UPDATE: Greater clarity on Cairngorm funicular lay-off expected later in week
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise has said that they should be able to give an indication of when the Cairngorm funicular will return to operation later this week.
HIE took the decision on Friday to withdraw the mountain railway from service temporarily while a series of snagging works is carried out.
A spokesperson for HIE said: "Workers from the contractor have arrived on site and are examining the ‘scarf joint assemblies’ that link the beams at the top of the piers.
"We expect to have greater clarity later this week on the timescale for the tensioning work."
A year-month snagging period and inspection programme has been ongoing since the funicular began carrying passengers again in January, following a two-year programme of works to strengthen the 1.7km viaduct that supports the track.
HIE said snagging and inspections are usual practice for major civil engineering projects.
The funicular only returned to service at the end of January after repairs costing around £25m.
The mountain railway had been out of operation for more than four years.
