Friday 22 Aug 2008
SERVICES RESUME ON DUNDEE-ABERDEEN ROUTE
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- Scotland’s Railway: Scotland
The line between Dundee and Aberdeen has reopened after Network Rail successfully completed works to clear a landslip and flooding.
Network Rail engineers pumped flood waters of up to five feet in depth from the track at Inverkeilor, near Montrose, and removed material from the line at Carmont, near Stonehaven.
Services had been suspended on Thursday night, but resumed with the 16:41 Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street train on Friday. First ScotRail said a full timetable would operate from 18.00 tonight.
David Simpson, Route Director for Network Rail in Scotland, commented: “Our engineers have done a tremendous job in tackling these incidents, which were caused by extremely heavy rainfall in the North East on Thursday. We have also been working closely with First ScotRail to minimise disruption and get train services back on track as quickly as possible.”
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