Major disruption to ScotRail passengers on main Edinburgh-Glasgow line after person hit by train at Croy
Some 40 trains on multiple routes cancelled or disrupted
ScotRail passengers suffered major rush hour disruption on multiple routes across the Central Belt on Tuesday morning after a person was hit by a train at Croy on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.
Some 40 trains were cancelled or disrupted, with services on lines between Glasgow and Aberdeen, Alloa and Dunblane also affected.
ScotRail said the emergency services attended the incident at about 8.15am.
Some trains were diverted via Cumbernauld and Falkirk Grahamston.
The line through Croy was later re-opened but knock-on disruption was expected to continue until 3pm.
A British Transport Police (BTP) spokesperson said: “Officers were called at around 8.15am to reports of a casualty on the tracks at Croy.
“Officers responded with paramedics, however sadly a person was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The incident is not being treated as suspicious.”
Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s customer operations director, said: “ScotRail services have been disrupted this morning while the emergency services attend an incident near Croy.
“Anyone who was delayed by 30 minutes or more is entitled to compensation through our Delay Repay guarantee.”
The incident comes 24 hours after a person was hit by a train between Springburn and Robroyston in Glasgow on the line to Falkirk Grahamston.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to the incident just before 7am on Monday, with the line reopened around 9.30am.
ScotRail said: “Emergency services are dealing with an incident between Springburn and Robroyston.
“Trains through the station will be cancelled, delayed or revised.”
BTP said there were 16 non-suspicious deaths on the Scottish rail network in the year to March, three fewer than in the previous year.
These - along with incidents where people were injured - caused a total of 66 hours of delays to trains, or nearly three days’ worth, 40 per cent less than in 2024-25.
Lines were re-opened after incidents in an average of just under two hours.
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