Trains disrupted on Aberdeen to Dundee line due to ‘broken rail’

Trains between Aberdeen and Dundee were cancelled today for engineers to inspect a “broken rail” on the line.

Network Rail announced that it would need to carry out a safety inspection on the track to the south of the Granite City and would be unable to run in and out of Aberdeen railway station.

Tickets were accepted on replacement buses instead for CityLink passengers travelling between Aberdeen and Dundee.

Elsewhere, ticket acceptance was available for Stagecoach passengers on the Montrose to Dundee route.

UPDATE: Our response team have managed to repair the broken rail. Services can now run however they will be running at a slower speed with some disruption expected to follow.

— Network Rail Scotland (@NetworkRailSCOT) November 21, 2023

Later that afternoon, Network Rail confirmed that the line had been reopened after managing to repair the broken rail.

A post said: “Services can now run, however, they will be running at a slower speed with some disruption expected to follow.”