thomas Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Due to high wind forecasts tomorrow, there will be serious disruption across the whole of Scotland and North Of England. NR have imposed a 40mph speed limit on ALL lines, so services will be seriously disrupted until at least 12 noon. I know that the other operators may not be of interest to you, but if anyone is going south be aware too Scotrail No ScotRail services will run before 07:00 on any route. Timetable information for ScotRail services that will run is available here. These changes are available in the Journey Planner. Passengers with tickets for travel on Thursday 5th December may be used on Friday 6th December. The following routes will not run from start of service on Thursday 5th December (trains on these routes may be able to run again later in the day): West Highland Lines Elgin - Inverurie Inverness - Kyle of Lochalsh / Wick Edinburgh - Perth via Kirkcaldy Girvan - Stranraer Ardrossan South Beach - Ardrossan Harbour Ayr - Kilmarnock Glasgow Central - Paisley Canal Glasgow Central - Whifflet Motherwell - Cumbernauld Cathcart Circle via Maxwell Park Dalmuir - Motherwell / Lanark via Bellshill Dalmuir - Larkhall via Hamilton Motherwell / Edinburgh - Milngavie Bellgrove - Springburn Glasgow Queen Street - Anniesland Glasgow Queen Street - Stirling via Croy Glasgow Central - Edinburgh via Shotts / Carstairs Cumbernauld - Falkirk Grahamston Edinburgh - Dunbar No trains on the following route until at least 16:00: Glasgow Central - Ayr / Gourock / Largs / Wemyss Ba y Dalmuir - Balloch / Helensburgh Caledonian Sleeper - 21:15 London Euston to Fort William Sleeper service will terminate at Edinburgh. ScotRail are contacting customers who are due to travel this evening. First TransPennine Express These changes are expected to apply until approximately 14:00, but may continue past 14:00 depending on the weather conditions. No trains will run between Newcastle and York apart from 06:11 Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Street which will run. Passengers can use East Coast and CrossCountry services between Newcastle and York. CrossCountry may be stopping additionally at Chester-le-Street. No trains will run between Carlisle and Edinburgh / Scotland apart from the 05:36 and 07:42 Edinburgh to Manchester Airport services. Passengers to use Virgin Trains services between Carlisle and Scotland. Virgin Trains will be stopping additionally at Lockerbie. All other services are planned to run as normal but may suffer delay due to the poor weather conditions Tickets will be valid on Friday 6 December These changes can be seen in the Journey Planner Virgin Trains Virgin Trains plan to run a normal timetable tomorrow. However passengers should be prepared for possible delays caused by the poor weather, especially on trains between Preston and Edinburgh / Glasgow Central. Tickets will be valid on Friday 6 December if passengers decide not to travel on Thursday 5 December. CrossCountry These changes are expected to apply until approximately 12:00, but may continue past 12:00 depending on the weather conditions. No services will run between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central / Aberdeen Journey times between Edinburgh and York will be extended by up to 2 hours Trains that normally start/terminate at Newcastle will start/terminate at York Mutual ticket acceptance with East Coast, Northern Rail and First TransPennine Express Northern Rail Northern Rail plan to run a normal timetable tomorrow. However passengers should be prepared for possible delays caused by the poor weather, especially on the following routes: Darlington - Newcastle Newcastle - Morpeth and Chathill Bishop Auckland - Saltburn Middlesbrough - Hexham via Sunderland and Newcastle Carlisle - Newcastle Preston - Carlisle via Oxenholme Preston - Carlisle via Barrow Blackpool North & South - Preston Skipton - Morecambe / Carlisle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Trains starting to run again, so far its as follows Service being introduced as per the amended timetable Please note services are resuming on a reduced timetable Edinburgh to Falkirk High to Glasgow Queen Street Edinburgh to Bathgate Edinburgh to North Berwick Edinburgh to Glenrothes (Both routes) Edinburgh to Perth via Stirling and Dunblane ( Depending on source train crew) Edinburgh to Dundee via Kirkcaldy Glasgow Queen Street to Stirling Glasgow Central to Neilston Glasgow Central to East Kilbride Glasgow Central to Barrhead and Kilmarnock Glasgow Central High Level to Motherwell via Queens Park, Newton and Hamilton Other routes are still being checked by Network rail to ensure they are safe to reopen First Bus Glasgow and First Bus Edinburgh are accepting train tickets tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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