They worked 24 hours a day, seven days a week.And now Network Rail Scotland engineers can reflect on a job well done. A 1,700-ton landslip on February 10 saw services between Kilmarnock and Dumfries grind to a halt.
The effects of Storm Ciara saw the River Nith erode the embankment on a stretch of line near Holywood, Dumfriesshire.Passengers faced huge disruption with rail replacement bus services put in place for several weeks.Engineers had to construct a haul road to transport materials to the affected site.Workers then removed debris from the river, installed ‘rock armour’ protection and strengthened the riverside before rebuilding and reprofiling the railway embankment.And on Monday, cross-border services between Glasgow Central and the
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