The main Edinburgh to Glasgow railway line has reopened to passengers 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.
Liam Sumpter, route director for Scotland’s Railway, said: “The progress has been absolutely incredible.
“When I first saw the pictures of this site after it was washed away by the Union Canal bursting its banks, I thought it was a massive, massive site.
“And then when I saw the videos, I really started to get a better understanding of the devastation.
“And in the best part of 20 years in the railway, I have never seen infrastructure destroyed like this by an event such as this, so, to even be contemplating reopening the railway in five weeks or so after that is an incredible effort.”
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