Wallyford Station closed for emergency repairs (15/05)

[iainp]

Does anyone know what's actually happened to close it at short notice for, aparently, a number of days?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Isn't this affecting journeys in both directions between Edinburgh and North Berwick? Wallyford has two platforms, so I'm guessing that the issue isn't just damage to one of the platform edges.

P.S. The piece in the online version of the "East Lothian Courier" yesterday didn't shed all that much further light on the issue.

Trains not stopping at station due to 'urgent' repairs

TRAINS are not calling at Wallyford Railway Station this morning (Thursday) as “urgent” repairs are to be carried out.

www.eastlothiancourier.com

Extract(s)...

TRAINS are not calling at Wallyford Railway Station this morning (Thursday) as “urgent” repairs are to be carried out.

ScotRail has flagged up the issue and urged commuters to use the app for journey information.

For more information, visit ScotRail’s social media.

 

[eoff]

Great for me as I was able to go from Prestonpans to Dunbar this afternoon.
I had forgotten how poor this service was for frequency but was reminded when I tried to come back.

 

[AMD]

To quote the notice about the closure "due to the severe spalling of the block in the beam and block construction platforms."
GRP trench sheets are being placed over the damaged areas - these I saw were sitting on pallets on the platforms yesterday.

 

[eoff]

This is the situation over the last couple of days (platform 1)...