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It was a cost saving measure, but a lot of customers prefer the slow charger but it’s physically much smaller than the more powerful chargers. Additionally, the battery wear is noticeably accelerated with repeated fast charging. After the mess of the iPhone 6 battery replacement, shipping a...

385s back out on the Cathcart circle today. Just saw one pass by my house. Hope the testing is going well!

215 was on the 1815 Cathcart inner tonight too

There must have been a lot of triple and quadruple checking of the heights of those E400s before the first one tried to run under that bridge! Loved seeing the nordics too when they were around

Would the Mount Florida to Glasgow Central section of the line not want to be retained as a diversionary route for WCML services?

Not strictly obsolete as such, given that it is still accurate, but Lochgelly features a station sign that I assume predates privatisation, based purely on the typeface used...

If, for the sake of argument, electrification of EK did go ahead, would there be scope to also adjust the bridge that Busby station sits on? I ask because the 6 (née 66) bus to be served by single deckers or low height doubles as the bridge was too low, which for a long time resulted in some...

Pedenatry note: XP was available in 64-bit flavour, although that 64-bit version was really Win Server 2003 with some extra XP bits. Vista was the first version which offered 32 and 64 bit on par with each other, but it wasn't the first version overall.

Nice. Although after years, if not decades, of 314s, the stockholm syndrome in me means that it is going to feel weird having such quick, capable units used on suburban commuter routes. I'm still amazed by having Passenger Info systems in a 318/320, never mind when a 380 shows up these days!

Do you know if the 4 car sets will also eventually be increased to 5 car, or will they remain 4 car?

It doesn’t seem worth making a whole thread for this, but if this is misplaced my apologies: How serious is it to have an electric train fall off the wires like this, atleast when moving under its own power like it was? It is more or less as simple as dragging it back under wires, and away you...

Not that I want to drag this topic further away from 314s, but in the last few weeks, I noticed that the platform Polloksheilds East has been resurfaced at the "old" platform area, located behind the stairs and ticket office, which was at the very least unused, if not outright out of bounds. I...

Just passed 2 sets of new livery power cars at Haymarket depot, they look absolutely filthy so far. Huge streaks of dirt down the sides of them. Looks like Scotrail will need to up their train washing game for them!

Sitting on my very first 385 as I type this. A bit of an odd smell when you first walk in, but so far seems very nice. Sitting in front of a bit cupboard covered in electricity warning stickers, don’t recall seeing anything like that on any other EMU before? Overall though I’m impressed! The...

Out of idle curiosity, why is it the the 314s received such limited (visible) refurbishment during their service? The 313s and 315s all seem to feature PIS, LED head/tail lamps, door operation buttons etc by now, (never mind the majority of the 314s still being in SPT colours!). Was it just...

Strathpeffer station in the Highlands. The station building now contains shops and cafes, but the building and platforms remain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strathpeffer_railway_station

Yep. The one I saw going back and forth was even a 4 car, which I don’t recall seeing before on the circle line outside of Hampden events. Noticeably less 314s today. I’m interested to see what diagrams the 380s appear on tomorrow

IIRC the 1737 Glasgow Central to Neilston is 6 car. Half the set failed 2 evenings ago and it had to depart as a 3 car. Some very squashed looking passengers that night!

I can’t say I’ve ever seen a Scotrail train with graffiti anywhere on it (although I I’ve only recently started travelling on trains), but the last few weeks the 314s seem to be covered in hastily scrubbed off graffiti. A sad epilogue to 40 years of service I think

Saw a 385 in Glasgow Central this morning. Sitting in platform 12 at about 0920. There were maybe 3 or 4 members of staff inside at the front of it, sitting about chatting. Looks quite good I think!