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| Damaged rail mainline to reopen | Damaged rail mainline to reopen |
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| A section of the West Coast railway line is expected to reopen on Monday morning after the removal of containers which fell onto tracks in strong winds. | A section of the West Coast railway line is expected to reopen on Monday morning after the removal of containers which fell onto tracks in strong winds. |
| Replacement bus services have been operating for a second day between Glasgow and Lancaster since the accident at Shap, Cumbria. | Replacement bus services have been operating for a second day between Glasgow and Lancaster since the accident at Shap, Cumbria. |
| Network Rail expects the line to reopen at 0630 GMT following repair work. | Network Rail expects the line to reopen at 0630 GMT following repair work. |
| The line in Buckinghamshire, where more freight landed on the track, has been cleared and reopened. | The line in Buckinghamshire, where more freight landed on the track, has been cleared and reopened. |
| Virgin Trains and First TransPennine Express customers have been advised not to travel on Sunday unless their journeys were essential. | |
| Long incline | Long incline |
| The five containers, weighing up to four tonnes each were removed from the track at Shap overnight. | The five containers, weighing up to four tonnes each were removed from the track at Shap overnight. |
| A Network Rail spokesman said: "Work is still going onto repair damage to track, overhead cables, signal equipment and line side equipment. | A Network Rail spokesman said: "Work is still going onto repair damage to track, overhead cables, signal equipment and line side equipment. |
| "The damage is reasonably straight forward and the line should not be closed beyond 6.30am tomorrow." | "The damage is reasonably straight forward and the line should not be closed beyond 6.30am tomorrow." |
| Virgin Trains expects to offer a normal service across the whole network on Monday and tickets bought for services on Sunday will still be valid. | Virgin Trains expects to offer a normal service across the whole network on Monday and tickets bought for services on Sunday will still be valid. |
| The accident happened during the early hours of Saturday as the Freightliner train travelled up the Shap incline, one of the longest hills on a main railway line in the country. | The accident happened during the early hours of Saturday as the Freightliner train travelled up the Shap incline, one of the longest hills on a main railway line in the country. |
| The train would have been about 1,000ft (305m) above sea level when caught by the wind. | The train would have been about 1,000ft (305m) above sea level when caught by the wind. |
| The damage caused by the containers, which were empty, was significant. | The damage caused by the containers, which were empty, was significant. |
| The Met Office recorded gusts of winds of up to 66mph in the area and said a funnelling effect could have meant the gusts were stronger. | The Met Office recorded gusts of winds of up to 66mph in the area and said a funnelling effect could have meant the gusts were stronger. |
| Cranes at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk were damaged and several people injured when they were hit by falling trees or parts of buildings during a night of strong winds across the country. | Cranes at the Port of Felixstowe in Suffolk were damaged and several people injured when they were hit by falling trees or parts of buildings during a night of strong winds across the country. |