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I always assumed the stops at Preston, Crewe etc were poorly advertised as they were largely an irrelevance to the overall flows - with no availability most nights on Glasgow to London, for example - this is the forthcoming month in Classic. So it seems unusual to open up new flows for which...

Yes, they have other places to go - but for whatever reason a large number of people choose to go to the end of Platform 1, as they did last night @BRX photo is pretty much exactly where the large queue was. It is an interesting reflection to criticise those who do (Some kept waiting for quite...

One quick question on the topic of unusual track and the sleeper - some lost time last night because of a coach fault on the Fort William (Coach E - fully cancelled) which they have largely caught up. Took the Falkirk High route to save some minutes which made me think - how many if any...

The problem is the world of computing is now built around super intensive operation throughout - I remember reading an interesting thing about a BBC proposal to remove from its adaptive streaming the lowest bit rate of iPlayer - and uproar in the highlands where in parts; something like 2mbps...

Indeed - it is perhaps a reflection on the quality, signposting, availability, cost of accessing some of those available spaces that it would appear the majority of the train load have not made use of them. To be clear, this real isn’t another CS moan from me, im a big user and advocate of the...

Awaiting tonight’s Highlander for which admittedly boarding is 15 minutes briefer than normal due to the early departure / diverts. Nonetheless, I’m amongst 100+ passengers that I’ve just counted who do not make the cut for the CS lounge, including many with very young children, seated on...

It also seems fairly obvious that for either LNER and Cross Country, via some Advance Purchase Tickets aimed squarely at Scotrail (which run with reasonable loadings at this time (albeit a few minutes quicker), there would be some travellers to absorb. There must be so many examples like this...

Could it be something to do with the crew base being Euston rather than Wembley ? Or would they just taxi them ? Or the orientation of the stock for tonight’s service ? On the broader point, what length of delay is ok before the drivers run out of hours ? Presumably GBRF have to get relief...

A slight side note but relevant to the above and to BA - it does seem slightly strange there will now be 3 New York routes from EDI but the GLA has yet to resume. Since the pricing and timings of the BA hub connections to New York via London from GLA are increasing uncompetitive - albeit that...

Nice mention of the sleeper from elections legend Professor Sir John Curtice on the Today programme this morning. Perhaps not the free run advertising CS might have hoped for, given he is stuck on it, cancelled ! https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/service/gb-nr:C20723/2024-05-22/detailed

How it was handled sounds pretty poor - no one should ever be barked at - that does seem worthy of a complaint. On the point of principle - in the sleeping cars there are two toilets for normally 10 people, several of whom have an en suite. In the seated car, there is one toilet for 30 odd...

Does anyone have insight into or understand the logic of Liverpool Street as opposed to Euston which would presumably be more direct ? Or would NR veto on the basis of HS2 works in coming years ?

Whoever makes any progress with additional WCML services, it will be interesting if they see more opportunity in the Lumo-esque squeezing the Ryanair market or in the full service model. Feels like both ends are rather neglected by Avanti.

What is interesting to me as a semi frequent traveller from Glasgow beyond any perceived or actual problems with Avanti is that often the cheapest routes (albeit with a small time penalty) are via the ECML - either more attractive Advances on LNER or indeed Lumo. Whether that is down to...

Sometimes it is helpful to remember these markers of the first time it was conceded it would be 2030 (by which time the 318 will be almost 45 years in service). If only someone had told them the need for a replacement was approaching ‍♂️ Expensive times if they get the invoice for the HST...

Sad to say it, but most of the ambitious projects were greenlit well ahead of this https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-63498226 Without getting into the politics of it, there is a fundamental tension between votes in Scotland which, prior to this government, and indeed...

Yes, Geoff Marshall's excellent video highlighted the system will cease to be traditionally signalled with On Board Control effectively, which will enable the surge capacity of up to 8 trains per side (3 min service). This still poses some questions since some sections are massively longer than...

Interestingly, another Inner Circle Suspension this morning around 10am (I was travelling on a crushed G2 on the outer). But no mention of this on their social media. With screens off, no information for passengers aside from infrequent announcements, whilst obviously there will always be issues...

As much as I think Scotland with its industrial heritage should have some form of train manufacturing, and Glasgow is obviously a logical place for it, I think given the ongoing debacle of the Ferries at Greenock, ministers making decisions about who to assign the large Scottish rolling stock...

The figure that jumps out at me is the 5000 - how many plants of any scale, anywhere in the UK, employ anything like that number of people (directly or indirectly) ? The site seems quite constrained for any significant amount of construction. https://maps.app.goo.gl/EBSJ1n4vpUsaj8FY9?g_st=ic