Warnings for ice and travel disruption in Scotland

Travel warnings person been issued for icy conditions connected roads and pavements - arsenic good arsenic ongoing disruption connected the railways.

A Met Office yellowish alert for crystal is successful unit for the full of Scotland until 11:00 connected Monday.

The main obstruction enactment betwixt Glasgow and northbound westbound of England could stay closed for respective much days aft it was damaged by a landslip connected Friday.

Travel volition besides beryllium impacted by a caller circular of obstruction strikes from Tuesday.

Forecasters warned that rainfall sleet and snowfall would easiness connected Sunday evening, leaving surfaces bedewed arsenic temperatures driblet beneath zero overnight.

Ice is apt to signifier wide connected untreated roads and pavements, and further sleet oregon snowfall showers are imaginable overnight successful the west.

Flood warnings person present been lifted but the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has advised radical to steer wide of receding flood h2o successful confederate and cardinal Scotland.

At 1 constituent connected Friday, Sepa had 10 determination flood alerts successful place, on with 29 section flood warnings and a terrible flood informing for Dumfries.

The situation watchdog said levels astatine the River Nith reached the highest ever recorded.

Following the blockage connected the the West Coast Mainline adjacent Carstairs connected Friday, Network Rail said engineers were moving to reenforce the slope nether the way earlier they tin repair the enactment itself.

There volition beryllium nary services northbound of Carlisle and the enactment is not expected to reopen for passengers and freight services until astatine slightest Friday 6 January. Some replacement autobus services are being enactment on.

Meanwhile, further disruption tin beryllium expected owed to ongoing concern action, with Network Rail unit acceptable to onslaught again connected Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Services volition besides beryllium severely affected connected Thursday owed to the challenges of restarting a timetable with conscionable a fewer hours betwixt strikes.

A spokesperson said determination would beryllium lone a precise constricted work across 12 routes successful the cardinal belt, Fife and the Borders.

Train drivers successful England volition besides locomotion retired connected Thursday, which could impact cross-border services.