Recent content by mfc3024

Yes, the Royal Scotsman is sitting in Hamilton. GBRF sidings at the moment - I passed it tonight on train going into Hamilton West from Glasgow.

Great post and something I was not aware of. I live in Motherwell and plan to take my bike down to Carlisle / Penrith this spring, for a cycle down round the Lake District. That's good to know about Avanti services. Think I'll just then look at TPE services then from Motherwell.

Excellent - thanks. I’ll take a look.

Can anyone please advise if it is possible to obtain a train timetable from 1983? Specifically I’m looking to find out when past the hour trains would have left Stirling and arrived at Glasgow Queen St?

Hello, I went through Dalmarnock earlier this week for the first time in a long while and when the train stopped I was amazed as I thought it had been modernised for the Commonwealth Games. Granted, I was only on a train that had stopped so I was not upstairs, but looking at the platforms...

I see that the revamped Haymarket officially opens today. Has anyone experienced it yet? It must be better than before and will be a huge improvement. I have not seen the plans or any photos yet, but understand that there is a new concourse. I'm looking forward to a visit soon.

You could do a return to Stirling or Perth if you fancy going to a bigger town/city - that whole area up there is lovely. Bridge of Allan is a nice village to visit if you get the Dunblane service out of Edinburgh.

So, we have the following: - two timetables (working and public); - a train is not late if within five minutes, or ten minutes on some routes; - there are multiple tickets options available but you can only buy certain tickets at certain times; - platform display boards state trains have...

Delay was caused by the doors being stuck on the 1715 Anderston (originally from Dalmuir I think) to Coatbridge Central.

The communication from Scotrail last night was awful - when the train arrived at Newton the previously stuck doors were opened and Newton and Cambuslang passengers got off. However as the train was for Coatbridge Central, all the remaining passengers didn't know if they had to wait or get off...

Currently stuck at Cambuslang on the 1715 from Anderston to Coatbridge Central. Driver has been on tannoy to apologise and advise that he will do his best to try and fix the driver operated doors. Been here for 15mins - a lot of unhappy passengers. Not much we can do but sit and wait! It's...

http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/H14899/2013/11/10/advanced Hi, I was doing a search for non-passenger services that go through my local station, Airbles, and noted 375E which starts and terminates at Slateford Depot but appears to cover a huge amount of track, across to Glasgow then...

I have similar experiences with trains between Motherwell and Edinburgh which sometimes involved connections at Bellshill. I recall writing to Steve Montgomery, Managing Director at Scotrail to inform him (and also to make myself feel better) and I got a quick response from Scotrail. The...

I flew from Edinburgh Airport yesterday and whilst sitting waiting to take-off, I noticed a train going by, not too far from the airport. What ever happened to the Edinburgh Airport Rail Link? Was it shelved purely because of the trams project or were there other reasons for it not going...

Very interesting article here and the author is completely correct in saying that it is ridiculous that in the days of smart phones that people can't use these to purchase tickets then to travel on trains. However, smart phones don't go through ticket barriers and volume of train passengers...