40 passengers evacuated from train after carriages ‘filled with smoke & strange smell' as travellers urged not to panic
Fire crews descended on the ScotRail train - which left Inverness at 5.36am today - after smoke was detected on board.
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The service was halted between Gleneagles and Dunblane as emergency services were scrambled to the scene.
Passengers were swiftly removed and transferred to another Perth-bound train.
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