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It seems like we're getting some kinda fun routings for AWC services from Glasgow during this periods: https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/service_disruptions/313334.aspx Until the 19th March, we're getting AWC services operating Glasgow Central to Carlisle via Dumfries 1tp2h, mostly timetabled at...

Moderator note: Split from https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/scottish-electrification-updates-discussion.90420/ I wonder how those who were decrying their reliability as "unreliable junk" when they were introduced feel now… The Scotland Route Study seemed broader than that, mentioning...

Because it's hard to get actual data here, please give me some anecdotal evidence. :) I'm wondering, basically, what are my odds of getting a seat in the 9:42 ex-KGX and the 17:08 and 17:43 ex-CBG? (As someone from Scotrail-land, I'm all "bleh bleh penalty fare area meaning no possibility of...

Both myself and friend have noticed several times recently that Neilston departures from Glasgow Central end up in angle brackets as "<Neilston>"; the same isn't true for any other destination. Does anyone know why this is the case?

I just got back from East Kilbride station, trying to excess a TPE Advance to change the time. Having got to the front of the queue, we got told that they could only deal with ScotRail tickets and would have to go to Glasgow Central to deal with it. As far as I was aware, Merseyrail were the...

Apparently there's been some points failure at Glasgow Central, and Open Train Times shows GLC (high level) at a standstill! The 1834 from Central to Ayr seems to have been the last train to have arrived/departed.

I'm just back from my local station where having bought a three-part split journey for tomorrow, I asked if I could get a reservation for the part which offers it. I was told two things: firstly, that the system had been down all day (oh well…) and then secondly that the system is turned off at...

So, after a discussion earlier with some friends, I was wondering if it is possible to buy a ticket from Charing Cross to London Charing Cross. If I'm reading everything correctly, it's not possible (you can only get Charing Cross to London Terminals). Have I failed to think of some way of...

One thing that's struck me recently is how it's decided what height to put the contact wire; obviously around many structures you don't have much choice, but on open lines is there a standard height they're put at? Are they put high enough for W12, even if the rest of the line doesn't have...

This morning sees me travelling to Falkirk from Partick. I'm later travelling on to Edinburgh. So, when I got to Partick this morning I asked for two tickets: Anytime single, Partick to Glasgow Queen Street, Off-peak return, Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh. This suffices for the 0911...

So I've, um, accidentally got myself in a situation where I'll have my car at Silverstone (near Milton Keynes for those of you not knowing exactly where that is!) just before I need to head off to Paris for a week for work. Now I think I can discount parking at St Pancras (£37 a day? I think...

Noticing it again, I was wondering what the box with the RNIB logo on it by the ticket office was. It's presumably not a REACT box given there's no listed as bring one here and they're fob activated and something a few metres off the ground is going to be hard to activate! Any idea?

I've mentioned before about working in Oslo from time-to-time on here, and I think it's about time I try and make it there by train for no good reason except for, y'know, trains. As far as I can tell, it's not particularly realistic to do Glasgow to Oslo in two days (it can just be done...

So I had a friend ask me about breaks of journey on this fare. The general conditions for the ticket are broken down into "BVS/BVR/SVS/SVR/GVR - OFF-PEAK FSR/FSS/BFR/BFS OFF-PEAK (First Class)". Now, obviously we can ignore all of the *S ones, and in this case can ignore all the *F* ones...

Despite having tried to find some clear answers as to what the rules about rolling stock acquisition are now. As I understand it, Operation Princess was somewhat scuppered by the fact that extra rolling stock needed to be approved by the SRA given Virgin Cross Country got a net subsidy. I...

(Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this, but…) I'm wondering what the TOC's responsibilities are if you are unable to board the last train for which you hold a valid ticket (e.g., the last train of the day for an Anytime ticket or the booked train on an Advance ticket). Primarily, I'm...

Something that's struck me a few times are places where the routing table forbids what would be the quickest route between two stations, an example of which is Glasgow (Queen Street, ordinarily…) to Leuchars, where given a good connection the quickest route is via Dundee—though this is forbidden...

Does anyone have anything showing the track layout at the former Leuchars Junction when the St Andrews branch was still in service? I've never quite understood where the St Andrews branch departed from the surviving lines, especially given the need to navigate Toll Road at the western end of the...

http://news.stv.tv/west-central/1345257-driverless-trains-unveiled-for-glasgows-subway-system/ Interesting that they're moving to four-car stock, and hence shorter cars. I'm also curious as to how much tooling will have to be custom-made for the build, given it's the only extent 4ft gauge...

[Apologies if this is the wrong forum, please move it if it is!] As far as I'm aware, the only notable turbine powered train in recent years has been Bombardier's JetTrain, with very little happening after the period where both Britain (with the APT-E) and France (with the TGV 001) were...