Recent content by westralian

Flames have spread in the building to now be visible in the windows facing Gordon Street (directly above Blue Lagoon).

Glad to hear no reported injuries. Considering the status as advised in earlier posts (train upright still), what would the general timescale be for the re-opening of the line? Have tickets booked from Glasgow Central to Manchester Airport on Wednesday as flying out of Manchester Thursday...

A few glasses would be generous! I'm on the 10:00 from Edinburgh, it's been almost an hour since 11:30 and there has been no cold drinks served so far. At this rate I would be surprised if I get a beer before Doncaster...

Yes, domestic flights in Australia were always a breeze due to no liquid restrictions. It was also nice that you can see off/meet people right at the gate as you don't need to be on a flight to go airside. For Heathrow T5, immediately after going through North security, turn left and then (when...

Services are running again. I had just gone down the escalator at Central around 5 minutes ago to be told the trains were off, with no one being allowed past the barriers. Straight back up the escalator, thankfully checked the Scotrail twitter which said services were running again. Back down...

Disruption now expected until 18:00 per the Scotrail website.

Rather than Maryhill - Lenzie - Falkirk, would it be slightly longer going Maryhill - Springburn - Cumbernauld - Falkirk?

Yeah I think it connected with ferries some days. A few years ago (when I lived within 20 minutes walk of Queen Street) I usually caught the first northbound Oban train once a week when I was heading out for a hike and there was usually at least a few people, mostly other hikers, on the train...

Hyndland, Dalmuir, Dumbarton Central, Cambuslang, Westerton, Stirling and Clapham Junction. Dalmuir is the most frequent as I live near the Argyle line east of Glasgow Central so it's a convenient change of train from the West Highland line after a day of hiking to avoid the Queen Street to...

My usual commute is on the Argyle line so I'm regularly on 318s and 320s and I do not like them at all. The narrow aisles mean that when it is at standing capacity people are hesitant to move into them away from the vestibules, which in turn delays boarding and makes the vestibule areas packed...

While there is the turnback at Exhibition Centre the addition of extra platforms at Central low level to allow Lanarkshire services to terminate there would surely be a cheaper way to add capacity (at least in this direction) than quadruplicating Partick-Hyndland. Adding a link between Newton...

The ticket gate barriers at Glasgow Central low level have the Avanti logo on them. Not sure why as I highly doubt platform 16 or 17 will be seeing any of their trains!

Whitfords and Warwick stations on the Joondalup Line in Perth, Australia both also have bus stations above the platforms.

Trains aren't currently running through Glasgow Central low level - ScotRail website advises this is due to a safety inspection of the track between Exhibition Centre and Central and that disruption is expected until 16:00. Does anyone have anymore information on this?