SCOTRAIL has issued an update on routes still facing disruption after a “very challenging” weekend clearing up lines following Storm Eowyn.
Communications director David Ross said it had been a “very challenging” weekend but the “vast majority” of routes are back up and running.
Routes that still face cancellations are:
- Kilwinning - Ayr/Largs/Ardrossan
- Dalreoch – Balloch
- Ayr-Stranraer
- Paisley Canal
- Paisley-Gourock/Wemyss Bay
Additionally, Wishaw and Bellshill stations remain closed.
He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “A lot of work has been carried out over the course of the weekend by colleagues at Network Rail.
“They’ve had reports of around 500 individual incidents and more than 120 trees fallen down on to the lines, so that’s been a massive repair job.
“So, as I say, the vast majority of routes are up and running, but there is still ongoing disruption in some parts of the country, for example, in Ayrshire and Inverclyde we’re still seeing some impacts – damaged overhead wires, for example.
“We’re still also seeing trees fallen on to the lines and on to the railway in some parts of the country, some areas of Lanarkshire. So the impact of the storm is still being felt.”
Ross said that in some parts of the country there will not be a “quick fix” and the impact may be felt for several days.
“There’s a lot of work involved in areas particularly where the wires have come down entirely – that is not a quick fix,” he said.
“So there are some parts of the country, for example down at Balloch, that will take a few days, it’s not going to be sorted quickly.”
He advised people to check the ScotRail website and app before travelling.
