Caledonian Sleeper has to quit its journey to Highland capital at Kingussie
After reportedly being roused by a series of fire alarms on their trip to Inverness today, dozens of passengers had to leave the Caledonian Sleeper at Kingussie and complete their journey by road.
There were also problems with the locomotive engine, according to witnesses at the Badenoch stop.
The train came to a half round about 9am and it wasn't long before coaches appeared to pick up the travellers.
By noon the empty train limped on to Aviemore, where it sat awaiting technical support.
Magnus Conn, Serco’s operations director of the Caledonian Sleeper, told the Strathy:
“We are very sorry that our guests on the Highland service to Inverness had their journey disrupted.
"There was a technical problem on one of the two locomotives pulling the train and we took the decision to stop the train at Kingussie and complete the guests’ journey by coach.
"All our guests will be offered a full refund.”
