,Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, Ayr railway station is to fully shut down for the first time in will be brought down at midnight on Sunday as ScotRail sensationally pull out of the crippled backup plan to halt trains at other stations is being considered. It comes amid fears over the spiralling risk to public safety posed by Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel. ScotRail was forced to pull the plug on two of Ayr's four platforms on Tuesday after more damage was discovered overhead.
Ayr railway station is to fully shut down for the first time in will be brought down at midnight on Sunday as ScotRail sensationally pull out of the crippled backup plan to halt trains at other sation is being considered. It comes amid fears over the spiralling risk to public safety posed by Ayr's crumbling Station Hotel. ScotRail was forced to pull the plug on two of Ayr's four platforms on Tuesday after more damage was discovered entire station will go into lockdown after limping through this weekend's Scottish International Airshow. Over 100,000 people are expected to pour into town for the show, headlined by the Red Station Hotel has been the focus of a long running battle between South Ayrshire Council chiefs and Malaysian owner Eng Huat Ung, who purchased the iconic building in 2010. Local Ayr MSP John Scott said: "This is catastrophic news for local rail users, with serious implications for Ayr town centre and the wider a station serving one of Scotland's busiest rail routes, this is clearly now a crisis that has a national dimension and that's why I am in touch with the cabinet secretary for transport, seeking his assistance in achieving a solution to this situation." The hotel has an exclusiong zone and trains are shorter and stopping at temporay buffers with train south of the station cancelled
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