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Engineers work through the night to repair signalling fault on Highland Main Line

Network Rail engineers worked tirelessly to repair signals system between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie.

Rail services on the Highland Main Line were delayed by up to 60 minutes due to the fault.. Image: PA
Rail services on the Highland Main Line were delayed by up to 60 minutes due to the fault.. Image: PA

Network Rail engineers have worked through the night to repair a signalling fault on the Highland Main Line.

The fault was reported on the railway line near Blair Atholl shortly after 8am on Friday.

Train services operating between Inverness and Perth were facing severe delays as engineers investigated the cause of the fault.

Officials confirmed multiple blown fuses had triggered the outage.

Network Rail staff work through the night to restore order to Highland rail services

Engineers remained at the scene overnight as work to repair the signals system between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie continued.

On Friday evening, Network Rail Scotland officials confirmed repairs were successfully made to the power terminals as work to mend the signalling track and equipment continued.

Train services operating between Inverness and Perth were facing severe delays as Network Rail engineers worked on the line. Image: Sandy McCook/ DC Thomson.

After more than 12 hours of repairs, three circuits remained out of operation.

In a statement, posted on their Twitter page, a Network Rail spokesman said: “Three circuits remain failed and staff will remain on site overnight to repair the faults.”

Engineers worked through the night to repair the faults to bring order back to the Highland Main Line.

This morning, rail services have returned to normal.

The fault caused a wave of disruption across Scotland’s rail network.

Commuters travelling between Inverness and the Central Belt faced delays of up to 60 minutes as trains ran at a reduced speed along the route.

In a statement, posted on their website during the disruption, a ScotRail spokesman said: “We have received reports of a signal fault between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie. Because of this fault our services have to run through this area at a slower speed than normal.

“Staff are on site have found multiple blown fuses which they are in the process of replacing but the area affected is quite large so may take some time to complete.”

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