Several individuals had been injured after two trains collided at Aviemore railway station within the Highlands of Scotland on Friday, police mentioned.

British media reported that one of many trains concerned was the record-breaking, century-old Flying Scotsman, the primary steam practice to achieve over 100 miles an hour.

“Two people have been taken to Raigmore Hospital. A number of other passengers are being treated at the scene and enquiries are ongoing,” Police Scotland mentioned in an announcement.

The two trains collided at round 7:00 pm (1800 GMT) within the station 600 miles (965 kilometres) north of the British capital London, the assertion mentioned.

ScotRail, an operator of practice providers in Scotland, mentioned on X that “due to the emergency services responding to an incident on a private railway near the mainline, we’re currently unable to run any trains through Aviemore station while they work”.

In August 2020, an early morning service from Aberdeen to Glasgow got here off the tracks killing three individuals close to the city of Stonehaven, northeast Scotland, after a landslip brought on by heavy rain.

The firm that owns and manages UK rail infrastructure was slapped with a multimillion-pound nice after admitting well being and security failings over the derailment.

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