POLICE are searching for a woman who disappeared while travelling home from visiting relatives.

Caron Findlay, 52, spoke to her family after arriving at Glasgow Central Station at 6.15pm on Tuesday, following a trip to Essex.

She was expected to continue on her way home to Motherwell but did not arrive and has not been in contact with relatives since.

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Police said she has never gone missing before and is part of a close-knit family who "maintain constant contact with one another".

Her family are said to be extremely worried.

Ms Findlay is around 5ft 4in and slim, with green eyes and auburn collar-length hair. She has a tattoo on her arm which says "Zander" and was wearing a navy coat, grey jogging trousers and black shoes when last seen.

She was travelling with a blue suitcase, a grey handbag and a canvas shopping bag with a photograph of one of her grandchildren printed on it.

She was spotted on CCTV at Glasgow Central on Tuesday but officers do not know where she went.

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Sergeant Stewart Rae said: "We are liaising with our counterparts at British Transport Police and reviewing CCTV images. At this time, we don't know where Caron may have gone and I am appealing to anyone who was in the train station, who may have seen Caron, to get in touch with us.

"Her family is understandably distressed by the fact that she's missing and just want her home safe and well. If anyone has any information or knowledge about Caron or her whereabouts, please contact us.

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"Anyone with information is asked to contact officers at Motherwell Police Office on 101."