Scots travelling back home on the west coast mainline for Hogmanay have been "abandoned" after flooding closed the line and railway bosses failed to arrange onward travel.Avanti West Coast, which runs cross-country services on the line, announced on Saturday morning that it had cancelled services north of Carlisle due to a landslip at Carstairs caused by heavy downpours.
However, the operator says it has not organised ticket acceptance with other train companies, nor will it arrange replacement bus services due to "heavy road flooding".
In tweets issued on Hogmanay at 8am, Avanti said: "Due to a landslip near Carstairs, all lines north of Carlisle are blocked.
Do Not Travel between Carlisle and Scotland."It added: "Lines will remain closed until the end of the day (31 December). There is no ticket acceptance in place with @LNER.
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