Heavy snow caused more disruption across Tayside and Fife today.
Perthshire was worst hit by the morning blizzards which saw more than 28cm of snow fall on Auchterarder.
There were major delays on the A9 northbound at Blair Atholl after two lorries became trapped in snow drifts while there were also minor collisions on the A9 near the Drumochter Pass.
And the winter whiteout also created problems for trains.
The line between Perth and Inverness became blocked after a snow clearing train broke down as it worked to remove snow from the track.
Once the train was removed from the line Network Rail decided to keep it closed because of the atrocious conditions.
The slippery state of the roads again caused headaches for commuters in Fife and Dundee.
Dock Street in Dundee was partially blocked at rush hour because of two minor accidents.
In the first a driver hit a temporary set of traffic lights as he came of the Tay Road Bridge into Dundee around 5.30am.
Then, around two hours later, a woman lost control of her car and it spun into railings the Arnold Clark dealership.
Neither driver sustained injuries that required hospital treatment.
City councillor Will Dawson has said a “perfect storm” was to blame for the treacherous road conditions in Dundee.
The sudden snowfall overnight on Monday led to chaos on the roads on Tuesday and a series of accidents in and around the city.
He said on Twitter: “The gritters can’t do all the roads at once. Dundee issues caused by perfect storm. Freezing roads, rush hour and volume of snow. It wasn’t just Dundee that was affected.”
The B9128 Forfar to Carnoustie road was closed in Angus in the morning while in Aberdeenshire the A93 Glenshee to Braemar route,the B974 Banchory to Fettercairn road and the A939 Ballater to Corgarff were also closed.
The blizzards also closed hundreds of schools around the country. Eight schools in Perth and Kinross, including Auchterarder Community School while Muthil, Tullibardine were shut.
Others, such as Crieff High School were only open to pupils who lived nearby as the roads were considered too dangerous for school buses.
Six Angus primary schools were closed in the afternoon.
Forecasters said that the wintry weather is set to continue into the weekend but the snow is likely to be replaced by driving rain and strong winds although they will not reach the speed as they did during last week’s storms.
For more, see Thursday’s Courier.