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    Journeys between train stations which can be made quicker on foot!

    Pollokshields West to Pollokshields East is 8 minutes walking, or about 20 minutes direct round the Cathcart Circle or half an hour changing in Glasgow Central Glasgow Central High Level to Glasgow Central Low Level is a couple minutes down some stairs or about 50 minutes changing at Newton
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    Railway Webcams

    That looks to be the lines just north of Vauxhall station
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    Single track lines where a physical token is in use

    As far as I know, the Far North line is radio electric token block
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    Sharpest curve station.

    Rutherglen in Glasgow is rather sharp, especially platform 2
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    £0.10 Anytime Day Single. Bargain!

    Just bought a 10p return on RSH with a Mastercard, worked perfectly for me
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    Unique railway stations

    Not sure if this has been said before, but Lockerbie is managed by First ScotRail but none of their services call there, it's only called at by VT and TPE
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    Station association

    Bognor Regis is the only station on its branch line, much like Clacton-on-Sea
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    which are your locals?

    A: Anderston B: Bellgrove C: (Glasgow) Central D: Duke St. E: Exhibition Centre F: Mount Florida G: (Paisley) Gilmour St. H: Howwood I: Irvine J: Johnstone K: Kilwinning L: Langside M: Milliken Park N: Newton O: Oban P: Pollockshields East Q: (Glasgow) Queen St. R: Rutherglen S: Summerston T...
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    Station association

    East Kilbride is a single platform terminal managed by Scotrail on a branch line
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    Train Liveries

    I don't think it is, may just be the switch from a Helvetica-like font "SPT" to ITC Officina Sans "ScotRail" so it looks smaller.
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    Pendolino at Edinburgh Waverley

    Sorry scotsman, I did a search before hand but I was using my phone so wasn't that thorough
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    Pendolino at Edinburgh Waverley

    Ah right, I'd always assumed they used (Super) Voyagers on Edinburgh - Birmingham services like they do from Glasgow. Thanks all!
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    Pendolino at Edinburgh Waverley

    Just got down to Platform 8 to wait on the 2114 back to Glasgow Central and there was a Pendolino (390 049) idling before it pulled away. Just wondering what it was doing in the capital really!
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    Glasgow Central Rolling Stock !

    I remember seeing Class 66s visit when retrieving or delivering the sleeper coaches in the mornings/at night.
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    Tickets: Odd/funny "from" and "to" locations

    Glasgow Queen St to Cardiff Queen St Glasgow Central to Cardiff Central
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    CLosest Railway Stations

    It's 40ch
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    Have you ever been the only passenger on a train?

    Quite often if I'm getting the 2212 from Glasgow to Stranraer via Kilmarnock to get to Ayr, I'm the only passenger on it for a majority of my ride, a few people going to Stewarton or Barrhead but it's not ever busy. Other times on some Ayr-Glasgow and reverse services, usually the train before...
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    Train Rides from Hell

    I was in Hatfield on December 19th (my birthday) for a gig and seeing some friends who were down for it as well. Anybody in the country will remember the lovely blizzards we were having around that time. Left Hatfield on the 20th and had to change (and wait for an hour and a half) at Stevenage...
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    FGW Sleepers

    Wikipedia should have you covered, Tim http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_Riviera#Route

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