THE Glasgow to Edinburgh train line is now up and running this morning after being brought to a standstill yesterday by floods, causing disruption to more than 150 services.
Network Rail Scotland, which is responsible for the nation's train line infrastructure confirmed they had cleared the flooding in and around Winchburgh tunnel and lines between Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh are now open.
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It thanked the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service which helped with pumping out of water for their support and "to all passengers for their patience as we dealt with the results of extreme rainfall".
We have cleared the flooding on the railway at #Winchbirgh tunnel and lines between #Glasgow / #Stirling to #Edinburgh are now open.
— NetworkRail Scotland (@NetworkRailSCOT) August 9, 2019
Thank you to @fire_scot for their support and to all passengers for their patience as we dealt with the results of extreme rainfall. pic.twitter.com/Yw4IW3yz99
Around 50mm of rainfall hit the area causing disruption on the line near Broxburn in West Lothian.
As a result, trains through the key rail route were delayed or cancelled for almost 24 hours.
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Network Rail Scotland said they had been working through the night clearing the flooding after 60% of August's rainfall fell within three hoursre "completely overwhelming the infrastructure".
As of 7.30am there has only been one Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh service cancellation. The 6.25 am service was scrapped due to a shortage of train crew.
ℹ️ CLEARED: Disruption caused by heavy rain flooding the railway at #Linlithgow has ended. Services between Dunblane - Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen St. - Edinburgh are no longer affected by this problem.
— ScotRail (@ScotRail) August 9, 2019
Thank you @NetworkRailSCOT & @fire_scot for all your hard work yesterday!
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