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A rail line between Fort William and Mallaig that was recently damaged by a landslip has reopened today, 29 January.
More than 1,000-tonnes of stone and mud fell onto the track after the mountainside above the railway gave way over night on Sunday into Monday, 22 January.
Network Rail said its engineers have now cleared away material from a train which struck the landslip, re-railed the vehicle using specialist machinery and removed it from the incident site.
Extra drainage has also been installed in the area, with further work undertaken to secure the slope above the line.
David Dickson, ScotRail Alliance infrastructure director, said: "The isolated location, and steepness of the slope above, has made this a complex recovery operation and we are grateful to customers for the patience they have shown during this period of disruption."
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