Electricity outage causes havoc for Edinburgh rail travellers between Haymarket and Bathgate

The power outage was reported on Saturday morning.

A power outage has been causing chaos for rail passengers in and out of Edinburgh.

A loss of electricity supply between Haymarket and Edinburgh Waverley was reported on Saturday morning at around 11am.

Rail operator ScotRail also said there was a broken down train between the two stations.

It has not been confirmed if the electricity outage is linked or if the broken down train is an unrelated issue.

A ticket acceptance scheme has been put in place by ScotRail.

The problems arose on a day when much of Scotland's central belt is battered by outbursts of high wind and torrential rain.

A spokesperson for Network Rail said Edinburgh rail services may be cancelled or subject to delays.

They said: "Electricity supply problems between Edinburgh and Haymarket are causing disruption to ScotRail services between these stations. Trains may be cancelled, delayed or revised.

"We anticipate that disruption will continue until 14:00."

A ticket acceptance scheme was put in place by operators ScotRail, allowing rail passengers to transfer on to trams at Edinburgh Gateway, Edinburgh Park, Haymarket and Waverley.

Rail users travelling between Bathgate and Edinburgh were also able to transfer on to First Bus service 25.

ScotRail announced at 12.33pm on Saturday that the cause of disruption had been identified and the issue with the broken down train rectified. They added that staff were able to move the affected train forward but that there would be some cancellations and delays.

Writing on social media, a spokesperson said: "The broken down train is now on the move back to the depot and services are returning to normal, however there will be some alterations, cancellations and delays due to crews and units out of place."

The rail operator added that a ticket acceptance scheme had also been agreed with Lothian Buses.