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NR Scotland are increasingly good at carrying out work during a block, unrelated to the primary reason for the block. Indeed not just in Scotland - during the Cumbrian blockade recently they also worked on the OHLE in the Lune Valley.

Has a tender been issued? The only tenders I have seen have been for the replacement of the suburban stock.

Can I point out that Scotrail have recently spent a lot of money upgrading the braking system on the HSTs. And the unused coaches which were sitting in Slateford for years have now been restored to use to add a 5th vehicle to more sets. And that the lease for the trains doesn't run out until...

it's generally accepted that, because wear and tear on the roads is proportional to a very high power of the axle load, HGVs underpay, ie they're being subsidised.

Lines such as the WHL are so heavily subsidised that they cannot justify new, special stock unless someone other than the taxpayer is going to pay for it. 170s are unsuitable because they don't have corridor connections and I have read that they wouldn't fit anyway though I've never seen why...

By y arithmetic 800m train would take around 10 minutes to clear a set of points at 5mph (8km /hr) but only around,around 3 minutes at 15mph. So a substantial improvement

Remember that Edinburgh has a wide network of bus services on both Christmas Day and New Year's Day. And many visitor attractions are open. No trams after the free night service ends.

Why not Heathrow? International airlines will be running near-normal services

And track renewal on the climb to Helensburgh Upper

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx237rpjmm4o An item (using the 38 as an example ) of the extended travel times caused by increased congestion, road works and cycle lanes. As you can guess, all the comments blame the cycle lanes

Unless you are properly organised (the Leamside gang), full lengths of rail are too heavy for your vandal. Short offcuts are a real danger.

The Saltcoats FS must be significantly South of Saltcoats because they regularly have to switch off the supply to that whole branch when the waves break over the sea wall before the town

Surely that's what known as Demand Responsive transport, not a normal bus service. Coach services Argyll and the Highlands don't only stop at bus stops. There are a number of recognised places where they will pick up or set down passengers (eg hillwalkers) without any bus stop

As far as I am aware there's no underlying solid geology, it's all glacial outwash ie sand /gravel . It's a wonder it's lasted so long. I wonder if it would be possible to build a lightweight structure between the surviving piers.

It's part of the Moray Coast trail. If you search on FB you will find many more pictures.

Is it listed? Who now owns it?

Looks as if scour has undermined one of the piers which seems to be at an angle. Is (was?) it part of the Spey Way or other long-distance path?

It isn't justified. There are other roads which are more urgently in need of major improvement but can't get it because the available money is tied up with the A9. Eg the A83.

The difference between a bus and a coach is not just frequency of stops. A bus service doesn't require pre booking. So a service between Inverness and Perth would have to leave the A9 to pass through every village in case someone was waiting at the bus stop.

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