Heavy snow disrupts railway amid active Met Office warning [Inverness Courier]





Date: 04/12/2020

Heavy snow on the Highland mainline was causing delays for railway passengers on Friday morning.


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Heavy snow disrupts railway amid active Met Office warning

Inverness Courier

HEAVY snow on the Highland mainline was causing delays for railway passengers on Friday morning.

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27/02/2019US passenger train stuck in snow for nearly 40 hours [BBC News]
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