Dundee to Aberdeen railway line reopens after track defect

The Dundee to Aberdeen railway line has reopened after trains were halted for more than two hours.

Network Rail posted at 12.56pm on Tuesday that it was investigating a track defect near Stonehaven.

“The Aberdeen-Dundee line has been closed while our engineers investigate the report,” the post said.

“We’ll share more details ASAP.”

ScotRail implemented the following alterations:

• Services between Glasgow Queen Street and Aberdeen terminate at/start back from Perth
• Services between Montrose and Inverurie, and between Edinburgh and Aberdeen, terminate at/start back from Dundee

A Network Rail update at 3.21pm said trains had begun to run again.

It stated: “The line from Dundee towards Aberdeen is now open with trains permitted to run at normal speeds.

“The line from Aberdeen towards Dundee is also now open but with a speed restriction in place of 20mph.”