RECAP Storm Ciarán: Disruption continues across Scotland's railway line following signal outage
Travel disruption continues at Scotland's railway due to a major signal outage on Thursday afternoon in the Edinburgh area which left hundreds of passengers stranded for hours. Follow here for more updates on travel and weather today.
RECAP Storm Ciarán: Disruption continues across Scotland's railway line following signal outage
Key Events
- Travel delays and disruption continue across Scotland's railway after major signal fault
- Met Office yellow weather warning for rain in place for north east
- LNER strongly advises passengers against travel on Friday following major signal outage
Trains unable to run into and out of Inverness due to a signalling fault
Services are unable to run on the Aberdeen Perth lines due to another signal fault.
It comes after Edinburgh Waverley was brought to a standstill on Thursday due to a huge power surge so severe it "effectively fried everything in the system."
UPDATE Inverness: Trains are now running
Trains to and from Inverness are now up and running after a signal fault was reported, ScotRail has said.
Services into and out of the Highland station were brought to a standstill after a signal failure happened at about midday.
After about an hour the issue was resolved and trains have started running again.
Scotland's railway network has been experience significant delays and cancellations due to poor weather conditions and a major power surge which led to a widespread electrical fault across the network on Thursday.
LNER has advised passengers against travelling on its services today while train operators get back on their feet following major disruption.
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