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Some people seem to be talking about compartments as if the "right" to choice is a matter of civil liberties. It isn't. Safety however, is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Deborah_Linsley

I was more referring to people who sit next to you and get uncomfortably and unnecessarily close and/or touch you or push themselves against you. Note people who just sit next to you, Sexual harassment on trains is a thing.

That's entirely hyperbolic and ridiculous. Lots of people have good reason to be concerned about being in a compartment on their own. Not least the 50% of the population who are very underrepresented on railway forums... And yes, it happens in airline seats too and it isn't unusual. You're in...

A lot of people would feel unsafe in a confined space on a train alone. The reasons why should be self explanatory...

CCTV - So that the day after you've been attacked or harassed it might be possible to download the footage and might just be possible to maybe trace the person who did it.......

States and Supranational organisations make decisions based primarily on what is in their interests. There would be no benefit to the EU to insist on Scotland joining Schengen. It would also not be in the interests of the EU to do something that would purposely weaken a potential member state...

Why? What benefit would Scotland's membership of the Schengen zone be to anyone? It's clear that no-one wants any border controls between Scotland and the rest of the UK in the case of independence. It's absolutely not in anyone's interests to have them, and with the level of cross border...

As a follow on to that, did any of the Virgin trains or Caledonian Sleeper Mk2s ever have compartments?

All kinds of reasons, Getting rid of big assets like trains is a little different than the council taking away your rubbish. Rolling stock owners will want to know that their stock is responsibly and sustainably disposed of. So they will care about making sure that it's done in a way that...

I know they're sometimes used to stop life expired or dangerous components from entering the black market, or otherwise accidentally being reused. Not entirely sure what parts on an old train would fall into that category though?

This, I've been made to feel uncomfortable and gone to find another seat at tables in open coaches, sometimes these people also take offence when you decide to leave too. In an open coach it's difficult, in a compartment with a door it'd be really intimidating. The idea of having a space to...

Schengen is a scheme to ease travel over continental European borders. While on paper it's a mandatory condition for prospective EU members, Scotland would be unique as a prospective EU member in that it shares no land border (or sea border?) with the Schengen zone. Hence the EU would have no...

Thanks for that, Was essentially what I was thinking. There's potential for a viable local service between Thurso and Wick for sure. There's definitely a demand for travelling between Fort William and nearby towns and villages served by the railway. I think the current situation probably has...

Railways provide a service. If they called it off the minute they thought it might lose them money through fuel or delay repay then no-one would be able to rely on that service. If there is a genuine risk to life then no-one could expect the railways to run. But a blanket closure because...

Rural branch lines such as the West Highland Line, Far North Line, Kyle of Lochalsh Line etc provide a lifeline service to regionally important towns and villages, and are very important to the local community. They seem rather underutilised however. Often these lines only have a handful of...