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Rush hour chaos for ScotRail commuters as ‘fault’ causes cancellations & delays

COMMUTERS are facing rush hour chaos this morning at a major Scots station.

ScotRail says services from Glasgow‘s Queens Street station are subject to cancellations, delays, or revisions due to a fault with the signalling system.

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Glasgow Queen Street is affected by the rush hour chaos[/caption]

Trains departing from the busy travel hub are also running at a reduced speed.

The rail operator those passengers wishing to travel from Glasgow Queen Street High Level are affected.

Services between Glasgow and Edinburgh have been reduced from every 15 minutes to a half hourly service.

They will run: 15 and 45 minutes past the hour from Queen Street High Level to Edinburgh.

15 and 45 minutes past the hour from Edinburgh to Queen Street High Level.

A post from ScotRail reads: “Due to a fault with the signalling system at Glasgow Queen Street trains have to run at reduced speed.

“Train services running to and from this station will be cancelled, delayed or revised.”

The low level trains at the station are unaffected.

It comes after extra safety measures were put in force on Wednesday after Buchanan Bus Station was evacuated and a bomb squad robot was sent in to probe a suspicious package.

Emergency services locked down the surrounding area, including Glasgow Caledonian University, to traffic and pedestrians yesterday afternoon.


A controlled explosion was carried out by EOD teams – but cops confirmed that nothing suspicious was found.

Three men were later arrested with alleged possession of offensive weapons and enquiries are ongoing.

Commuters were warned there may still be some travel disruption for those using Buchanan Bus Station.

But Cowcaddens Road was fully re-opened and services returned to normal this morning.

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