Heavy snow and poor road conditions has caused a number of bus and train services in the north and north-east to be disrupted this morning.
A number of Stagecoach bus services in Aberdeenshire are running with heavy delays and are not serving some villages.
The 422 Insch to Alford is not operating at all due to poor road conditions, with Alford especially treacherous.
The Braemar to Aberdeen service is starting at Ballater, while the Alford to Aberdeen bus is running almost 45 minutes late and is not serving Sauchen, Kirkton of Skene, or Lyne of Skene villages.
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Due to the A93 being covered in snow and ice, the Ballater to Braemar bus service has been cancelled.
Heavy snow on the track between Carrbridge and Blair Atholl has caused rail disruption between Inverness and Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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The Highland Main Line at Dalwhinnie has been shut due to snowdrifts, with Glasgow and Edinburgh trains to Inverness being terminated at Perth.
A Met Office yellow weather warning is still in place across most of Scotland, with an amber warning to come into effect from tomorrow.
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The @metoffice has issued multiple Yellow weather warnings for SNOW
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Snow gates have been closed across the north-east.
The two on the A93 at Glenshee and Braemar have been shut, along with the ones at Cock bridge on the A939 and on the Bridge of Dye on the B974 heading towards Fettercairn.
Motorists who are out and about are being urged to be careful when driving, as a lot of roads are icy.
Moray Council issued a warning for residents to “redouble” up their efforts to stay home.
Conditions are already challenging in some parts of the region, particularly in rural areas such as Glenlivet, Tomnavoulin, and Bluefolds, where drifting snow is making some roads impassable.
Moray Council’s Roads Maintenance Manager, Mark Atherton, is urging residents to consider if their journeys are essential and, if not, to stay at home.
He said: “Our focus has to be on keeping the roads clear for essential and emergency journeys.
“Road conditions can deteriorate quickly in adverse weather; motorists can get stuck, causing obstructions for our ploughs and gritters which will hamper our efforts to keep lifeline roads open to communities and for our already busy emergency services.
“We will be hard at work monitoring the weather conditions and co-ordinating our crews to areas where there is the greatest need. We are also grateful to those who volunteer to help with snow-clearing efforts, such as our farming community.
“If you do have to travel we have interactive gritting maps, maps of grit bins and explanations of our priority routes all available on our website to help plan your route, but staying at home for all but essential purposes is the ask of our residents.”
