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I think paper tickets have QR codes on too these days, so the same commission/incentive could be applied to them surely? Presumably a QR code could be added to paper/plastic railcards too. Though the max validity is 3 years so if one was added to all of them today, there'd be a 3 year "tail"...

A TOC only really has the option of advertising a later-than-expected time at stops they aren't also picking up passengers from - because if they are picking up, they'd need to sit and wait until their advertised time anyway. CS is unusual in that most (perhaps all?) of its Scottish stops are...

I saw a comment on reddit suggesting Johann van Graan. That doesn't actually seem like a totally daft idea. But then again, I'm Scottish - so maybe I'm just too used to calling for the replacement of a national team coach with a South African currently managing the country's most successful...

Perhaps. Actually, is that a potential reason for not electrifying that bit? IIRC it was built with provision for future doubling, and I'm guessing that electrifying would be investment that'd be abortive if they were to go back and double it?

Which'd also open up the possibility for having a 2tph Edinburgh-Gorebridge service operated with EMUs in addition to the existing 2tph Edinburgh-Tweedbank service which is planned to be operated by BEMUs

Is it an issue with clearance where the line passes under the city bypass? I.e. are they doing all the bits that "only" need wiring without addition work to raise bridges/lower tracks/etc?

Thanks both. That's what I thought was the case, but I figured it was worth double-checking. It does seem like a bit of a missed opportunity, as a wee gate from the turning circle in my google streetview link to platform one could reduce walking time to platform 1 by about 5 mins, but hey-ho.

Hi, next week my wife will be in Edinburgh and will be touch-and-go as to whether she makes the train she'd like to catch or not. That train seems to almost always go from platform 1, and this has made me wonder: is it possible to get to platform 1 directly from the Calton Road entrance? i.e...

Measuring this in lifetimes is an excellent idea. When something can be done slower-but-safer, people count the lives saved by the "safer" half but not the lives lost to the "slower" half. For example: 2.5 seconds is a nanolife, a trillionth of UK life expectancy. That means that if there's...

Until a few years back (maybe right up to COVID times?), Victoria was open 24h wasn't it? So presumably not that hard

Which I think would make it the busiest that ScotRail manage

The Scotrail Website's "Kids for a quid" page says: Which means that if your journey starts from an unstaffed station (e.g. Shawfair, the nearest station to me) you have no option to buy before travelling, which means that if the the guard doesn't come down the train, you could arrive at...

The "Lydney, England (Transport for Wales Station)" thread made me wonder something: Transport is a devolved policy area in Scotland and Wales*. Scotrail and TfW primarily exist to serve Scotland and Wales respectively, so political oversight/control of them sits primarily with the devolved...

Or the parents having a landline, in which case the number will be obtainable from directory enquiries (which I think is available online for free these days). Of course, these days that's not a certainty either!

Apologies, 'cos the minimum age for marriage and leaving education didn't change in Scotland (still 16 for both here) I was unaware of the changes.