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  1. LaidBack
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    On train to Pitlochry with change in Perth this afternoon as have an author event to go to at Pitlochry Theatre at 17.30.

      • £31 off peak open return versus £0 on Ember
      • Journey time 2hrs 10mins vs 1hr 55mins*
      • Rail = Smoother and slower journey
      • Rail = Better views
      • Easier to type on train
      • Rail ticket harder to buy with pop up reminders interfering when you're just about to click 'pay'.
      • ScotRail site still has peak fares showing even though they don't exist for the journey I made
      • If you use Club 50 at a booking office you pay more (!) Online is 20% discount versus 10% using booking office. You do get tea for £1.25 if there's a trolley on train. You can't use LNER but they have cheap Advance Singles available before you board the train if bought at a booking office (!maybe online too but only one train a day from Perth!)
      • Train avoids Edinburgh Airport and the fractious roundabouts on the A8 and approaches to Queensferry crossing.
      • Ember now runs most e-buses via airport terminal as of now. Obviously this is quite stressful for their drivers as people are laden and tired. ScotRail dodged that market when the tunnel under the runway was abandoned. (Flood risk too) Gateway is the rail/tram interchange but is always quiet.

    *Journey times vary. Rail can be faster at 1hr 35mins and Ember can be over 2 hours. A9 Dualling is factor now.

    Posted 1 month ago #

  2. MediumDave
    Member

    @greenroofer. Ah, disappointing. I will continue to have to beat my rucksack into the narrow crevice

    Posted 1 month ago #

  3. LaidBack
    Member

    Just in case anyone missed this... From National... Glasgow Central closure from Union Street fire will go on another day at least.

    What trains are cancelled at Glasgow Central Station?
    Here are all the trains which have been cancelled at Glasgow Central Station as a result of the fire.

    Edinburgh – Glasgow Central via Shotts/Carstairs
    Glasgow Central – Cathcart Circle
    Glasgow Central – Paisley Canal
    Glasgow Central – Newton
    Glasgow Central – Barrhead
    Glasgow Central – Neilston
    Glasgow Central – East Kilbride
    Glasgow Central – Ardrossan South Beach/Harbour
    These services have been cancelled in both directions.

    Here are services which have been amended:

    Glasgow – Gourock : Reduced to hourly. Operating Paisley Gilmour Street - Gourock, calling all stations.
    Glasgow – Wemyss Bay : Reduced to hourly. Operating Paisley Gilmour Street - Wemyss Bay (express between Paisley and Port Glasgow).
    Glasgow – Largs : Operating only Largs - Kilwinning.
    Glasgow – Lanark: Operating only Lanark - Motherwell.
    Glasgow – Kilmarnock : Operating only Kilmarnock - Barrhead.
    Glasgow – Ayr : Reduced to hourly. Operating Ayr - Paisley Gilmour Street, calling at all stations.
    Glasgow – Dumfries/Carlisle : Operating only Carlisle/Dumfries - Kilmarnock.
    Glasgow – Stranraer : Operating only Stranraer - Kilmarnock.
    A reminder, no trains are running from the high level today. Trains are passing through the low level but will not be stopping at Glasgow Central Station.

    Posted 3 weeks ago #

  4. Morningsider
    Member

    ScotRail announce that the HST Inter7City fleet is to be replaced by Class 222 Meridians (a variant of the Voyager fleet) in late 2027. Six bike spaces on each set, so no change from current HST capacity.

    (As predicted here a year ago).

    Posted 1 week ago #

  5. neddie
    Member

    That's a shame. The HSTs were spacious, comfortable, and smooth.

    With Voyagers being about the worst train in existence

    Posted 1 week ago #

  6. LaidBack
    Member

    Glasgow Central latest...
    the Shotts line seems to only have trains to West Calder?

    Ayr to Glasgow Central – half-hourly, calling at all stations between Paisley Gilmour Street and Kilwinning
    Gourock to Glasgow Central – hourly, all stations
    Wemyss Bay to Glasgow Central – hourly, all stations
    Kilmarnock to Glasgow Central – half-hourly, all stations (integrated with Carlisle/South Ayrshire services)
    East Kilbride to Glasgow Central – half-hourly
    Lanark to Glasgow Central – hourly
    Due to a reduced number of platforms and restricted access, not all routes will be able to resume immediately.

    Low-level services at Glasgow Central, serving routes from Cumbernauld, Whifflet, Larkhall, and Motherwell to Dalmuir, Balloch, and Milngavie, have been running normally since March 11.

    The upper concourse will remain closed, with shops, facilities and some entrances still off-limits.

    Trains now run every 30 minutes between Ayr and Paisley, and hourly between Edinburgh and West Calder.

    Posted 1 week ago #

  7. gembo
    Member

    Yes, basically only the west half of the top level is open so only trains running from platforms 8 to 15 are operating out of central Carlisle train see to leave maybe platform 5 and slow train form edinburgh to glasgow via shottts is only going to west Calder.

    Note if accessing the station you have to go in the west entrance at Hope St via something called The Carriage Way. Which appears to have been an entrance for carriages. When station first built.

    Last month at CanoPY i left at 920 and caught the 930 to queen st and then made it to Platform 15 and the ayr train with seconds to spare- I cant see that working this time.

    I used to take the Carlisle train to Auchinleck sometimes as leaves 11.15 rather than 11.00 or 11.30 for the ayr train. The cycle from Auchinleck to Ayr via Ochiltree and Drongan is almost all downhill. Two small kickers of no real importance. Except one is linked to a Trysting Thorn with some link to Burns and the other goes up from Old King Coil’s Loch to a lovely bit of new tarmac that descends all the way to the Crem and then Dobbies. ALas the last mile or two is not for the faint hearted

    Posted 1 week ago #

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