Firefighters attend train derailment

Strathclyde Fire & Rescue is attending the derailment of a Glasgow to Oban train in which two carriages are precariously balanced over a 15 metre embankment.

There is currently no report about the condition of passengers. Firefighters based at Oban are working to gain access to the carriages.

The Fire & Rescue Control Room received at 20.53 hrs tonight a 999 call from a passenger reporting the derailment. Our service immediately put into motion a major deployment of fire crews and appliances, including our Major Incident Unit (MIU) from Clydebank and Heavy Rescue Vehicle (HRV) from Easterhouse.

In addition to the MIU and HRV and the two rescue pumps from Oban, we have deployed one pump each from Dalmally, Inveraray and Arrochar.

There is no further information at the moment.