Travel chaos is expected to continue as almost all ScotRail services have been cancelled until mid-morning on Thursday with no alternative transport in place for passengers.
The train operator will cease running services early this afternoon (Wednesday) as a safety precaution when Storm Dudley is expected to sweep across the country.
ScotRail announced yesterday that the majority of train services will be stopped by 4pm today.
They have now confirmed with the Record that "no alternative transport is in place" during the shut down - the disruption is expected to continue on lines until at least mid-morning on Thursday.
Met Office forecasters have warned that the most exposed areas of the country could see gusts reach as 90mph during Storm Dudley.
ScotRail said that it expects blowing debris and trees to damage vital rail infrastructure, such as power lines and signals, as a result of the gale force winds expected to hit much of Scotland tomorrow.
But services in the Far North, Kyle of Lochalsh and the Aberdeen -Inverness lines will continue to run as normal.
Network Rail will have additional engineers out across the network to react to any problems that should arise from the adverse weather conditions.
Passengers have been urged to check the status of their journeys over the next few days.
Liam Sumpter, Network Rail route director for Scotland, said: “Storm Dudley has the potential to cause significant disruption to our infrastructure blowing trees onto tracks and damaging equipment.
“We will be working hard on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning to respond to any issues caused by Storm Dudley and will reintroduce services as soon as lines are inspected for damage and we are sure it is safe to do so.”
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