Shock footage shows flood damage as section of Glasgow to Edinburgh railway line washed away
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dailyrecord.co.ukmajor floods. Disruption continues on the Edinburgh to Glasgow route after a 300m section of the track near Polmont was badly damaged during stormy weather on August 12.
Torrential downpours caused a nearby canal to burst its banks with the powerful waves of escaping water washing away the ground beneath the railway line.
Overhead electrification masts were also knocked over and uprooted trees were left strewn across the tracks during the ‘biblical’ lightning storm.A 1km section of the busy train line - between Polmont and Bo’ness - will also need to be replaced after being ‘contaminated’ by flood water.
The canal - which suffered a 30m breach on a section of its banks - was fixed by Scottish Canals staff on Friday.Network Rail staff have.
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