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👷♂️👷♀️ Hello. We own, operate and develop Scotland's Railway infrastructure. Follow your train operator or @nationalrailenq for train service updates.
Joined November 2011
🚂📸 Exciting news! We're now on @instagram! 🎉. Follow 'networkrailscotland' over there for behind-the-scenes looks, stunning railway shots, and all things rail! 🚄✨
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This is Bowling, between Dalmuir and Helensburgh/Balloch where we took the proactive decision to close the line, given the extreme rainfall we’re seeing in this area today. @ScotRail @CalSleeper @GBRailfreight
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While we working in the area, we grabbed this shot of the #Glenfinnan viaduct – an engineering marvel and one of the most iconic structures on our railway network #Scotland
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Here’s the state of play at Dalmuir Twin Tunnels. As you can see, the water level is massive – it’s up to around the window level on a train. The fixed pumps here have been completely overwhelmed by the extreme rainfall. It'll take time for this to clear once the rain stops.
We’ve had to close the Yoker line between Clydebank and Dalmuir due to flooding above the rails at the Dalmuir twin-tunnels. Our pumps in the tunnels are working but have been overwhelmed by the volume of water.
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This is the driver's view from a line proving train on encountering drifting snow from Friday 2nd March - with sound (expletive deleted). "Games a boagey" (Scottish / Glasgow).English Translation - We have reached an end point
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Spot the railway! The West highland Line is a challenge but our team has been out day & night clearing snow & ice
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Two drinking water fountains have been installed at each station to encourage people to refill their multiple use water bottles on the go rather than buying plastic ones. It is expected each location will save up to 1,000 plastic bottles per week #Edinburgh #Glasgow #plasticfree
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A pleasure to welcome the Earl and Countess of Strathearn to Glasgow Central this afternoon. Drew Burns, @NetworkRailGLC’s station manager met the Royal couple as they arrived in the city by train for @COP26. #TogetherForOurPlanet @KensingtonRoyal
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It was a bit chilly in Moncrieff Tunnel in Perth last night. -13°c!. Click to see the whole photo. Thanks to Adam from our team for sharing this one. 📸
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🚂❄️ Preparations are underway for teams who will work through the night to clear fallen snow along the Far North line, they do this by sending a plough train to push the snow clear of the route. Here's a previous video of one of our ploughs in action, showing you how it's done.
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Due to flooding at Achnasheen between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh, we’ve had to close the line until engineers can inspect the track. Here’s the conditions we’re dealing with there at the moment.
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👷⚡️ Our team at Kilwinning have shared this photo of the considerable damage done to one of our overhead line structures, caused by a fallen tree. We're now assessing what needs to be done to repair it and reopen the railway for @ScotRail services. More soon.
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We are working alongside the emergency services to respond to an incident involving a train near Stonehaven. It is too early to confirm the exact nature and severity of the incident and more details will be made available once known.
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To mark the passing of our colleagues Brett McCullough and Donald Dinnie, and our passenger Christopher Stuchbury, Scotland’s Railway will fall silent for one minute at 09.43 on Wednesday. We'll be supported by our railway colleagues across Britain.
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Scotland's Railway sends their best wishes to everyone involved at Kerr's Miniature Railway in Arbroath. It closes today for the final time. For 85 years, they've brought joy and created memories for everyone who visited, young and old. Farewell. #RailwayFamily 🚂
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🥳 Happy Birthday to the #ForthBridge. 130 years old today!. A symbol of Scotland and a @UNESCO World Heritage Site, it's construction was also a milestone in the development of railway civil engineering.
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🌨️ Great work by our teams to clear the snow over at Corrour on Scotland's iconic West Highland Line this morning. They arrived on-site at 0950 and the area was cleared by 1020! 👏
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On the remote West Highland Line, our response vans can run on rails as well as roads!
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🟢 #StormÉowyn. Our patrol locomotive inspecting the line between Perth and Stirling has found this garden shed near Forgandenny. The team on board are working to dismantle and clear it from the railway before moving forward again. @networkrail @transcotland @ScotRail
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🆕 The new Troon station brings improved facilities and captures the historic character of the original building. We’ve worked hard alongside contractors @AmcoGiffen_ to deliver this. A massive thanks to the community for their input and patience!
