Rules Regarding Luggage Permitted on a Class 158 (Scotrail)

[PyrahnaRanger]

I have heard of bus drivers refusing someone with a tin of paint. Paint will only spill if the lid comes off and that's unlikely, I guess.

I've seen a fair few decorators cars and vans that would testify otherwise!

I considered buying a Volvo estate some years ago that had been owned by a painter, but the boot was about three inches thick with various shades of paint, and I wasn't that fussed about cleaning it up...

 

[philthetube]

I always make sure any paint is at the bottom of a (very sturdy) bag and covered with other items if I take it on the bus (I don't have a car).
I've seen people turned away for carrying paint openly.

I'd guess a paint spill on the railway would be more expensive and disruptive than on a bus.

With a train you can hopefully isolate the area and continue in service, (dependant on stock). if not possible detrain through other doors.

With a bus no option to isolate the area, no other doors to use and no practical way for passengers to leave the bus without walking through paint, also accidents more likely.

 

[AY1975]

In practice, because bag inspections do not take place, you can take anything that can't be seen. Camping gas doesn't pose any more risk than any other aerosol (the propellant is usually butane anyway, just in the case of camping gas the canister only contains butane, not also something else e.g. scent) but it's probably not one you want to start raking up as the only answer if you actually ask about it is going to be "no".

SNCF specifically bans it, notably.

Paint is explicitly banned from most bus companies because of the damage it causes if it spills, but again you'll get away with it if it's not visible.

I've also at least once seen a bus driver refuse someone trying to get on with an unboxed TV, as discussed in this thread from 2022 on taking bulky items on buses: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/taking-bulky-items-on-buses.231072/