daɪvˈɜːʒənz ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd wˈɛst kˈoʊst mˈeɪn lˈaɪn tɹˈeɪnz bˌiːɪŋ daɪvˈɜːɾᵻd vˈaɪə ðə ɹˈʌðɜːɡlən ænd kˈoʊtbɹɪdʒ ɹˈeɪlweɪ ænd wˈɪflɪt wɪð ᵻlˈɛktɹɪk tɹˈeɪnz hˈɔːld baɪ dˈiːzəl lˌoʊkəmˈoʊɾɪvz tə mˈɔsɛnd jˈɑːɹd, ˈiːst kˈoʊst mˈeɪn lˈaɪn tɹˈeɪnz tˈɜːmᵻnˌeɪɾɪŋ æɾ ˈɛdɪnbʌɹə wˈeɪvɚli, ænd lˈænɑːɹk ænd mˈʌðɚwˌɛl tɹˈeɪnz bˌiːɪŋ daɪvˈɜːɾᵻd ɐlˈɔŋ ðə nˈɔːɹθ klˈaɪd lˈaɪn vˈaɪə ðə wˈɪflɪt lˈɪŋk lˈaɪn ɪmˈiːdɪətli wˈɛst ʌv kˈoʊtbɹɪdʒ sˈʌnɪsˌaɪd.
Diversions included West Coast Main Line trains being diverted via the Rutherglen and Coatbridge Railway and Whifflet with electric trains hauled by diesel locomotives to Mossend Yard, East Coast Main Line trains terminating at Edinburgh Waverley, and Lanark and Motherwell trains being diverted along the North Clyde Line via the Whifflet link line immediately west of Coatbridge Sunnyside.