlands. The initial phase of the improveme ... |
A passenger train was derailed after heavy rain and a rapid thaw of snow caused a massive 1,000-tonne landslip, investigators have found. [Alongside Loch Eilt.]
(Permalink) Derailment Landslide Loch Eilt Mallaig Extension ScotRail |
A train has been derailed after a landslip on the West Highland Line in the Highlands.
Five passengers were on board when the train came off the track early on Monday. No one was injured. The line is blocked between Arisaig and Glenfinnan and the ScotRail Alliance said tonnes of material had been washed down onto the line. It said services between Fort William and Mallaig would not run for the rest of the day. NetworkRail Scotland its engineers would have the line reopened 'as soon as possible'. (Permalink) Derailment Landslide Loch Eilt |