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The (budgeted) cost of the app has now been disclosed. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/new_scotrail_mobile_app?nocache=incoming-3548545#incoming-3548545 Interesting to see that the cost includes "testing and accreditation". We can also see from the released Invitation to Negotiate...

I'm not sure what the purpose of the asterisk and accompanying text are.

These notices can now be seen at many ScotRail operated stations.

The first claim was for Edinburgh to Carlisle on an Advance e-ticket routed Avanti West Coast & Connections. It doesn't get much more straightforward than that!

It's almost as if Avanti have a policy to wait 28 days before approving your claims... handy for cash flow!

I will counter this with my recent, more protracted, experience with Avanti Delay Repay. Claim 1: Submitted 22 July, payment sent 19 August, payment received 24 August. Claim 2: Submitted 29 July, payment sent 26 August, payment received 01 September.

When I saw the thread title, I thought there was to be a consultation on proposed government cuts.

I've had period returns loaded to (ScotRail / SPT) smartcards in the past. I wouldn't do it again though. Naturally, there were problems. Particularly when more than one valid ticket was on the card for the gateline being used. e.g. Entering Glasgow Central with both a Glasgow to Mount...

The first FoI response has been provided by ScotRail and is, as expected, derisory and evasive. It is also late, for no good reason other than to try and make the story go away (in my opinion). https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/new_app_rollut#outgoing-2142292 Fortunately, the requester...

So, no different to what happened to me a couple of months ago ex-Aberdeen (I was that Raileasy passenger mentioned in post #4). That re-briefing email from ScotRail to Northlink doesn't seem to have done its job!

Inverness Airport and Kintore are shown as excluded from the Highland Rover. It is valid at both stations, as per the map at https://www.scotrail.co.uk/tickets/combined-tickets-travel-passes/highland-rover

I have noticed that many 500ml bottles of Pepsico products manufactured by Britvic (marked "Made in GB") do not have this feature. Traditional fully removable plastic caps remain!

There are some FoI requests due to be answered by the end of this week, so perhaps something will fall out of those.

I have received a reply from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Tourism and Transport. It didn't answer, any of the four questions I asked (reproduced below), but that's what we've come to expect when asking politicians questions which would result in an uncomfortable situation if they were...

Yes, my experience with contacting PlusBus is similar. If you are fortunate enough to receive a reply, they say they'll pass it on to the local scheme co-ordinator, then nothing is heard back and nothing is changed.

First Aberdeen's 18 at Redmoss Road terminus doesn't do a u-turn as such. But it has to cross a busy dual carriageway (without traffic lights) right next to a roundabout, then round the roundabout to get back to Redmoss Road to start its return journey to Dyce. The image below shows the route.

The Freedom of the North West Rover seems to be missing.

No, I am referring to the first and second instances of travel, as per my original post.

As I was seated near the second trolley, I can inform you that the most sold item was beer. No announcement was made about the unavailability of tea or coffee. On the first trolley at the other end of the carriage, tea and coffee was being dispensed as normal.

Except when the auto-announcer is wrong. e.g. I was on a ScotRail 4-car HST the other day which was approaching Broughty Ferry in the down direction. The auto-announcer said it would be single door operation, but the conductor came on the PA to say that all doors would be opened.