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Our hearts remain broken and will do for a long time. We thank the railway family, along with the local community and people across the country, for joining with us to support one another.
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1️⃣2️⃣ carriages of mail, one driver. All heading south at 100mph on the West Coast Mainline instead of the M74. @DBCargoUK #ScotlandsRailway
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Here's a short clip of what the team at Beattock were dealing with when they arrived on site earlier today. @AvantiWestCoast @TPExpressTrains @NetworkRailLC
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/1 THREAD It’s been a difficult day as we’ve dealt with around a month’s worth of rain in 24 hours. Some flooded sections of railway have reopened, though several routes including the West Highland Line, Highland Mainline and Helensburgh/Balloch – Dalmuir are still closed.
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We could fund access improvements at hundreds of stations across Britain with all the cash we have to spend dealing with bridge strikes. If you drive a tall vehicle, make sure you know how high it is.
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Work is progressing well with track replacement works between Paisley Gilmour Street and Dalry. Here's some footage from over the weekend.
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💙 Great to see the iconic #GlenfinnanViaduct lit up in support of our key workers tonight. #StayHomeSaveLives Protect the NHS.
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📡 At remote stations on the Far North Line, passengers will soon request trains to stop using a radio system linked to the train driver’s cab. 🚉
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More good news – this time at Bowling. Flooding has cleared, and we’ve cleaned the tracks and a nearby level crossing of debris. We’ve also replaced a fence at the station which had washed away. Next step? Run an empty @ScotRail train through before we reopen the railway.
Bowling station this morning. Water levels are still above the rails at one end of the platform but are dropping. There’s a huge amount of water coming down off the Old Kilpatrick hills. For those who don’t live locally, you can see how close we are to the River Clyde here.
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When your railway infrastructure looks even more like #Narnia. This is #Bishopton No. 2 tunnel on the #Gourock line . Joking aside. Dangerous and difficult work and working conditions to make this safe
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What a night got the inaugural journey of @LNER’s “Together” train, wearing a new livery in support of the LGBTQ+ community and #PrideMonth. 📍 Lamberton, Berwickshire
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We’ve completed the vital upgrade works at Haymarket East Junction. A massive well done to everyone involved in the project, which has been ongoing since 22:50 on Christmas Eve. We renewed four sets of points and replaced over 250m of track too. Thanks, team! #XmasRailWorks
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We've just found (what remains of) a garden shed on the line at Bellgrove station in Glasgow. If you live next to the railway, please secure garden sheds, trampolines and patio furniture as best you can. #StormIsha. @networkrail @transcotland @ScotRail
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We've just received this great video of our Independent snowplough at work near Huntly yesterday. It's well worth a watch!. It's out on the Far North Line today clearing even bigger drifts. Working hard to reopen the railway there ASAP. Vid credit: Tractor Thrash Productions 🎥
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🔊 For those of you wondering, this is what it sounds like when a large tree meets our 25kV overhead power lines. These supply electricity to trains and are never switched off. #StormDudley .
Here's a short clip of what the team at Beattock were dealing with when they arrived on site earlier today. @AvantiWestCoast @TPExpressTrains @NetworkRailLC
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Our snow clearing locos have been put to good use this week, like here at Spean Bridge early yesterday morning.
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Here's the highest piece of signalling equipment on the GB rail network, 1100m above sea level. This is our RETB (Radio Electronic Token Block) mast at 🏔️ White Corries, Glencoe. RETB is a type of signalling system, which we use on the West Highland, Kyle and Far North Lines.
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While we appreciate disruption is never easy, this gives you some idea of the scale of the problem we have been dealing with. Drifting snow accumulating again after lines have been cleared is really frustrating and on this scale presents a serious challenge to our ploughs
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With the Highland Mainline closed today due to the extreme rainfall, we have a watch person at Dalguise viaduct on the River Tay. Water levels have now risen past the safe limit – so we’ll be inspecting the structure before the railway reopens.
