The roof at the Ayr Station Hotel building has been deemed to be in a more dangerous condition than first anticipated, following further inspection by contractors.

South Ayrshire Council are currently working with contractors to push on with works to make the area safer and protective measures are still in place around the building with the extension of an exclusion zone. Recently, new white material has been added which will act as a seal on the scaffolding.

This development is not expected to cause any further change to services.

Councillor Douglas Campbell said: “Our focus right now is on ensuring that we can address the ongoing public safety concerns in a way that will allow us to reduce the extended exclusion zone around the building and see rail services safely return to normal as soon as possible.

“We’re working closely with ScotRail, Network Rail, Transport Scotland and Historic Environment Scotland to achieve this, but we cannot and will not take any risks with regards to public safety.”

South Ayrshire Council plan to provide full information on works carried out once all has been assessed.