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Dubbs Junction to Byrehill Junction only has ECS workings - normally 5 per day from Ayr depot to/from Largs or Ardrossan. Class 380s. All freight is diesel hauled.

Rannoch station is 16 miles from the nearest village - Kinloch Rannoch. It used to be shown in the timetable as Rannoch for Kinloch Rannoch.

Electrifying the second line from Ardrossan to Hunterston should not be too difficult or expensive. South Beach and West Kilbride have underbridges adjacent, so disabled access to a second platform would be possible. If the McGills and local bus services were extended to the marina, with the...

Did anybody get the name of the unusually large passenger?

Would there be enough demand for a regular service starting at Arrochar and calling at Garelochhead, Faslane, Helensburgh Upper, Craigendoran, Dumbarton Central, Dalmuir, Clydebank, Hyndland, Partick, Glasgow Central Low Level and maybe terminating at Newton. It would provide a regular service...

Stagecoach West Scotland 585 takes 2 hours 19 minutes to travel between Greenock and Ayr, including a convoluted route around West Kilbride which adds 10 minutes to the journey, and in one direction, passes the same stop 3 times.

After the West Highland Line, Settle and Carlisle, and Dingwall to Kyle, the Stranraer line is possibly the most scenic line in the UK, with semaphore signalling as a bonus! Yet it receives practically no publicity. Moving Stranraer station to the site of the old Stranraer Town station would...

The vast majority of staff who help us both on the railways and elsewhere do a great, often thankless, job with very few thanks from those of us who rely on their service and professionalism. How often do we thank them? Probably not often enough.

Is there anything that can be done, that is not already being done, to discourage passengers from using the most overcrowded services, and encourage them to use alternatives, even if they are slower. Many prefer to use a slower service if it avoids changes. Personally I would prefer to use a...

The 0642 Largs - Glasgow Central calls at Hillington West. It’s the only call at Hillington West other than Gourock and Wemyss Bay services.

Have on several occasions used the 1549 Edinburgh to Glasgow Central via Carstairs to connect with the 1723 Glasgow Central to Largs, before realising it’s the same unit travelling through. The fact that the 1723 leaves from platform 6 whereas all other Largs trains leave from platforms 10 to 15...

Does anyone know whether the through Ayr to Edinburgh services will be 380s, 385s or will no longer run through.

Do you have anyone that could pick you up at Chesterfield? If so, you can go Woking to Basingstoke and Basingstoke to Chesterfield. Need to change at Birmingham New Street coming back on Sunday, though.

Would 6 car trains fit at Newton on Ayr? If so could 4 car trains be used on the Largs, Ardrossan and Gourock services. Given that the Largs service becomes the Ayr slow, would it be too complex to diagram?

My other major worry is the effect on the long term viability of the service to Stranraer if this drags on. Sadly, the building will need to be demolished, and soon.