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🛤️ When your patch covers Scotland's most remote railway, the tools of the trade look a little bit different. #ScotlandsRailway. 📷 Gary, Mobile Ops Manager
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🐂 Our advice to Valentino the bull to stay off the railway went in one ear and out the udder yesterday, so today we've repaired and replaced the stock-proof fencing at Pollok Park. We don't want any further beef with him. @ScotRail @GlasgowCC
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👷♂️👷♀️ Here's footage from the locomotive we used to plough from Dalwhinnie to Blair Atholl yesterday, to give you an idea of the conditions on the Highland Mainline. @ScotRail @LNER @ColasRailUK @DRSgovuk @transcotland @networkrail
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This is the track damage we’re dealing with north of Gleneagles (between Dunblane and Perth). Unfortunately, this won’t be an overnight fix. We’ve begun work on a recovery plan and we’ll update you as soon as we can. @ScotRail @CalSleeper @LNER @DRSgovuk.
We’ve found track damage between Dunblane and Perth, at Forgandenny, south of the Earn viaduct. The stone which supports the track has been washed away. This means the line will remain closed for the rest of the day at least. More soon. @ScotRail @CalSleeper @LNER.
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The #AirOps team caught this shot of Wemyss Bay from our helicopter. It's even beautiful from the air! 🚁. #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt
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🚦 What does a signaller's desk look like? ☎️. It can vary, but this is the Carstairs workstation at the West of Scotland Signalling Centre in Glasgow. 🖥️⌨️🖱️
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Awe inspiring. Strong. Inspirational. Consistent. Indefatigable. Big. Red. A lasting symbol of human ingenuity and a constant reminder that connecting people is more important than building walls. Happy 129th Birthday to this wonderful old lady.
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07:30 Update on Wallyford. Good progress on repairs overnight, but unfortunately the East Coast Mainline between Edinburgh and Berwick-upon-Tweed hasn't reopened though it's imminent. Repairs ongoing to the signalling system, following the HGV destroying a lineside cabinet /1
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The 21-arch Glenfinnan viaduct has turned red this evening between 19:00 and 21:00 as the nation marks the 102nd anniversary of Armistice Day. Watch live ➡️ @poppyscotland | #LightUpRed | @ScotRail .@WestCoastRail | @networkrail | #ArmisticeDay
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Plain stupidity. We can't make it clearer. Please, make sure you know the rail safety basics and pass that knowledge onto your loved ones. Lead by example and stay off the tracks. No ifs, no buts - no tears.
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A snow clearing locos finishes a run on the West Highland Line - they'll be out again today as more snow is forecast
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An early contender for Photo of the Year. #ScotlandsRailway.
Snow has fallen this evening by the Forth Bridge completely covering the nearby shoreline.
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🎥 Here's why the West Highland Line is closed between Garelochehad and Helensburgh Upper. With the volume of water and debris flowing on the track, it's likely to be closed for the day. We'll inspect and clear the track as soon as we can. @ScotRail @CalSleeper @GBRailfreight
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👷♀️👷♂️ Out with the old. In with the new. Just another day for our High Output Track Renewal System. The team completed the renewal of 2774 metres of track over the weekend. @networkrail #EastCoastMainLine #ECML
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Wemyss Bay's station building, designed by the Caledonian Railway's architect, James Miller in 1903 keeps bringing joy over a century later. For generations of Scots, arriving at the station kicked off the start of a trip down the water. 🚂⛴️. #TheArchitectureTheRailwaysBuilt
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Throwback to this day in 2019, when @LNER took one of their Intercity 125 trains for a final run along the Highland Mainline. #LetsGoRoundAgain
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The Forth Bridge. Not the Forth Rail Bridge. Not the Firth of Forth Bridge. Just, The Forth Bridge.
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📸 A snap from our engineers of a cold and snowy Carrbridge on the Highland Main Line earlier this morning. ☃️ 👷 . @ScotRail @transcotland @BBCScotWeather
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Power to our overhead lines has been turned off due to water from the aqueduct in the Bishopton area rushing onto them from above. The video attached captures the severity of the situation. We will update you further on the flow of water from the aqueduct as soon as we can.
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Scotland's Railway fell silent this morning, to remember Brett McCullough, Donald Dinnie and Christopher Stuchbury, who died in the Stonehaven derailment on Wednesday 12 August 2020. Our hearts remain broken and will do for a long time.
