Edinburgh commuters warned as services to Glasgow Central cancelled following devastating fire
Edinburgh commuters are being warned that services from the Scottish capital to Glasgow Central have been cancelled following a huge fire near the station.
The ScotRail Edinburgh-Glasgow (via Shotts) and Edinburgh-Glasgow Central (via Carstairs) services will not be running on Monday, March 9 as a result of the devastating blaze in Glasgow, which firefighters are still tackling almost 20 hours after it was first reported on Sunday afternoon.
ScotRail said in a travel update to passengers: “Because of a fire at a station at Glasgow Central all lines are closed. Train services running to and from this station will be cancelled, delayed or revised. Disruption is expected until the end of today (09 March).”
Passengers travelling from Edinburgh are being advised that services to Glasgow Queen Street are running as normal.
Some low level services travelling through Glasgow Central will still be able to journey through the station but services will not stop make a stop.
Glasgow Central remains completely closed this morning after a fire broke out at a vape shop on nearby Union Street on Sunday afternoon.
National Rail said in an update: “We have no estimate on when the station will reopen. We expect disruption to continue on routes to / from / through Glasgow Central until at least the end of the day today (March 9).”
Fire crews worked through the evening to contain the fire, but it resulted in the partial collapse of a large section of a building next door to the busy railway station.
As of 6.45am on Monday morning, the Scottish Fire and Rescue service said that crews were still tackling the blaze, with nine appliances in attendance. The public were also advised to avoid the area.
A spokesperson for SFRS said: “Firefighters were mobilised at 3.46pm on Sunday, 8 March, to reports of a fire on the ground floor of a four-storey building. Operations remain ongoing and there have been no reports of casualties.”