Rail services disrupted for nine hours by communications failure

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Rail passengers on a number of routes in west central Scotland had their travel disrupted for nine hours by a communications failure.

Track operator Network Rail said a failure in the system which allows drivers and signallers to communicate with each other was to blame.

The fault had been identified at about 05:30.

Routes affected included Milngavie to Motherwell, Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh and Balloch to Airdrie.

Some disruption was still expected for passengers as services got back to normal. More information can be found on .