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There is already massive disruption across the rail network.
The Met Office has issued a warning for further weather disruption as Scotland prepares for the arrival of Storm Jocelyn.
All ScotRail trains will be suspended from 7pm. Some lines are still not open after Monday’s bad weather.
Winds of up to 110mph are expected, and ScotRail said trees and other debris could fall onto the tracks.
An Amber Wind Warning has been issued from 18:00 to 08:00 on Wednesday. It covers the west coast of Scotland, the Orkney Islands, and parts of the north and north-east.
A yellow wind warning has also been issued from 4pm on Tuesday until noon on Wednesday.
A yellow rain warning is in place for much of the country from 07:00 to 18:00 on Tuesday.
Storm Jocelyn will bring strong winds and rain to Scotland
ScotRail said trains must undergo safety inspections on each route before operating, and services would not begin until Wednesday.
It announced that trains departing before 7pm will no longer be in service, but will not start running after this time and will not run on Wednesday morning.
Phil Campbell, ScotRail’s director of customer affairs, told BBC Good Morning Scotland that final checks on debris and damage were being carried out on Tuesday morning and services were expected to be restored by early afternoon. Told.
He said that due to the forecast of strong winds, the carrier had no choice but to shut down its network again at 7pm on Tuesday night.
“The wind strength will decrease slightly due to Storm Jocelyn, but weather experts say it will be enough to knock down trees and debris along the route.”
“Closing the network from 7pm tonight until rush hour tomorrow is simply to ensure the safety of our customers and staff, and to provide some certainty as to what is working and what is not. But there is.”
He urged customers to check online for the latest information. Tickets issued after January 20th are valid until January 26th.
Asked why the network needed to be shut down completely, given that Storm Jocelyn’s high winds forecast was more localized, he said previous storms had reduced the network’s resiliency. , said the saturated ground meant there was a greater risk of falling trees.
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This tree fell on the Arrochar & Tarbert railway line.
A car made a lucky escape in Cathcart, Glasgow on Monday.
Avanti West Coast said its last scheduled flight from London to Glasgow departed from Euston at 3.30pm and was “expected to be very busy”.
The last train of the day from Glasgow and Edinburgh departs just before 5pm, with services to and from Scotland expected to be suspended until at least midday on Wednesday.
LNER advised passengers not to travel north of Newcastle after 3pm.
On Tuesday morning, the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA) announced that 15 flood warning 10 alerts have been set.
It happened after thousands of people lost power. SSEN said power had been restored to about 36,000 customers by Monday night, but only 800 were still without power.
The company said it had deployed more than 400 field staff to its network areas in the north of Scotland in response to Storm Isha, approximately five times its staffing levels on a “normal working” day.
SP Energy Networks has announced that power has been restored to more than 58,500 customers in central and southern Scotland, with 3,500 still waiting to be reconnected.
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Footage from across Scotland shows the damage caused by Storm Isha.
On Sunday night, the Met Office issued a rare life-threatening red warning for north-east Scotland.
The Met Office recorded wind gusts of 84mph (84mph) in the village of Salsborough in North Lanarkshire, 81mph (130km/h) in Kirkwall, Orkney, and 80mph (129km/h) in Wick, Highlands. Ta.
Parts of south-central Scotland experienced their strongest wind gusts in more than a decade, with Glasgow and Edinburgh both recording their strongest wind gusts since December 5, 2013.
Jocelyn is the 10th named storm to hit the UK since September.