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Calls are being made to re-open a railway line shut 60 years ago as concerns grow that transport links in Dumfries and Galloway have become a key cause of depopulation.
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Ms Dickie said: “The key thing is this a permanent change and that allows people to make long-term choices about their modes of transport.
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Meet the Scottish woman who drives Freightliner trains nearly a mile long - taking 60 lorries off the road
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End of peak faresm is great news for commuters, not so great for my man maths to justify commuting bike. Now the difference between a single and a return is pennies, it will take 1425 weeks of train savings to pay for my new bike cycling home twice a week.
Of course for folks who like bikes the train money saving was never really a consideration when purchasing bike.
However if you're new and swithering on whether to buy a bike, and considering cost, I suspect 2 quid a week saving deems the bike uneconomical (unless you can cycle both ways often)?
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It also enables bike commuting as well though, for people who're less fit or coming from further out - bike-on-train for commuters is now the same price as it is for anyone else, and if you were spending money on fuel or public transport at either end of a train journey as well then ride>train>ride could end up saving you a few quid a day.
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More than £340 million is to be invested into the Fife and Borders railway as part of plans to upgrade trains and electrify the lines.
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“Just as we are investing in our routes, so too are we committed to modernising our fleets, that is why I can also confirm that ScotRail has been authorised to initiate a procurement exercise for new battery-electric trains that will operate on the Borders Railway, Fife, and also for the replacement of some of those electric fleets currently operating in Glasgow.
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[Transport Scotland were] tasked to develop the hybrid train options for the stages of best value balance for installing 'knitting' vs using batteries or other prime movers for the gaps where it is just too difficult or costly to electrify the railway
The new trains supplied by Stadler for several operators already have been operating with a central diesel or a battery module connected to outer modules which can operate as pure electric trains with the centre unit removed
The trains also have floor heights dropped to match platform heights (915mm), whilst other suppliers still build to the old standard (1100mm. The Hitachi bodyshell design also builds in a 2" step at every external door for the Class 80x (LNER, Lumo, TPE and now also Avanti) plus the Scotrail Class 385, there also remains the bogie yaw issue which saw the new trains having fractures in yaw damper brackets through an embedded resonant oscillation issue
The trains built for Liverpool also use a version of the cycle stowage (a design I first noted in 1988) which fits 3 bikes into the space released by removing a pair of fixed seats, plus cutting back the draught screen at the sliding doors. By neatly angling the front wheels 3 bikes fit in the same space as most trains allow for just 2
Hopefully we'll see the experience of Merseyrail and Greater Anglia's newest trains being used for the Scotrail ones, with the 'standard' that I pressed for with the Class 380 and Class 385 trans, that has also been retro-fitted on HST (Coach C) plus the Class 334 (refurbishment) with a cycle space at least 2.4 metres long (5 tip-up seats), which can easily accommodate tandems, long-tails, recumbents and trikes
I'll repost this on a 'new trains thread for follow-up & images
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/25508246.11-million-rail-freight-terminal-built-inverness/
The funding from the Scottish Government was awarded through the Freight Facilities Grant to West Fraser Limited and is expected to remove around 20,000 HGV journeys off the A96 and A9 and eliminate approximately 9000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
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London North Eastern Railway (LNER) has come under fire for framing Edinburgh as an extension of "North London" to encourage people to visit Scotland's capital city by train.
The rail operator has unveiled a new advertisement campaign promoting train travel along the East Coast Main Line.
As part of the campaign, a large billboard has appeared in the Shoreditch area of London, featuring LNER's animated character, Eleanor, against a backdrop of Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
It features the slogan "Think of it as North London. Really, really North London.
"Explore Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh & more by train".“
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East Coast Main Line December 2025 Timetable
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https://ecmltimetable.info/changes-following-december-2024-feedback
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From a family of 5 bikes on an Avanti train
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Although they did ask me to disconnect my dynamo
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@chdot - The Guardian interactive map seems to be missing much of Scotland's rail network. Nice idea though.
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/great-british-railways-clock-launches-london-bridge
You can have a version - https://railclock.davwheat.dev/
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“If people know where they are and what time it is, we’ll have done something good.”
Interesting. I haven't had an actual watch for decades and use my mobile. The aim of the GB clock is unified marketing though as much as actual info? Railway platforms still will have numerique displays?
In the end this may go to Network stations but less likely at ScotRail ones I suspect.Posted 6 days ago # -
Eurostar is to start running doubledecker trains through the Channel tunnel to meet growing demand for international rail travel from the UK.
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Eurostar said the Celestia trains ... would have about 20% more seats than its biggest existing trains. Some of the extra space would be taken up by stairs, but it would also be used for wheelchairs, bicycles, additional legroom and “surprises”, it said.Posted 1 day ago #
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