Scottish trains disrupted amid Met Office weather warning for heavy rain and flooding

Services on the West Coast Main Line between Glasgow and Carlisle and between the cities via Dumfries are affected.

A Network Rail spokesperson said: “Our weather specialists, based in Scotland’s railway control room, monitor the weather conditions in real time.

“If conditions improve, we’ll remove these sooner.”

Network Rail have confirmed Glasgow Central to Kilmarnock services may be revised to run between Glasgow Central and Barrhead only, or be delayed by up to 20 minutes.

Glasgow Central to Carlisle services may be revised to run between Glasgow Central and Dumfries only, or be be delayed by up to 20 minutes.

There may also be further short notice cancellations or alterations. Disruption is expected until 9am on Tuesday.

Standby buses will be at Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Dumfries and Carlisle during today and will be used as required.

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The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) said seven flood alerts are in place due to the heavy rain.

A Met Office weather warning is in place with substantial rainfall expected across much of Scotland including Glasgow.

It reads: “An area of rain will move steadily east across the area during Monday, turning heavy at times during the morning.

“Whilst the rain may ease for a time during the afternoon across southern Scotland, another pulse of heavy rain is possible here during the evening, with all rain eventually clearing by late Monday.”