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    The Nicola and Alex Show

    Falling into a typical SNP line of reasoning here. No-one is attacking the "Scottish people". The SNP, the Scottish Government and the Scottish people are not one and the same no matter how much Chief Mammy and her loyal acolytes would have you believe otherwise with their narrative. FWIW the...
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    First Greater Glasgow

    Problem with the zonecard is there are far too many zones and the pricing is too confusing. I lived in Leeds for a few years and their MetroCard system was far simpler and neater. https://www.m-card.co.uk/media/1025/rail-map-zones-1-5-web.pdf I do think SPT are very out-of-date and...
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    Hamilton West to Bridgeton via Argyle Street

    Interesting... purely out of interest, what would happen then if I tried to get off (or on) at Argyle Street with such a ticket? It must be an unusual situation where you can legally travel via a station, but not board or alight at it. (Or perhaps not, given that there must be lots of lines up...
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    Hamilton West to Bridgeton via Argyle Street

    Let's say I have a season ticket between Hamilton West and Bridgeton. Occasionally, I notice (via my National Rail Enquiries app) a quicker journey via Argyle Street. This necessitates a U-turn at Argyle Street, but is slightly quicker due to the timetabling of expresses and stoppers. Is...
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    The name of Glasgow Queen Street

    First of all apologies if this has become up before; I did do a search :) I've often wondered why Glasgow Queen Street is so named, when it sits between North Hanover Street, West George Street, George Square, Dundas Street and Bath Street. Yes it's near Queen Street, but that lies about a...
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    Stations far from their town/city centre

    East Kilbride seems another contender, again with it being a new town (spit) it's a case of "could do better".

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