Two freight trains collided during engineering work on the track near Cumnock in Ayrshire, Network Rail has said
No-one was injured in the incident which took place at about 11:20 on Saturday but a number of wagons derailed and the track was damaged.
The line, which was closed for the weekend for engineering work, will remain shut for several days.
It is believed one of the trains ran into the back of the other.
A spokesman for track owner Network Rail said: "At approximately 11:20am yesterday, in a Network Rail work site, two ballast-carrying trains collided, resulting in the derailment of some wagons of each train.
"No-one was hurt in the incident but it has resulted in some track damage.
"Once the derailed wagons have been recovered the repair work will take approximately three days to complete.
"Therefore it is expected the line will remain closed for a number of days.
"During this time, passenger services will start and terminate at Dumfries and Kilmarnock, and freight traffic will be diverted via the west coast main line and Paisley."
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