A lorry has struck a railway bridge between two central train stations.
Scotrail reported the vehicle had collided between Busby and Clarkston just after 12pm on Wednesday.
They announced that train services to and from East Kilbride would be unable to run.
⚠ NEW: A lorry has struck a bridge between #Busby and Clarkston and until engineers have carried out inspections of the bridge we’re unable to operate trains to/from East Kilbride. ^PD pic.twitter.com/tKWcX1ga20
— ScotRail (@ScotRail) 20 February 2019
Engineers were quickly on scene to carry out inspections of the bridge.
Ticket acceptance on First Buses has been put in place for passengers attempting to travel during the lunch period.
Disruption is expected to last unitl 14:30.
Commuters on social media were also reporting disruption to the roads surrounding the bridge, saying that traffic had begun to tailback just as the lorry crashed into the bridge.
Two trains are set to travel at reduced capacity whilst engineers continue to inspect the bridge.
UPDATE: Engineers report that it's safe to operate the following trains at reduced speed and they'll then carry out a further inspection 👉
— ScotRail (@ScotRail) February 20, 2019
1317 Glasgow Central to East Kilbride
1328 East Kilbride to Glasgow Central
We're sorry if you've been impacted by this incident. ^PD
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