RAILSCOT | Loss of power wreaks havoc on Glasgow trains via Charing Cross [Evening Times]

Loss of power wreaks havoc on Glasgow trains via Charing Cross [Evening Times]

Date: 25/08/2020

Services from Glasgow Queen Street to the likes of Edinburgh and Helensburgh are being affected.

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Services from Glasgow Queen Street to the likes of Edinburgh and Helensburgh are being affected.

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02/11/2019	Heavy flooding forces closure of Highland railway line [Press and Journal]
25/10/2019	MSP Hamilton hits out at train cancellations [Border Telegraph]
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Loss of power wreaks havoc on Glasgow trains via Charing Cross [Evening Times]

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