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Trains run on emergency timetable | Trains run on emergency timetable |
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Scotrail has introduced an emergency train timetable in response to the continued freezing weather. | Scotrail has introduced an emergency train timetable in response to the continued freezing weather. |
The train operator said its Edinburgh-Glasgow service would be reduced to running every half hour instead of every 15 minutes. | The train operator said its Edinburgh-Glasgow service would be reduced to running every half hour instead of every 15 minutes. |
Scotrail, which runs most of Scotland's domestic rail services, said many suburban routes would also be affected by the amended service. | Scotrail, which runs most of Scotland's domestic rail services, said many suburban routes would also be affected by the amended service. |
It said the emergency timetable would be published online. | It said the emergency timetable would be published online. |
Scotrail said it would allow staff to operate a more robust and reliable service for passengers. | Scotrail said it would allow staff to operate a more robust and reliable service for passengers. |
A half-hourly service is in operation between Edinburgh Waverley and Glasgow Queen Street - calling at Croy, Falkirk High, Polmont, Linlithgow and Haymarket. | |
It will leave Glasgow at 00 and 30 past the hour and Edinburgh at 15 and 45. | |
In the Strathclyde transport area services from Glasgow Central have been withdrawn from Whifflet and Paisley Canal. | |
Buses replace trains between Motherwell and Lanark due to points failure. | |
Services between Rutherglen and Cambuslang are disrupted, as are services between Barrhead and Kilmarnock. | |
In the Highlands, services between Inverness and Aberdeen are suspended and there is no alternative transport provided. | |
Services between Perth and Inverness terminate at Aviemore due to the freight train derailment at Carrbridge. |