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Flood-damaged Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line to reopen

The line, via Falkirk High, was closed after the Union Canal burst its banks on Wednesday, August 12.

Flood-damaged Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line to reopen — On track: The main Edinburgh to Glasgow line will reopen on Monday.

Jenness Mitchell

17th Sep 2020

The main Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line will reopen for passengers on Monday following a month of repairs after the track was damaged by flooding.

The line, via Falkirk High, was closed after the Union Canal burst its banks on Wednesday, August 12.

The force of the water completely washed away sections of track near Polmont and undermined embankments along a 300m stretch of the line.

Damage: Sections of the track were washed away. <strong>NETWORK RAIL</strong>”/></div><figcaption aria-hidden=true>Damage: Sections of the track were washed away. <strong>NETWORK RAIL</strong> <cite class=hidden></cite></figcaption></figure><p>Over the past five weeks, engineers have been working round-the-clock to completely rebuild the foundations of the line, replacing more than 15,000 tonnes of soil and stone beneath the track.</p><p>A kilometre of new double-track railway has also been laid – consisting of more than 4500m of new rails and 4424 concrete sleepers, along with 10,000 tonnes of new ballast requiring 27 engineering trains.</p><p>More than 3000m of signalling cables have been re-laid and two new twin-track overhead power gantries installed.</p><p>ScotRail has been operating a rail shuttle service between Linlithgow and Edinburgh since Monday, September 14, to keep customers moving while engineers carried out the extensive work.</p><figure class=wp-block-image><div class=relative><img loading=lazy decoding=async src=https://news.stv.tv/wp-content/themes/stvnews/static/images/fallback.png width=1280 height=720 srcset sizes=

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