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Hi all, A friend and I have been planning a "challenge" in the style of the Tube Challenge, where we stop at every station covered by the SPT Glasgow Roundabout ticket in one day. I've plotted out a (theoretically achievable) route that I'm rather confident is the optimum route under the...

Is this true? Is it only valid on certain ticket types? Or if ferry/bus times allowed could I just buy an Edinburgh–Mallaig return and travel Edinburgh–Glasgow–Mallaig–Armadale–Kyle–Inverness–Edinburgh (obviously paying separately for Mallaig–Armadale and Armadale–Kyle)?

All of the below with the massive caveat that I've not actually ever been to the area, so I'm very happy to be corrected by people with local knowledge! My only qualifications are knowledge picked up from being a massive rail nerd, and conversations about Far North public transport with people...

Inspired by this comment about grade separation in western Edinburgh: If you had infinite money and didn't care about the human disruption for the people whose houses you might demolish (imagine you're playing a computer game!) where would you grade-separate first on the railway?

When reading discussions on the forum, I often see someone making a point along the lines of "this direct service is essential because it's too inconvenient to go via [place] with a change." I've never been able to get any sense of where the consensus actually lies on this though, nor am I aware...