The nine-month project will see Network Rail and contractor QTS carry out crucial work to help prevent speed restrictions having to be imposed during periods of heavy rainfall.

The project will include installing high-strength mesh, soil nails and rock bolts on slopes to help prevent washouts and rockfalls.

The project team has started to clear vegetation and will soon begin to upgrade drainage systems.

Network Rail senior programme manager Jeremy Spence said: “This work will help us manage the increasing periods of severe weather and the challenges they present for the railway.

“We will be keeping the community updated as our plans progress and will do all we can to limit disruption. We thank those living near the railway, and station users, for their patience while we deliver this critical improvement to Scotland’s Railway.”