London North Eastern Railway has said it will not run any services north of Edinburgh on Thursday 19th October and Friday 20th October due to severe weather conditions.
The operator says that services today (18th October) and Saturday 21st October will also be affecting and has advised passengers to check before travelling.
LNER says that anyone travelling north of Edinburgh with a ticket dated between 18th and 20th October can use their ticket up to and including the 24th October.
Red and Amber weather warnings have been issued by the Met Office from today until Saturday and is set to see heavy rain and strong winds across Scotland.
For the latest travel advice, please see National Rail Enquiries by clicking here.
Responses
The trouble is that, once the Met Office has issued an amber or red warning, train operators are pretty much obliged to take action. And the Met Office seems now to issue thse warnings at the slightest hint that rain or wind might be heavy. This didn’t happen in the past, and there is no evidence that Autumn rain and wind is any worse than it’s always been – it’s often just the Met Office being alarmist.
I fear that is this goes on, the country will grind to a halt whenever there is even the chance of inclement weather
The blanket stopping of UK rail services due to pending weather conditions is unprecedented.
Why is this happening? Millions of people across the country need an answer?
Need to remember what happened near Stonehaven in 2020 following bad weather.