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Perhaps so, however said member of the public doesn’t have a ticket to get home. So has to run the gauntlet again for their journey home. At an industrial scale the savings will be minimal for all but very infrequent travellers. If neither First nor Abellio came up with a penalty fare scheme...

At stations with barriers? The majority of commuters will encounter barriers at the main stations. Commuters between unbarriered stations are the outlier. Even major stations without barriers - High Street mentioned upthread - get targeted action. Although as noted above massively inconvenience...

Therein lies the problem with the assumption (based on observation alone) that fraud/fare evasion must be rife across Scotrail. To save meaningful amounts the average person has to travel irregularly (so as not to be better off with a season ticket), between two open stations and avoid being...

That machine gives off “TV detector van” vibes. Not sure what it’s meaningfully doing other than as a visual deterrent.

Not particularly scientific but I’ve used it three times (once to the airport in the afternoon, and twice from the airport 1x afternoon, 1x evening) and it’s not very busy. The odd free bus pass journey from Livingston to Airdrie, or Airdrie to Coatbridge.

Once (and only once) I’ve spotted on RTT Scotrail add a 1am departure from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street Low Level. With the timings it looked non-stop - approx 45 mins. I don’t recall the circumstances but if I were to bet the Edinburgh festivals coinciding with one of the...

I wondered (although, the explanation above makes more sense) if this was used to earmark potential fare evasion. A routine traveller from say Bellgrove (unstaffed) to Glasgow Queen Street would know (after 9am with no evening peak) the return was cheaper, someone short faring may not.

There was political drama about Scotrail “skip-stopping” a few years ago and the practice was discouraged and significantly reduced. All that happened on many routes is they ran ECS to the destination.

I suspect that reduced passenger numbers during Covid made it easier for Scotrail to devote resource to looking for anomalies in the TODs and associated CCTV. In 2018 I exploited a ticketing loophole (supported by the routing guide, and NR website gave an itinerary) and bought my tickets in...

I suspect the right wing press use it because it’s a reasonably well paid job (well above the average salary) that the average reader/listener perceives as little more (if at all) more complicated than driving a car. Much like the “Civil Service gold plated pensions” it’s a tired old trope...

Journey Check now saying disruption expected til the end of the day on Monday.

Took a wander past to see progress. Work to stabilise ongoing (much less tilt than this morning). I did spot this interesting piece of kit leaving the Coatbridge Sunnyside car park.

Services should resume on the Argyle Line (through Central Low Level) on Monday I believe.

A couple more photos .

Has been announced as such at stations Helensburgh/Milngavie - Edinburgh (west of Haymarket) since the Airdrie - Bathgate line reopened. Separate from the quoted post, but on revenue vs subsidy that conversation should be resigned to decades past with a recognition that railways deliver a...

While I’m sure there’s a good reason the shuttle service is going through Queen Street low level from Helensburgh to Carntyne (turning back at Shettleston but not stopping there) and a separate shuttle is running Bathgate to Edinburgh. However nothing going on the straight track between...

On one occasion saw this with “Newbridge Jn” listed as a stop on Helensburgh Central to Edinburgh via Airdrie/Bathgate line on the boards at stations.

I don't work on the railway - so will bow to anyone's greater knowledge than I have - but if they are intending to run Garscadden to Edinburgh via GLQ LL, Airdrie and Bathgate then from the top of my head from the east Uphall, Livi North, Armadale, Blackridge, Caldercruix, Drumgelloch, Coatdyke...

Could be some retrospective confusion in recalling Scotrail’s social media messages for Euro 2020. There was a lot of messaging at the time to inform fans that while they had extra (late) services from Mount Florida to Glasgow Central there would be no onward connections from Glasgow if you got...

I live along the line and took a job in Edinburgh for 2 years which I probably wouldn’t have without it. Same observations as Sunnyside around commuter numbers. Occasionally when I’ve used it during the day it’s carrying fresh air between Airdrie and Bathgate.