Aerial shot of Aberdeen station

Scotland’s oil capital reconnected today after summer derailment

Aberdeen station Image Network Rail media centre

The mainline south from Aberdeen is reopening today, Tuesday, 3 November. The city at the centre of the UK offshore oil industry has been blocked since August, when a passenger train derailed and badly damaged the line southwards towards Dundee, central Scotland, and England via the East Coast Main Line. The re-opening is a little under two weeks earlier than had been expected.

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Aerial shot of Aberdeen station

Scotland’s oil capital reconnected today after summer derailment

Aberdeen station Image Network Rail media centre

The mainline south from Aberdeen is reopening today, Tuesday, 3 November. The city at the centre of the UK offshore oil industry has been blocked since August, when a passenger train derailed and badly damaged the line southwards towards Dundee, central Scotland, and England via the East Coast Main Line. The re-opening is a little under two weeks earlier than had been expected.

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