Following a day of heavy snowfall, many roads across north and north-east are covered in snow causing travel mayhem, which will continue tomorrow.
Temperatures dipped to well below freezing overnight bringing heavy snow which equals major headaches for motorists across the region.
It is set to continue for the next four days with a Met Office yellow warning in place until late on Thursday.
There has been severe travel disruption on trains and roads, resulting in many Aberdeenshire and Highland schools closing for the day.
Disruption is set to continue tomorrow as some schools and travel operators have announced that they will be affected on Tuesday.
To find out which schools have been affected by the adverse weather, click here.
Roads across Aberdeenshire, Moray and the Highlands have been covered in snow resulting in travel chaos and accidents.
According to Aberdeen City Council all priority one pavements and roads have been gritted.
The A92 near Charleston has been closed eastbound due to an accident on the road. It is yet unclear how many vehicles were involved or if there are any injuries.
Major roads such as the AWPR, A92, A9 and A96 are all affected with some being ploughed and gritted.
It is also understood that several rural roads across Aberdeenshire have been affected by snow and black ice.
In Aberdeen city, there has been lying snow which will slow down traffic through the city centre. Tractors can be seen ploughing car parks including at Kittybrewster Retail Park.
Due to continued snow showers and road surface temperatures well below 0C, Aberdeen City Council will be gritting the primary routes twice overnight, first at 7pm and again from about 4am.
They will continuously grit the arterial main roads through the night.
The priority 1 pavements (Union Street and nearby) will be gritted early morning, too.
Aberdeenshire council have said that all of their 32 gritters will be out treating the primary network from 4pm this afternoon and again tomorrow from 5.30am.
Secondary routes and footway treatments will also be undertaken in the morning.
Heavy snowfall causes travel chaos
These include the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverurie, the A944 Lang Stracht near the Sure Hotel, and the AWPR near Westhill.
Police are urging those planning to head out in their cars today to plan ahead as snow on the roads is significantly increasing journey times to destinations.
Gritters and snow ploughs are also out on patrol clearing the roads for motorists.
Traffic Scotland has confirmed the snow gates located at Cock Bridge remain closed while Braemar, Glenshee and Tomintoul have been reopened.
In the Highlands, Bealach na Bà road remains close and the A836 Lairg to Tongue road is currently the worst affected location.
In Sutherland there have been reports of up to 18 inches of snow on some roads including the B9176 Struie Road between Ardgay and Ardross.
In Inverness roads are mainly dry with some frost.
The A82 at Drumnadrochit has cleared following a road traffic incident which took place earlier this evening.
There is also a warning of high winds affecting the Dornoch Bridge. High winds are also affecting CalMac ferry services across the West Coast.
Trains disrupted between Inverness and Perth Tomorrow
ScotRail have announced that services on the Highland Mainline (Perth – Inverness) will be delayed by around 30 minutes in each direction all day tomorrow (Tuesday, January 16).
Passengers can also expect some changes to a small number of trains.
This comes after there was a number of disruptions today (Monday, January 15).
Due to the high altitude and heavy snowfall through Slochd, ScotRail services on the Highland Main Line running between Inverness and Carrbridge were affected.
Some services terminated at Perth and did not continue on to Inverness.
Early morning services were also cancelled with ScotRail saying other services between the Highlands and the Central Belt was also disrupted for the rest of the day.
These included:
6.47am – Kingussie to Inverness
8.38am – Edinburgh to Inverness (terminates at Perth)
8.43 – Inverness to Glasgow (only running between Perth and Glasgow)
To find out which ScotRail services are affected, visit the ScotRail website.
Bus services affected
Stagecoach has also announced bus services across Moray and Aberdeenshire are experiencing disruption due to the bad weather.
In a statement they said: “Due to the poor road conditions many services are facing lengthy delays this morning.
“This will have a knock on effect later with drivers displaced. Updates will be posted through the day for any further cancellations. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.”
Buses in Aberdeen appear unaffected currently with most roads drivable throughout the city.
To find out which Stagecoach services are affected, visit the Stagecoach website.
Flights cancelled at Aberdeen Airport
There has been frequent snow showers across Scotland today, with Aberdeen experiencing the most depth of snow.
The Met Office has reported a depth of 15cm at Aberdeen Airport.
A 1pm flight between Aberdeen to Newcastle was cancelled today due to snow.
Other flights were cancelled on Monday at Aberdeen Airport due to “operational issues”.
Some were being pushed back and are forced to circle the airport, with some flights being diverted to Edinburgh Airport.
- 9.45am Aberdeen to Belfast City
- 12.45pm Aberdeen to Amsterdam
- 2.25pm Aberdeen to Birmingham
- 5pm Aberdeen to Amsterdam
Flights were also cancelled coming into Aberdeen.
- 9.15am Sumburgh to Aberdeen
- 9.45am Birmingham to Aberdeen
- 12.10pm Amsterdam to Aberdeen
- 12.25pm Belfast City to Aberdeen
- 4.25pm Amsterdam to Aberdeen
- 5.30pm Birmingham to Aberdeen
To keep updated with flight information in and out of Aberdeen Airport click here.
Other airports were also affected including Sumburgh, Stornoway and Inverness with flights cancelled, delayed or diverted. Visit Hial website for more information.
This page is being continuously updated.
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