http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "Edinburgh to Glasgow trains off for 6 weeks" en Fri, 22 May 2026 05:24:51 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-189374 Wed, 27 May 2015 00:09:16 +0000 chdot 189374@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/commuters-face-worst-rail-disruption-in-decades-1-3784136" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/commuters-face-worst-rail-disruption-in-decades-1-3784136</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-183288 Sun, 15 Mar 2015 10:33:11 +0000 gembo 183288@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I forgot to also point out above that there is a faster slower train in between the slower slower train that takes one hour + or - a few minutes as well as the bAthgate route, and the occasional intercity motherwell one. So five services in total on four different tracks.?....?</p> <p>I am catching the faster slower train at Haymarket just after noon today and will be at Central 55 minutes later if all goes well.</p> <p>There is also an edinburgh Ayr train which is direct but I think the first bit is one of the slow trains (either the faster one or the slower one) and you sit in the train at Central until it goes to Ayr, helps those who don't like walking between central and queen street when travelling from edinburgh to Ayr and have 2.5 hours to spare which as far as I know is just my mum but there may be others. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-183237 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:47:02 +0000 chdot 183237@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a pity that's the section where the canal goes wandering!</p> <p>Canal 12 miles, road 7! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-183236 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 18:26:26 +0000 crowriver 183236@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hop on a Bathgate train, alight at Uphall and cycle along canal towpath or quiet roads? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-183228 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:23:24 +0000 dougal 183228@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My commuter destination <em>is</em> Linlithgow and I can't tell whether this is going to be good for me (trains still stop there), bad for me (greater congestion on limited platforms) or a royal pain in the Palace (replacement coach services, handcarts etc). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182690 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 13:00:04 +0000 crowriver 182690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"(Three) other routes to Glasgow are available."</p> <p>Exactly. Bathgate/Airdrie route (preferred option I'd say); via Shotts; or even the odd train via Carstairs/Motherwell. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182684 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:41:25 +0000 kaputnik 182684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>So new plan is Glas/Edin trains will terminate at Lithgo and you'll have to change on to Dunblane train which will continue in to Edinburgh?</em></p> <p>It will still have to go via Dalmeny though, and reverse as described there. There's no other route from the east to Linlithgow avoiding the Winchburgh tunnel. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182679 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:10:18 +0000 Fountainbridge 182679@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm wondering if this is the usual evening snews sensationalism and part reporting of the story.</p> <p>The original plan was to reduce frequency and to run the Edin/Glas trains up to Dalmeny from Lithgo, driver changes end, and drives on to Edinburgh.</p> <p>So new plan is Glas/Edin trains will terminate at Lithgo and you'll have to change on to Dunblane train which will continue in to Edinburgh? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182678 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:10:09 +0000 Stickman 182678@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Surely the important question is how this will affect the ongoing War Against Drivers? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182671 Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:53:21 +0000 kaputnik 182671@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Three) other routes to Glasgow are available. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14479#post-182628 Sat, 07 Mar 2015 22:50:53 +0000 chdot 182628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>PASSENGERS will be left without direct trains on Scotland’s busiest rail line between Edinburgh and Glasgow for six weeks this summer.</p> <p>Travellers on the fastest route between the cities will have to change trains, adding significantly to journey times.</p> <p>The disruption will be caused by the closure of the Winchburgh tunnel in West Lothian from 13 June to 27 July, as part of a £750 million project to electrify the line for faster and greener trains.</p> <p>ScotRail confirmed trains would run between Glasgow Queen Street and Linlithgow, where passengers would have to change to another train or a replacement bus to and from Edinburgh.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-to-glasgow-trains-off-for-6-weeks-1-3712183" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/edinburgh-to-glasgow-trains-off-for-6-weeks-1-3712183</a> </p>