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Heavy snowfall causes transport woes

Written By blogger on Friday, January 16, 2015 | 1:26 PM

Heavy snowfall across parts of Scotland has caused travel disruption on Friday evening.

Central and south western areas were badly affected with numerous breakdowns leading to long queues.

Glasgow Airport warned of delays and the Rangers v Hearts match at Ibrox was abandoned..

Transerv Scotland, which deals with highways in south west Scotland, said it had 26 gritters working around the clock to keep 22 major routes open.

The A76 near Cumnock and New Cumnock was closed because of snowy conditions as was the A751 at Stranraer.

Long queues developed on the M80 after three buses became stuck on the A806 towards Kirkintilloch.

The Erskine Bridge was closed southbound because of the conditions.

Police Scotland warned motorists they faced a high risk of disruption if attempting to travel in the Strathclyde area.

cars stuck in snow Numerous minor accidents led to big delays on some of the main routes
Snow dog Those who were not forced to travel made good use of the snow
Lucy Mathieson Lucy Mathieson sent us this picture of the old police box in the snow in Glasgow's Buchanan Street
People pushing car Difficult conditions brought out the team spirit in Glasgow

Bear Scotland, which deals with routes in the north of the country, said the north east was largely unaffected.

The north west was facing sporadic snow showers, especially around Glencoe, but there were no significant issues with the main trunk routes.

Winter patrols were out monitoring the situation, a spokeswoman said.

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