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Tuesday 27 Jan 2009

FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT, STEWARTON

Region & Route:

Scotland’s Railway: Scotland

At around 6:15am this morning, a freight train travelling from Mossend to Riccarton caught fire following a derailment near Stewarton, Ayrshire. Emergency services are on site dealing with the incident, and have imposed a safety cordon around the scene. The cause of the incident is unknown.

Network Rail engineers are on site and will start their investigation as soon as the emergency services give clearance to access the site.

Passenger services in the area are being affected by the incident, and passengers travelling in the area are advised to check with their train operators to see how their journey will be affected.

Freight train involved:
The train was a DB Schenker (formally EWS) service travelling between Mossend in Ayrshire and Riccarton near Kilmarnock. The train was conveying diesel and heating oil.

How services are being affected:
A bus replacement service is operating between Kilmarnock and Barrhead. People travelling from Kilmarnock to Glasgow are being bussed to Barrhead, where catch a train connection to city. People travelling from Glasgow get train to Barrhead, then bussed onwards. Glasgow Central-Carlisle services are being diverted via Barassie.