Flooding at Dalmarnock – one of a number of problems facing the rail network as it bids to get back to normal operations for the start of the week (Pic: Network Rail)
Repair works and safety inspections are underway across the country after some ar…
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The owner of HQC Hairdressers in Glasgow, pours buckets of water out of her flooded salon.
Authorities warned of “danger to life” as Scotland was battered by a powerful deluge.
The country was left largely swamped as almost a month’s w…
THIS is the shocking scene from a railway station where water flows like a RIVER over the tracks as Scots continue to face ‘life-threatening’ weather conditions.
Bowling train station on the Glasgow[1] to Dalmuir and Balloch line was closed earlier tod…
Taking someone to the Highlands and islands of Scotland, my home, is like introducing them to another family member: what if my partner, Jack, from Shropshire, doesn’t like the scenery or the food or the people? What if the people or the food or the sc…
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Heavy rain has been forecast in a yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office for Sunday, bringing with it a “very small danger to life”.
A band of wet weather across Aberdeenshire, Argyll and the South Highlands is due to hit from 4am.
It is pred…
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Roads seem to have been uppermost in many readers’ minds recently.
Debate around Academy Street proposals is still lively.
Starting in the wrong place to solve street woes
Many schemes have been propo…
This exclusive behind-the-scenes report by James Shuttleworth was first published in The Railway Magazine in January 2002.
There are events which have a profound effect on one’s life or business — from West Coast Railway’s point of view, the Harry Pot…
For most of my (now fairly lengthy) life, I’ve lived in different parts of the Highlands and islands – Argyll, Skye, the Inverness area.
But, last year, for reasons having to do with where our family are, my wife and I relocated (as current jargon has…
THE SCOTTISH steam train known as ‘Hogwarts Express’ has given a huge update on its future after it was forced to suspend all services over safety concerns.
Jacobite operators West Coast Railways[1] announced last month that an issue with the popular t…
A steam train service which featured heavily in the Harry Potter movies can resume journeys after a safety issue, a watchdog has confirmed.
Journeys on the Jacobite Steam Train over the Glenfinnan Viaduct – commonly known as the “Hogwarts Express” – we…
The train service featured in the Harry Potter movies can resume after being granted a temporary exemption to a safety rule.
Jacobite steam train passing over Glenfinnan (Scotland) viaduct during rain fall
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the Ja…
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train service that featured in several Harry Potter movies can resume after being granted a temporary exemption to a safety rule.
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said the Jacobite – often referred to as the Hogwarts Express – can run until the end …
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