Commuters faced delays and disruptions on the main Glasgow to Edinburgh line today following a power failure.

Many commuters tried to find alternative routes to work after the outage at Eastfield near Bishopbriggs.

It led to trains on the Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh line being reduced to a half hourly service.

Diversions were in place through Falkirk Grahamston, making journeys longer, but there were no services stopping this morning at Bishopbriggs, Lenzie or Croy and buses were laid on.

There were knock on delays on the Glasgow to Dunblane and Glasgow Anniesland lines while services from the Queen Street to Alloa and Cumbernauld were halted.

However, Glasgow- Edinburgh trains were being diverted through Cumbernauld providing some relief for passengers there.

Trains were expected to leave on the hour and half hour from Glasgow to Edinburgh, until engineers could resolve the problem at Eastfield.

A spokesman for ScotRail said: “The power failure affected many services in and out of Glasgow Queen Street and there are no services at Bishopbriggs, Lenzie or Croy.

“We are currently looking at providing alternative transport from those stations either by bus or taxi.”

One early morning commuter, who was travelling to Glasgow from Lenzie said: “I turned up for my usual train and discovered there were huge problems.

“No one actually told me anything and I had to phone up for information. An announcement was then made over the public announcement system.

“I start work at 7am so had no option but to jump in a taxi to get there on time and many other travellers were in the same position.”

Severe gales and torrential rain took a toll on rail services last month. Queen Street to Edinburgh services were reduced to half-hourly and those from Edinburgh to Dunblane hourly. Others were subject to cancellations and delay.