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Network Rail

Passengers awaiting updates during the major disruption at Edinburgh Waverley Station last night. (Photo by Alastair Dalton/The Scotsman)

Edinburgh Waverley rail disruption: Huge power surge ‘fried everything’

ScotRail warns service disruption to run into Friday after major signal fault

Almost £1 million in damages has been secured from Network Rail for seven people affected by a rail crash which claimed three lives. Photo: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Almost £1m in damages for Stonehaven rail crash victims

Flooding at Dalmarnock - one of a number of problems facing the rail network as it bids to get back to normal operations for the start of the week (Pic: Network Rail)

ScotRail’s major clear-up operation as floods disrupt services across Scotland

Ayr Station Hotel fire highlights blight of absentee owners Martyn McLaughlin

Railway staff and members of the public observe a minute’s silence at Glasgow's Queen Street Station a week after three people were killed when an Aberdeen to Glasgow train derailed on 12 August 2020, near Carmont, west of Stonehaven (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Climate change no excuse for failings that led to fatal Carmont train crash

Three people were killed in the Carmont derailment on August 12 2020. Picture: RAIB

Stonehaven crash: Network Rail signaller told train driver ‘everything’s fine’

Capercaillie by Petr Šimon

Data Capital: conservationists keep a weather eye on wild predictions

Trish Ewen with Donald Dinnie. The partner of the conductor who died in a fatal derailment has said her life has been "turned upside down" as a result of the crash. Picture: Trish Ewen/PA Wire

Partner of conductor who died in train crash says life 'turned upside down'

Investigators continuing to work at the scene near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, following the derailment of the ScotRail train, which cost the lives of three people. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Survivor shares terrifying ordeal of being thrown from train during fatal crash

Emergency services inspecting the scene near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, following the derailment of the ScotRail train, which cost the lives of three people. Picture: Ben Birchall/PA Wire

Network Rail pleads guilty to charges over fatal Scotland train derailment

Bruce Craig, Partner and regulatory expert at Pinsent Masons

Network Rail in the dock over Stonehaven crash - Bruce Craig

Exclusive Fatal Carmont derailment: Network Rail to face criminal charges at High Court

The driver's cab and front section of the High Speed Train in the Carmont crash is in the bottom right of the picture, partially concealed by undergrowth. (Photo by John Devlin)

Aslef to discuss lifting threat to boycott train fleet in fatal Carmont crash

Flavia Burroni has joined Glasgow Central Station's guides to offer tours in Italian as well as English. (Photo by John Devlin/The Scotsman)

Ex-Vatican guide to give Glasgow Central Station tours an Italian boost

As climate change increases, severe storms will put pressure on important infrastructure designed with more benign conditions in mind (Picture: Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty Images)

Missing climate targets means humanity must prepare for a storm like no other

We must always challenge the ideology that human pain is a 'price worth paying' Joyce McMillan

Exclusive Glasgow Central rail bridge hit by bus had been struck 16 times in last decade

A CCTV clip has shown the heart-stopping moment a woman has a near miss with a train on a level crossing

Woman just seconds away from being hit by train on level crossing

The roof of the double-decker bus was sliced off after the vehicle collided with the low bridge. Picture: Network Rail

Ten people hospitalised after bus roof ripped off in rail bridge collision

The incident happened at Argyle Street station

Five injured as escalator malfunctions at Scottish train station

Video shows children playing on railway track as train hurtles past

Rail passengers are being warned of fresh travel disruption on Sunday (Photo: Getty Images)

Network Rail passengers face travel disruption over May Bank Holiday

Martin Bignell, Scottish and Northern Representative, Rail Freight Group

Rail freight industry is on track to target growth - Martin Bignell

Revised plans for the bridge climbs centre were approved last June. Picture: Network Rail

Forth Bridge climbs further delayed by cost cuts

RMT Scottish organiser Mick Hogg described the Scottish Government's public sector pay policy as a "blatant attack on free collective bargaining". Picture: Robert Perry/PA

RMT threatens ScotRail with another ‘summer of discontent’ over pay limits

Services in and out of Paddington have been cancelled or delayed (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

National Rail urge passengers to plan journeys in advance

RMT members protesting outside Glasgow Central Station in September. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail paid £6.5m compensation after Network Rail strikes cancel 40,000 trains

Network Rail has warned of Easter distruption

Network Rail warns passengers to expect disruption this Easter

Members of the RMT in Network Rail have voted to accept a pay offer, the union announced.

