Glasgow-Dundee via Shotts?

[MidnightFlyer]

Hi,

I think I've read the RG correctly, but can someone just confirm that an Glasgow (Stns?)-Dundee SOR is valid via Shotts and Edinburgh?

Cheers

 

[SS4]

Yes, that's a valid route

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Yes, that's a valid route

Cheers, just wanted to check.

 

[p123]

This is probably not entirely relevant, but thought I'd mention it FYI as it might be useful at some point...

I've found that if you're booking a Glasgow > Dundee advance ticket, and they're all sold out you can quite often get a Glasgow > Dundee advance through NRE website by selecting 'via Edinburgh' (note: Haymarket doesn't work, for some reason). Which, at £4.10 single with a railcard, strangely enough works out at cheaper than actually going to Edinburgh on the cheapest available Scotrail fare...

Anyway, before I got distracted with that, my point was you can try and buy a cheap advance ticket on this route as well, if it's the one you're going for anyway and aren't tied to the standard off-peak return, which is pretty damn expensive on Glasgow > Dundee!

 

[IainH]

The "advance" Glasgow - Dundee also works if you put in via Bathgate, or via Shotts. The ticket does not actually state the route, and you only get a reservation for the Edinburgh - Dundee section.