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Hi, next week my wife will be in Edinburgh and will be touch-and-go as to whether she makes the train she'd like to catch or not. That train seems to almost always go from platform 1, and this has made me wonder: is it possible to get to platform 1 directly from the Calton Road entrance? i.e...

The Scotrail Website's "Kids for a quid" page says: Which means that if your journey starts from an unstaffed station (e.g. Shawfair, the nearest station to me) you have no option to buy before travelling, which means that if the the guard doesn't come down the train, you could arrive at...

The "Lydney, England (Transport for Wales Station)" thread made me wonder something: Transport is a devolved policy area in Scotland and Wales*. Scotrail and TfW primarily exist to serve Scotland and Wales respectively, so political oversight/control of them sits primarily with the devolved...

The "Train Travel with Children" page on the National Rail website says that: (bolding is mine, not theirs) This seems reasonable, but I can't find any reference to the bit that I've bolded in the National Rail Conditions of Travel, and as I understand it it's the NRCoT that forms part of the...

Hi, I was looking to book the 17:19 from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh on Tue 15 Jul. This results in getting in to Edinburgh on the same train as catching the 17:24 would, but involves one less change. The National Rail Enquiries website showed me the 17:19 option, and gave me a link to...

When the Waverley Line was re-opened as the Borders Railway, it mostly followed the original route. An exception to that is around where the new Shawfair station has been built. Now this suits me quite well personally, as Shawfair station is a shorter walk from my house than Millerhill...

Hi, I need to travel from Edinburgh to London soon, on either the 05:40 LNER service, or the Caledonian Sleeper the night before. The price of the 05:40 has increased from £88ish when I was looking on Friday to £163.10 today... ...but there's a "semi-flexible" fare on the 05:48 for £108, which...

If you could open 10 stations in Scotland, where would they be? I'll have a go: Not requiring new track be built: Finnieston, Glasgow - re-opening on an existing passenger line "Stirling Parkway" - on or near the old Bannockburn station on an existing passenger line Grangemouth - addition of...

Hi, on Monday, I'm travelling to London on the Caledonian Sleeper, in the seated carriage. There was no availability from Edinburgh, so I'm booked from Stirling. This would be fine if I could get the train from Edinburgh at 22:35, to arrive to Stirling at 23:33 (or maybe the previous one to be...

These comments in a thread about a disputed arrival time for delay repay Have reminded me of something I've long believed: Delay repay should be a sliding scale rather than with big jumps. So instead of being: 25% for delays over 15 mins (certain TOCs only) 50% for delays over 30 mins 100%...

Hi, a group of us are going for a night away to Aviemore in a few weeks' time. There's a possibility we'll want to stop off on the way back for a pub lunch and a few pints. The obvious option for this would be Perth, but I was wondering our tickets would be valid to travel via...

Recent discussion on the "Edinburgh Tram developments" thread has made me wonder: could/should there be a station on the main railway line that goes past Murrayfield Stadium, served only during rugby matches and other large events?

Firstly, sorry if there's an existing thread for this. It feels likely there would be but a quick search didn't turn one up. Has there been any serious proposal to run passenger services to Grangemouth? If not, it feels like there could be. It seems to tick all of @Altnabreac 's 5 golden...

Hi, I'm looking to travel from Milton Keynes Central to Edinburgh around 5pm on Fri 18th April. I have the choice between the 17:19 or 17:24, both of which connect to the same train into Edinburgh. The 17:19 is cheaper and fewer changes, but it's West Midland Trains - does anyone know: Would...

Hi, I can remember in the past (early '00s) buying train tickets from a travel agent that were printed on cardboard the size of an airline boarding card. Does anyone have an image of one in that format, or the official name of that format so I could search for an image online (my google fu is...

I'm on the 20:27 Lumo train from King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley. Some passengers just got on at Newcastle - from what I can overhear of their long conversation with the guard, they have an LNER + connections and had in itinerary to catch a northern train to York then an LNER train from...

For some reason I have it in my head that the "up" and "down" directions reverse at the Scotland/England border (e.g. if you're at Reston then "up" is towards Edinburgh, but if you're at Chathill, "up" is towards London) but googling it I can't find any mention of this. Have I imagined it?

The BBC website is reporting: Is there really any demand for services to Carlisle? To be honest, I'd have thought that if you were going to extend it, a branch to Penicuik (either from Eskbank, via Bonnyrigg and Rosewell; or from Shawfair, via Gilmerton, Loanhead and Roslin) would get far...

Pretty much as the thread title asks...: I was looking for tickets from Shawfair to Croy tomorrow and was surprised to see there are no returns (neither day-returns nor ones valid for a month), so I'd need to buy two singles costing a total of £29.20. Any idea why this would be? There are...

My in-laws have advance tickets from Edinburgh to Birmingham next weekend, with a two-together railcard. Today, one of them has tested positive for Covid. I thought that the normal "no refunds" policy for advances had been waived due to Covid, but googling this only gave me...