Disruption continues after Storm Eowyn batters Scotland
Disruption continues after Storm Eowyn batters Scotland
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Disruption is continuing after Storm Eowyn battered Scotland, claiming one life and leaving thousands without power. On Sunday evening around 16,000 properties were still without electricity as power companies worked to restore supplies after the storm on Friday.
The high winds also caused significant damage to infrastructure on the rail network and Network Rail is working on repairs, with lines opening when safe to do so. ScotRail communications director David Ross said it had been a “very challenging” weekend but the “vast majority” of routes are back up and running.
He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “A lot of work has been carried out over the course of the weekend by colleagues at Network Rail. “They’ve had reports of around 500 individual incidents and more than 120 trees fallen down on to the lines, so that’s been a massive repair job.
“So, as I say, the vast majority of routes are up and running, but there is still ongoing disruption in some parts of the country, for example, in Ayrshire and Inverclyde we’re still seeing some impacts – damaged overhead wires, for example. “We’re still also seeing trees fallen on to the lines and on to the railway in some parts of the country, some areas of Lanarkshire. So the impact of the storm is still being felt.”.
Mr Ross said that in some parts of the country there will not be a “quick fix” and the impact may be felt for several days. “There’s a lot of work involved in areas particularly where the wires have come down entirely – that is not a quick fix,” he said.
