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ScotRail is advising customers that disruption from Storm Amy will continue into Saturday, and anyone considering travel by train should check their journey before attempting to travel.

There has been significant disruption across the country, with strong winds blowing debris onto overhead lines, heavy persistent rain causing flooding in many areas, and trees falling onto the tracks in parts of the country.

All services via Glasgow Central (high and low level) and Glasgow Queen Street low level have been suspended tonight and are not expected to operate until at least lunch time tomorrow, given the scale of inspection and repair work Network Rail expects to carry out.

This is in addition to the routes already closed which were announced on Thursday:

Mallaig - Fort William.
Fort William - Crianlarich.
Crianlarich - Oban.
Inverness - Aberdeen.
Inverness – Wick / Thurso.
Inverness – Kyle of Lochalsh.
Perth – Inverness.

All affected routes will need to be thoroughly checked by Network Rail colleagues before services can resume tomorrow. These checks need to be carried out in daylight hours, and only when it is safe to do so.

ScotRail is urging customers to check their journey before they travel via the app, website or JourneyCheck. The train operator will also provide updates across social media channels for the remainder of the night and from early tomorrow morning.

Mark Ilderton, ScotRail Service Delivery Director, said:

"We're sorry to customers who have been impacted by the disruption caused by Storm Amy.

"Network Rail and ScotRail teams will work flat out to recover services as quickly as possible, but considerable disruption will continue through Saturday morning.

“We're advising customers to check their journey before they travel via the ScotRail website, mobile app, or social media feeds."

Ross Moran, route director at Network Rail Scotland, said:

"Storm Amy has hit parts of the country much harder and more quickly than expected. We have experienced over 60 incidents on the network during the first two hours of the storm, with flooding, trees falling on to the overhead lines and debris on the tracks.

"The safety of passengers and colleagues has to be our priority, which is why all services to and from Glasgow Central have been suspended.

"We have crews out across the network surveying damage where it is safe to do so and we will do our best to clear lines of route overnight, but we expect some disruption Saturday morning.

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