Severe flooding brings Hogmanay disruption

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Severe flooding brings Hogmanay disruption
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The West Coast Mainline is closed between Carlisle and Scotland but a landslip in Fife has now been cleared.

Travellers are facing Hogmanay disruption on Scotland's railways after Friday's floods.

The Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh line had to be closed due to severe flooding but it has since reopened.Engineers worked through the night to clear a landslip on the line just south of Markinch station in Fife. At one point on Friday Sepa had 10 regional flood alerts in place, along with 29 local flood warnings and a severe flood warning for Dumfries.

Sepa said levels at the River Nith were the highest ever recorded, higher than Storm Frank in 2015 and flooding in December 1982.Rosebank in West Central ScotlandMarc Becker, Sepa's flood duty manager said: "Across Friday we saw Scotland hit with yet another significant flood event, with southern and central Scotland heavily impacted this time in particular. This comes after recent flooding impacts in the east and north-east of Scotland in November.

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