Train disruption ends between Aberdeen and central belt after vehicle collision with crossing barriers
Trains between Aberdeen and Glasgow and Aberdeen and Edinburgh were subject to cancellations after a vehicle collided with level crossing barriers at Barry Links.
Trains between Aberdeen and the central belt were disrupted on Monday. Image: Jane Barlow/PA Wire
Trains between Aberdeen and the central belt were disrupted due to an incident in Angus.
ScotRail said that a road vehicle collided with a level crossing barrier between Barry Links and Monifieth.
Services connecting the Granite City with Edinburgh and Glasgow were running at reduced speed due to the incident.
The operator informed that trains between the cities would be “cancelled, delayed or revised.”
ScotRail engineers were sent to the scene after 11:30am to fix the issue.
The line has now reopened.
Trains between Aberdeen and central belt disrupted
Police Scotland have confirmed that nobody was injured.
A Network Rail spokesperson said: “This morning at 11:13, a lorry collided with the barriers protecting Barry West level crossing at Barry Links station near Carnoustie, damaging them.
“Our engineers arrived at 11:26 and made temporary repairs to keep trains running safely until full repairs were completed just after 13:00.”
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Train disruption ends between Aberdeen and central belt after vehicle collision with crossing barriers
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