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🥳A very Happy Birthday to the Flying Scotsman. Now celebrating over a century, the iconic locomotive is often said to be one of the most famous locomotives in the world. It first entered service on February 24, 1923.
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Good news, the huge tree that fell onto the overhead wires at Whitecraigs station has been removed, and we’ve repaired the damage as well. Well done team! @transcotland #StormIsha
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✉️ We spotted this @RoyalMail train early in the morning, just as day was dawning. Didn't see a black and white cat, though!. @RoyalMail #Railfreight #ScotlandsRailway
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👀 A colleague from @transcotland spotted us removing the fallen wall and fencing at Glasgow Queen Street from their desk. Good progress is being made, with the most challenging section now gone. 🙌.@ScotRail @officialQTS #StormIsha
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What a photo! #BBCScotlandPics.
The Forth Bridge emerges from the clouds in this photograph taken by Katalin Lowley. Your pics gallery 📸 #BBCScotlandPics
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⛄️ The first southbound @AvantiWestCoast service of the day passing a snowy Beattock Summit on the West Coat Mainline earlier. 👋🏻 . #UKSnow
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Here's the situation at Bowling station a short while ago. Similar to Dalmuir and Dalmarnock, flood levels are dropping but the amount of water in the surrounding area is ginormous and it’s draining away slowly. Our team will be out working in the area tonight.
This is Bowling, between Dalmuir and Helensburgh/Balloch where we took the proactive decision to close the line, given the extreme rainfall we’re seeing in this area today. @ScotRail @CalSleeper @GBRailfreight
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Some images from across a cold and snowy network as rail staff worked in sub zero temperatures to protect the infrastructure. This was #Law junction.
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🌉 Gordon, one of our Section Supervisors, was out inspecting a weld on the #ForthBridge the other morning when he took these fantastic shots. ⚠️ Taken safely while the line was closed to trains.
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Heavy duty snow ploughs are a vital part of the equipment we use to clear snow from Scotland's railway
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@alextomo Hi Alex, we've got three of those on the bridge, one in each cantilever. They provide shelter and welfare for maintenance staff. Here are some pics from Inchgarvie bothy.
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We've always known Wemyss Bay station was beautiful but this is really something else!.#LightItBlue
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🟠⚠️ Our engineers will work around the clock tonight and into Saturday to repair damaged infrastructure and re-open Scotland’s Railway following #StormÉowyn. /1. @networkrail @transcotland @ScotRail @LNER @TPExpressTrains @CrossCountryUK @CalSleeper @AvantiWestCoast @LumoTravel
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Why yes, that is a car on rails stopped on the Glenfinnan Viaduct. #ScotlandsRailway. 📷 Gary, Mobile Ops Manager
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��️ Here's what we're up against. This is the moment the tree fell on to the railway at Beattock, damaging our overhead lines. #StormEunice . 📺 Footage courtesy of @railcamlive
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📸 One of our signallers, Graeme, shared this wonderful image of Caroline, the @networkrail Track Inspection Saloon. It's pictured at Attadale, on the Kyle Line, last week.
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🐄 Sorry if you’re being delayed on the Edinburgh-Glasgow mainline this morning near Lenzie. We’re dealing with a herd of 12 cows who’ve found their way onto the railway. Our response team are working to remove them as quickly as we can. @ScotRail
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Here's a photo of the scene at Wallyford. We're working with the emergency services to find the best way to recover the HGV. Once that's done, we'll then need to check for damage to the track and overhead line kit. @LNER @TPExpressTrains @LumoTravel @CrossCountryUK @DBCargoUK
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This is Gartly level crossing. It's between Huntly and Insch. It failed this morning as ice overwhelmed the equipment, and our team had to hand signal trains across until it was cleared. When our team arrived, it was -16°. Well done and thank you! #ScotlandsRailway
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We’re delighted to see @LNER’s #Azuma in Glasgow Central tonight, arriving on time from London King’s Cross. @NetworkRailGLC @NetworkRailKGX
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Here's a birds-eye view from our #AirOps helicopter between Dyce and Kintore on the Aberdeen - Inverness route. 🚁. The River Don has burst its banks, though the railway is now open.
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