The cross-country rail line connecting Australia's east and west has been closed after heavy rain and flash flooding washed away significant sections of track, the corridor's manager says.

Three people have been hospitalised after they were struck by lightning on Thursday.

ScotRail engineering works between Dunblane and Perth mean buses will replace some Glasgow to Perth and Stirling trains this weekend.

A major train line and Warnbro station are closed as firefighters battle a bushfire burning near Rockingham in Perth's south.

Rail services were disrupted after a car crashed on to the track on the Highland Main Line. Emergency services went to the scene between Perth and Dunkeld in Perth and Kinross after the incident was ...