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Can anyone enlighten me as to why the LNER Highland Chieftain (1200 Kings Cross to Inverness) which was formerly 1S16 is now running as 1W96? Abedeen and Stirling trains also now seem to have W codes but have kept their former sequence numbers. Is it simply a change to alert control staff to...

Earlier today I was following the progress of the 1T98 0845 Inverness - Glasgow QS (because someone I knew was travelling on it) and I was intrigued to see that from Stirling, instead of taking what I would regard as the "normal" route (via Croy, Lenzie and Bishopbriggs), it took an alternative...

The title says it all, really. Just an hour into a seven hour journey, and surrounded by people who cannot possibly be out of contact with their office for ten minutes. Wonder if there's any chance of the VTEC decision to remove first class quiet coach provision being reversed by the new...

Yesterday I made a journey from Scotland to Kings Cross on a prebooked advance ticket with VTEC. As the arrival into Kings Cross was 2h45m late, I've submitted a delay repay claim. I don't actually intend to do any more, on a value-versus-hassle basis, but my continuing journey involved a...

Do I just have a nasty suspicious mind? Currently sitting on the 1Z15 (replacement service 1230 Edinburgh to King's Cross) outside York, which is actually the delayed 1E13 (0755 Inverness to King's Cross, due to leave Edinbugh at 1130 and placed at Edinburgh into the path of the also delayed...

I recently had to submit a Delay Repay claim for a journey delayed by 67 minutes (this was on 19 April and the claim was entered into the system the same day). My first question is why does the system require me to tell the Company the information they already know? The ticket was an advance...

Hypothetical question, but one I'd rather get input to before it happens for real. I have a Senior Railcard, my partner has a Disabled Person's Railcard. I book us a journey on the VTEC website, entering both railcard details, but when the tickets are printed off they BOTH say "Disabled". Now...

If I use the VTEC website I can buy a through (advance first) fare from Kings Cross to Inverness leaving KGX at 1500, arriving EDB 1918, and then departing EDB 1942 on a Scotrail service. That's a 24 minute connection time, and the 1942 is the last train of the day from EDB to INV. Yesterday...

Delighted to see that Scotrail's emergency timetable for tomorrow includes 8 services each way stopping at my local station, Carrbridge, instead of the usual 5. May the bad weather continue if that is what it takes!

Let's start with a simple question: which route is faster? The railmiles engine says the distance via Fife is 56 miles and via Stirling 69 miles (and some odd chains). But given a clear road and no stops which would be quicker? I suspect the answer is "via Fife", otherwise why would the main...