RMT members at Network Rail vote to accept pay deal

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

When are the train strikes taking place this month?

Glenfinnan Railway Viaduct with the Jacobite steam train passing over

Repairs to be carried out on Glenfinnan Viaduct ‘urgent defect'

ScotRail’s Class 385 Hitachi electric train is the breakout star of a new train simulator game, Train Sim World 3: ScotRail Express: Edinburgh – Glasgow.

ScotRail to run more frequent Saturday service than on weekdays on premier route

February train strikes: When are rail workers striking and how will it impact the North East? (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

RMT train strikes suspended following new pay offer

Passengers  have faced months of disruption

Rail strikes suspended: RMT calls off UK-wide action after new offer

The video shows a man just inches from being hit by the speeding train.

Watch moment pedestrian narrowly misses being hit by speeding train

The Royal College of Nursing have announced their biggest strikes to date.

Rail workers, postal workers and nurses all announce new strike dates

Pic: John Devlin

Urgent track repairs hit weekend train services between Edinburgh and Fife

The biggest rail workers’ union has rejected the latest offers from Network Rail and the train operating companies aimed at resolving the long-running disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.

RMT union rejects latest offer from Network Rail and train operating companies

Closure of the Edinburgh-Fife line over the festive season to enable preparations for electrifying the route were postponed at late notice by transport minister Jenny Gilruth. Picture: Michael Gillen

Rail chiefs' safety fears over ministers’ move to delay vital track work

Landslip debris at Carmont. Picture: RAIB

Network Rail to be prosecuted over fatal Carmont train derailment

Schoolhill tunnel mouth

Case for Aberdeen rail tunnel improvements bolstered

Liam Kerr MSP

"Ulysses home faster" than SNP Aberdeen rail project delivery

Mick Lynch appeared on GMB this morning and was quizzed by Ben Sheppard and Kate Garraway.

Watch Mick Lynch and Ben Shephard in fiery GMB clash

Empty platforms at Stratford station in east London during a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT), in a long-running dispute over jobs and pensions. Picture date: Wednesday January 4, 2023.

Scottish RMT leader calls on UK ministers to “intervene in a positive manner”

ScotRail services will be severely disrupted on Wednesday as railway workers walk out in a second day of strike action this week. Network Rail workers across Scotland walked out yesterday as part of an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions.

Second day of New Year strike action on railways impact ScotRail services

The fresh strike begins on Tuesday

ScotRail services crippled as fresh strike action begins

Compromise is the key to ending rail dispute - Scotsman comment

The rail strikes taking place this week

Rail strikes: Passengers warned travel only if “absolutely necessary”

A snow plough clears the A939 after heavy snowfall in the Highlands.

West Coast Main Line to remain closed until Friday

Drivers are facing difficult conditions as water levels rise on the roads.

Transport disruption and floods amid amber and yellow warnings

Industrial action in February would mark the third time firefighters have gone on strike

Firefighters say strike action is ‘inevitable’ amid deadlock on pay

Strike action will cause travel disruption, ScotRail has warned.

ScotRail warns of travel disruption over Network Rail staff strikes

Strike action beginning on Christmas Eve will severely limit rail services with people being advised to only travel if “absolutely necessary”, Scotland’s rail operator has warned.

ScotRail warns travellers of disruption over Christmas because of strikes

Rail passengers such as at Glasgow Central Station - Scotland's busiest - face significant disruption until at least January 7. Picture: The Scotsman

Rail strikes: Eight more days of disruption until end of New Year week

RMT members at Network Rail are striking over pay and conditions. Picture: John Devlin

Nicola Sturgeon: UK Government must immediate intervene in rail disputes

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