Forty passengers forced to evacuate train near Gleneagles after carriage fills with smoke

The train was halted between Gleneagles and Dunblane after leaving Inverness at 5.36am on Friday.

Glasgow, GB

21:34,

16°C

broken clouds

85 %

15 mph

Wind Gust: 0 mph

Clouds: 75%

Sunrise: 05:35

Sunset: 21:10

Hourly Forecast

22:00

16°/16°°C 0.36 mm 36% 11 mph 85% 1012 mb 0 mm/h

01:00

15°/16°°C 0.2 mm 20% 12 mph 85% 1012 mb 0 mm/h

04:00

14°/15°°C 0 mm 0% 15 mph 87% 1011 mb 0 mm/h

07:00

14°/14°°C 1 mm 100% 17 mph 95% 1009 mb 0 mm/h

10:00

15°/15°°C 1 mm 100% 13 mph 79% 1011 mb 0 mm/h

13:00

17°/17°°C 1 mm 100% 18 mph 65% 1013 mb 0 mm/h

16:00

16°/16°°C 1 mm 100% 17 mph 74% 1015 mb 0 mm/h

19:00

15°/15°°C 0.9 mm 90% 13 mph 72% 1018 mb 0 mm/h

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