Rail customers confronted disruption following a hearth close to the West Coast Foremost Line at Lanarkshire.
Scots commuters have confronted rail chaos following a hearth close to a line in Lanarkshire.
Community Rail say a blaze has broken signalling tools on the West Coast Foremost Line close to Shieldmuir on Friday, Could 9.
Engineers had been mentioned to be on web site, however Community Rail has mentioned that round 100 yards of signalling cable have been broken, studies Glasgow Reside.
Trains had been unable to run by the world and disruption was anticipated to final till the top of the day.
Community Rail posted on X: “We’re responding to a hearth subsequent to the railway close to Shieldmuir on the West Coast Foremost Line.
“The hearth has broken our signalling tools and we’re at present unable to function trains by the world.
“Our response workers have reported that 100 yards of signalling cable has been broken.
“This incident is affecting providers between Motherwell and Carstairs on the West Coast Foremost Line.”
ScotRail mentioned: “We’ve had a report of a lineside fireplace which can have broken signalling cables between Shieldmuir and Lanark.
“We’re not in a position to run trains by the world till that is cleared. Practice providers between Glasgow Central and Lanark will subsequently be delayed or revised.”
Updates adopted all through the day. ScotRail confirmed that substitute buses had been in use. They continued: “Robertson Journey bus shall be on web site at Motherwell for 2100 and x1 Westway coach shall be on web site at Lanark for 2115 to shuttle between these stations.”
Nevertheless, the road is now reopened. ScotRail added: “The road has reopened and providers are actually returning to regular. Companies from Glasgow Central to Lanark should still be topic to delay or revision as we deal with getting trains and crew again into place. Please examine your journey on our cellular app or at https://journeycheck.com/scotrail/.”
Extra info might be discovered on the Nationwide Rail web site.
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