Rail shuttle service launching between Linlithgow and Edinburgh

The service, which will operate in both directions and call at Linlithgow, Edinburgh Park, Haymarket and Edinburgh Waverley, starts on Monday, September 14.

ScotRail is running the shuttle services while repairs are carried out on the main railway line between Edinburgh and Glasgow Queen Street, following last month’s flood damage near Polmont.

Replacement bus services will remain in place for customers between Falkirk Grahamston and Linlithgow, from where they can board a train to the capital.

Network Rail is working around the clock to repair around 300 metres of track, which was severely damaged when the Union Canal breached after unprecedented rainfall on Wednesday, August 12.

The thousands of gallons of water from the canal washed away sections of track and overhead power lines, as well as damaging other sand leaving uprooted trees strewn across the tracks.

David Simpson, ScotRail Operations Director, said: “The unprecedented rainfall near Polmont had a severe impact on Scotland’s Railway, from which we’re still trying to recover.

“Network Rail’s specialist engineers are working as quickly as possible to complete repairs to the track and railway infrastructure near Polmont that was caused by flood damage.

“To keep customers moving until we’re able to get the line reopened and services back to normal, we’ll be running a rail shuttle service between Linlithgow and Edinburgh.”

Full details of the shuttle service between Linlithgow and Edinburgh can be found at www.scotrail.co.uk