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Yes - god forbid that workers would want not to have their pay cut - and that their Union listens to their views and supports their aims. Gawd bless the road transport industry (where I assume you accept pay cuts and say thank you!)

Just an update from a couple of weeks ago - you don't have to get off on the Messina train ferry - and the train isn't locked. Me and the boys left my wife in bed whilst we explored the ship, the train deck and the other two sections of the train at 5am (with half the occupants of the train)...

To contradict your absolute statement - many tourist journeys just aren't time critical, some are. Interrailing around Europe with the family a few weeks ago (as tourists - not an enthusiast) - we enjoyed some trains with time critical connections (with booked Trenitalia Reservations) and others...

Just to contrast 100% - two weeks ago - we took the Trenitalia Rome to Sicily sleeper - 2 adjacent compartments - family of four. Clean - tidy, comfortable - air con working, breakfast croissant and peach juice. My wife suggested she had the best night's sleep - only awoken at 5am by one son who...

Last week on a Trenitalia FrecciaRosso service - the E1.50 Espresso made in a real Lavazza machine in the comfy bar/buffet was very fine!

Last Friday the Chieftain was fine (I and fam. of 4 were on it to Inverness)- was fairly full from London departure at 12 noon - and the usual variation of business (considering English school holidays) all the way up. And Platform 1 last week.....although who knows?

Sorry - I disagree - at 6ft 4 I can't get comfortable on even a "modern coach" in airline seating styles. I would always choose a train with the potential opportunity of a table seat. I vote with my (admittedly huge) feet - on a regular basis and don't take the coach between Scotland's cities...

The expansion of housing over the last 10 years in the Inner Moray Firth Corridor would probably justify additional services for Lairg through Tain, Invergordon, ALness (a re-opened Evanton), Dingwall, Muir of Ord and Beauly. The existing services commuter services can be well used but the...

I could name a small list of public sector bodies and departments (I won't but you can guess them) and conference organisers who seem to think nothing of a 9-10am start. We work on them but Shetland and Orkney and W. Isles attendees often/mostly travel the night before, Highland based and...

...or for a far nicer experience - cycle down to Stavoren and get the ferry to Enkhuizen - pile your bike on with a few dozen others and enjoy a sail across ;-)

There are quite a number who travel Inverness to Central Belt meetings (me included) and any start time before 10am in Glasgow or Edinburgh is a real pain to get to - needing 4am starts to get to the 5:36 service (2 car 158 with no catering.....). Personally - I would prefer to get on something...

Very interesting - looking at Highland services the data suggests 38 per day for Mallaig...?

We were racing it down the A9 - they really do look good in full matching livery with a backdrop of mountains - I know where I would rather have been.....

Travelling up and down the Highland Main Line (HML) for work to the central belt - I take a flask (guaranteed boiling water) - and some milk with coffee and tea (about 2-3p per cup). Can even rehydrate porridge pots - which on the 6:50 or earlier departures can be useful. For dinner - although...

ItaliaRail will do it for you with an interrail online (I have in the last two weeks booked Interrail Global Pass fares on Frecce and Sleepers)

Inverness - Platform lengths P1 241m outside - and the buffers are pretty much in line with the canopy P2 241m outside Plus 50m (+- a couple of metres - will check tonight) inside so 291m P3 121m Outside - Plus 47m inside P4 121m outside - PLUS 47m estimated inside canopy so 168m each in total...

I just had the same discussion with myself - we are doing a Family interrail (2 Adults and 1 U12 (who is free) plus 1 12 year old) from Inverness to Sicily over 16 days (flying back). I have most of the bookings done and encountered much of the hassles above however - cost wise - it will still...

Sorry of this bucks the trend but.... Here in the Far North (of Inverness) I suggest the majority of my fellow commuters on the local lines into Inverness consider the Scotrail service very adequate (a choice of 3 trains in and a choice of 2 home again around the peak. Trains are clean, pretty...

Middle of the Ilsselmeer off the coast at Stavoren during a barge racing competition.... Sailing past the racing fleet another (non-competing) barge with a new NS Class 8600/8700/9400/9500 double decker heading for Stavoren Harbour to be exhibited tfor the following week. I certainly had to do...

Still trying to find out if the 00:11 Sleeper from Naples to Sicily counts as the day before day after. "On the day of departure of the night train, you can take as many trains as you want, it's on the same day after all. If you take another train after the night train has arrived at it's...