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https://amp.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/may/06/russia-ukraine-war-live-putin-orders-nuclear-weapons-test Anything to worry about? This comes after comments from both David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron: The Macron comments are from Al Jazeera...

Edinburgh was absolute bedlam today with a massive queue from about 11am all the way to 5pm, it got to the extent where it was going all the way from Platform 2, onto Waverley Bridge, along the bridge and onto Market Street. Some passengers were sent on the replacement buses via Carlisle in...

Edinburgh service has been absolutely decimated today. Only the 0852 and 1252 are running, with the 0652, 1452 (starting from Preston), 1652 and 1852 all cancelled.

I’d imagine it’ll take a while to get things moving back to Stranraer after the line reopens, because by now surely crew competency and knowledge on the route would’ve lapsed?

I’m surprised that they are only putting on an hourly service off peak between Helensburgh and Airdrie, and Bathgate and Edinburgh. Surely they should still be trying to maintain the 2tph off peak?

One thing I’ve seen floating about recently, but doesn’t seem to have much discussion is ‘Project 2025’. A summary of what it all means according to the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/22/trump-revenge-game-plan-alarm Normally I wouldn’t be too concerned, but if you...

Is there a genuine risk of this getting out of hand and becoming an actual third world war? My main concern is China seeing the world being busy trying to de-escalate this conflict, plus Russia’s war in Ukraine as an excuse to try and invade Taiwan. I definitely think though that cooler heads...

Watching live coverage on the BBC website, looks like missiles are starting to be shot down over Jersualem while Iran have said they are not launching further strikes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-middle-east-68737710 I would provide a source for the missiles over Jerusalem, but it...

I think for a lot of people (myself included), it is a particularly scary time, because the thought of a global war has been too far fetched, as the vast majority of us weren't alive during WW2. Whenever WW3 is mentioned people automatically go to the nuclear weapons tactic, which I agree...

Something occurring? Jordan has temporarily closed its airspace. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/jordan-temporarily-close-airspace-state-media-says-2024-04-13/ There does seem to be some truth to it as several flights to Amman have diverted to places like Athens, Larnaca or Doha, or...

I recall prior to COVID that the evening Inverclyde service was roughly 3tph. XX:06 Gourock XX:36 Wemyss Bay XX:50 Gourock (Semi-Fast) This is definitely a good upgrade because any Inverclyde services I see now seem to be very well loaded.

I believe that ‘9’ is also used on the ECML to help distinguish Thameslink services bound for the core from other traffic into King’s Cross.

I've attached some screenshots to show you what I mean. Half of the seats in Coach D are blanked out (like they would be if reserved), same with Coach C. So I wonder if this will be akin to what LNER do with Coach C on their Azuma sets, in which half of it is available for last minute...

Pretty odd lettering in terms of coaches. It's a bit strange how it goes coaches A, B, C, D then K, followed by L, M, N, P and bounces back to J. I thought they would've kept the lettering similar to the 221s (A, B, C, D, E, G, H, J, K, L). It tells me I am unable to reserve a seat in Coaches...

Surprisingly, Euston seems to be working quite well today. The platforms are being announced in good time, without much of a scrum. Things seem civilised.

Sod’s law would have it that my planned train was cancelled, and the alternative is operated by an unrefurbished 390002. One thing I will miss about the Virgin interior is the rather warm ambience, even though the interior is dated, the lighting is pretty soft and relaxing (especially when some...

Usually if you want to check loadings, you can just make a dummy booking via their website (do all the booking but don’t go to the payment page). Re catering, Avanti stopped the at-seat order quite a while ago. They claim to have click and collect which never ever seems to work, so it’s always...

Seems to be busier on certain trains compared to others. The 05:33 ex Glasgow seems to have a good amount of reservations a week before, with most of the single seats gone. One of which was even full in SP when I looked at booking it.

When I first moved to Edinburgh I found the whole procedure took some getting used to, being somewhere where the buses board at the same time (and depart depending on whoever finished first). I'm used to it now and it was definitely bizarre at first, but sometimes it still feels like it takes...

If they were to consider Queen Street as their terminus, one of the difficult days would be on a Saturday when the e2g is at it's full fifteen minute frequency. Even then on a weekday it would still be difficult as I'm pretty sure the weekday paths still exist for the XX:00 and XX:30 departures...