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I very occasionally hear (and once saw) a freight train going into Leith Docks. Realtime Trains give me the yard name as 'Leith South' - any idea how I can find out, in advance, of trains starting/terminating here? It's an odd looking line, almost completely disused/overgrown and has a manual...

I'm almost certain I've asked this before but seem to be struggling to locate the thread searching in my phone, nonetheless: I am returning to Edinburgh on a Edinburgh to Motherwell (Route: Not Glasgow) ticket. Can I change at Haymarket to alight at Edinburgh Park? I understand that...

Hi everyone, I'd greatly appreciated some help on this one: On Friday I'll be meeting my mother in Perth but then spending the weekend in Dundee. Would it be possible to get a ticket that covers Edinburgh to Perth to Dundee to Edinburgh? I'd ideally like to leave Edinburgh around 10am on...

Howdy all, I'm sure this has been asked time and time again but I'm looking for cheap fares to London from Edinburgh Departing Edinburgh after 7pm on the Friday and Back into Edinburgh for the start of business Monday Any weekend this month, ideally before Aug 17th as that is when my...

Howdy All, I'm thinking about commuting up to Edinburgh once a week from Lockerbie with my bicycle. I've been looking at advance tickets as I won't be returning the same day and I've got a few questions. 1) Are reservations essential for the bike on TPE? 2) The cycle space on the 185s is...

Hi everybody, I'm heading down to Halifax from Edinburgh on saturday and I want to take the 0612ish train down. I'm being quoted £72 for two singles - will I be cheaper splitting tickets on this. If so, where abouts? Ross

I've never tried taking photos of trains before but was thinking I should give it a go. Where's good in Edinburgh to get a few nice shots. Not to fussy what I photograph in terms of train...

Howdy all, A while ago I wrote asking about the validity of travelling to Edinburgh from Lockerbie going via Lockerbie. I remember that we decided that, as per the rules, this is potentially illegal due to the double backing between Lockerbie and Carlisle. Over the last few months, I've...

Hello all, Now that we have various companies (and a Government) running the train services for profit, how does the profit from my ticket get divided up? I travel between Edinburgh and Lockerbie quite a bit. Say I buy a return ticket from a Virgin FastTicket machine and travel Edinburgh...

Howdy All, Can you tell me if I can go Edinburgh to Carlisle, Carlisle to Lockerbie on a Edinburgh to Lockerbie Any Permitted route ticket. I was told I could do this yesterday by station staff but I wasn't aware that it was an option. If it is a valid routing I think I will be doing it...

Howdy, I have a friend who wants to do the following. I've had a wee look and I"m not getting to far - any suggestions for the best value route? Depart Monday the 14th Waverley to Newark Nottinghamshire, arriving in Newark around 17h or so. Depart Newark to York on the 15th, arriving...

I was on the 16:04 service out of Edinburgh heading for Bathgate (I think). As we were clearing Haymarket I heard a few calls on the radio (I was standing just behind the front cab door) about the status of a stopped train (i think). We then traveled very slowly out of Haymarket towards my...

Why does fTPE have three car sets if it wants to run six car trains to Edinburgh? It wouldn't be a problem if I could walk the entire length of the train but there is no door between carriages three and four. I usually get the 8.15 (ish) three car service to Edinburgh from Lockerbie, so at...

Simple question: how do "they" decide the direction in which a gate will allow passage? I've always assumed that it would be automatic taking into account arrivals and departures to decide which way a ticket barrier was open. Say you had one barrier with six entry/exit points ("gates") with...

I often find myself on trains when I would rather be in bed but so far I've managed not to fall asleep and miss my station. However, that's mostly due to my station being at the end of the line. So, what is the policy when you fall asleep? What do you get charged, or is humiliation the only...

I noticed this a while ago at Edinburgh Waverley next to one of the ticket machines. Decided to take a photo today. It was installed fairly recently. What on earth is it? The 'Not In Service' sticker is a new addition in the last few days...

Hey everyone, I've decided to put together a wee website about First Class Travel detailing the hospitality etc you can expect on board from each operator. My plan is to have a page for each of the operators with all the details of their first class offering, possibly with pictures too. I...

So after a few problems with my Edinburgh to Lockerbie FTPE service, mostly being promised trains by station staff, buying first class tickets and ending up on a bus, I decided to give FTPE as little of my money as I can and booked a standard class Advance tickets with my YP discount. On both...

Hello everyone, Tomorrow I'm going Edinburgh > Lockerbie and I want to avoid the bus replacement service by Going Edinburgh > Glasgow Central/Queen Street > Lockerbie. My question is this, can I travel that route on a £19.40 Edinburgh > Lockerbie Anytime ticket? The lady at the Edinburgh...

Looking for a little advice for Edin > London one weekend in March. I'm on a rather tight budget (well, I'm not - but my traveling companion is). Ideally looking at leaving Edin' on Sat in London before 2pm and leaving London late-ish on the Sunday, however I would consider a Friday/Saturday...