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Stonehaven railway line to stay closed to passengers until October after fatal crash

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passengers again until October, Transport Secretary Michael Matheson has said. Investigators are still examining the cause of the Stonehaven rail crash last month, but are finding it "very difficult" to access the site, he added.

Train driver Brett McCullough, 45, conductor Donald Dinnie, 58, and passenger Christopher Stuchbury, 62, died when the 6.38am Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street train crashed into a landslide across the tracks near Stonehaven on August 12 following heavy rain.

Maureen Watt, MSP for Aberdeen South and North Kincardine, asked the Transport Secretary when the line would open up again after the "very tragic accident".Mr Matheson, who was updating MSPs on Holyrood's Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, said the site.

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