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Edinburgh Live
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Katie Williams

Haymarket incident: Major Edinburgh road blocked as emergency services rush to scene

Edinburgh emergency services have rushed to an incident at the city's West End.

A road has been blocked off outside Haymarket train station at Clifton Terrace. Eyewitnesses report a number of police vans and an ambulance at the scene.

Police Scotland told Edinburgh Live that the "incident is ongoing" as blue tape can be seen blocking off the road to pedestrians and traffic.

It is currently unknown if there are any injuries.

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A number of buses are being diverted. Lothian Buses state on their website: "Due to a road closure buses are unable to serve Haymarket Terrace, Roseburn Terrace and Shandwick Place and are instead diverted via Murrayfield Road, Ravelston Dykes, Queensferry Terrace, Queensferry Road, Queensferry Street in both directions until further notice."

They add: "Due to a road closure buses are unable to serve Dalry Road, West Maitland Street and Shandwick Place and are instead diverted via Henderson Terrace, West Approach Road and Lothian Road in both directions until further notice."

This is a breaking incident and we will update this as we get more information.

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