Recent content by benbristow

I've been on it before going back to Paisley pre-COVID after a visit down south. Yes, it pulled into Glasgow Central for about 10 mins then went back out down the Ayrshire line. Handy, but would've probably still been quicker to get the 'express' train via Falkirk High / Croy and do the 'Glasgow...

Sounds like the perfect job for ChatGPT

Those trains have a knack of catching up time between Donny and Clee to deny a nice delay repay!

cough British Airways cough But it does interact with an ancient core, Darwin. Built in the early to mid 2000's which itself consumes data from British Rail built systems. https://wiki.openraildata.com/index.php/TRUST_vs_Darwin

Newspaper train?

Yes I was. Rear cab nice and quiet as it doesn't open after Cleethorpes until Donny lol

Sat on the 1130 LNER from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh. What a journey. Was meant to go from Cleethorpes to Warrington Central then change to Bank Quay then go up with Avanti to Glasgow but saw news that the WCML was having problems so decided to go the East Coast instead from Doncaster...

"Thanks for checking in to this LNER Azuma, would you fancy us to deliver a bacon roll to your seat for only £3?"

Time they remove the ban on ScotRail. Makes no sense and was a 'temporary' COVID measure. You can have a beer on LNER, XC, TPE, Avanti, Caledonian Sleeper, LUMO no problems in the same country but ScotRail, uh huh.

Before I got to Manchester the hostess brought us all TPE Manchester postcards (first class) with a QR code for another survey about the catering.

Odd occurrence that happened on the 0906 from Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport today. Train guard gave notice of a survey taking place on board. Bunch of men with light blue high vis vests came through the carriage asking whether we were travelling for work/leisure and whether we had a...

Oops, +1 century to that One of the stations listed shut in 1897!

Google Maps - "Railway station near Postcode". Although I just looked at Paisley and it's still showing stations that shut in the 18th century.

I always find myself laughing at people in the queues. Either buy a ticket from the TVM or use the app, it’s not hard. Unless everyone is queueing to buy a ticket from Cardonald and I’m not in on it.

ScotRail seem pretty switched on with ticket checks recently. Really noticed it as a passenger. Often people checking tickets at Paisley Gilmour St before boarding at peak hours, usually someone checking tickets at the lift on Platforms 13/14/15 at Glasgow Central (way to bypass the barriers)...