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I thought it was just a temporary measure?Have the 68s not stopped worked the fife circle services now.
I thought it was just a temporary measure?Have the 68s not stopped worked the fife circle services now.
Think its units now till the new tender is announced and starts operating the stock has been returned.I thought it was just a temporary measure?
Oh dear. Glad I had the chance to do them last year.Think its units now till the new tender is announced and starts operating the stock has been returned.
If you do end up at a Scottish run just remember we have the more leisurely 9.30am startOh, got to do a parkrun on the Saturday morning as well, the more remote the better, thinking Thurso, Alness or Lands End.
Strip down in the toilet on the train for a wash and a change of smalls. Trying to find hot water was always a challenge!
Totally agree i see your username is my last inverness 158 for haulage any reason why you chose it sorry for going off topic just curious.If you do end up at a Scottish run just remember we have the more leisurely 9.30am start
And enjoy your trip - I’m sure wherever you go it’ll be great.
They are both in service and in Waverley right now.Have the 68s not stopped worked the fife circle services now.
The first time I went out spotting it was the first unit I saw. I don’t really take down numbers now but that one unit has always stuck with me for some reason.i see your username is my last inverness 158 for haulage any reason why you chose it sorry for going off topic just curious.
They are both in service and in Waverley right now.
These aren't the fife circle services these are two late night services just introduced to inverkeithing for key workers they are only expected to run this week.They are both in service and in Waverley right now.
They may not be the normal diagrams but they ARE fife circle services. BTP and ScotRail staff were barriering the trains at Waverley to stop the spotters.These aren't the fife circle services these are two late night services just introduced to inverkeithing for key workers they are only expected to run this week.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/09002/2020-03-31/detailedThey may not be the normal diagrams but they ARE fife circle services. BTP and ScotRail staff were barriering the trains at Waverley to stop the spotters.
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/09002/2020-03-31/detailed
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/09003/2020-03-31/detailed
They are two late night extras from waverley to inverkeithing so that makes them far from fife circle services these are extra trains running for key workers.
The btp and scotrail staff are there to stop bashers boarding as they for key workers only.
They weren't going to be used at all, however ScotRail are paying for them so might as well use them was the response I got last night.Slightly random, surely at 9pm Scotrail have spare 158/170s they could use instead, which would make life easier for the staff due to no slam doors. Unless it's part of the contract with DRS. No need for BTP as a pair of 170s won't bring out the foolish bashers ignoring the instructions. Although unless the BTP/staff remain on board, whats to stop said person from boarding at South Gyle?
Unless loadings that time of night merit 6 coaches
Both of those links show the services going around the circle. The Fife Circle is the route not the train services!https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/09002/2020-03-31/detailed
https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/09003/2020-03-31/detailed
They are two late night extras from waverley to inverkeithing so that makes them far from fife circle services these are extra trains running for key workers.
The btp and scotrail staff are there to stop bashers boarding as they for key workers only.
Ok fair enough i didn't look at the link properly i assumed they there were just going to inverkeithing but they are extra services not the original service running to a different diagram.Both of those links show the services going around the circle. The Fife Circle is the route not the train services!
Correct, one going clockwise and one anti clockwise terminating at Inverkeithing on the way back towards Edinburgh. They were only put in the system at 3pmish yesterday evening.Ok fair enough i didn't look at the link properly i assumed they there were just going to inverkeithing but they are extra services not the original service running to a different diagram.
They dont seem to have shown as run on rtt for some reason though.Correct, one going clockwise and one anti clockwise terminating at Inverkeithing on the way back towards Edinburgh. They were only put in the system at 3pmish yesterday evening.
Because the links you posted are for the STP Paths for todayThey dont seem to have shown as run on rtt for some reason though.
aw are they oops must of stlll thought it was monday.Because the links you posted are for the STP Paths for today
Remember trying to wash my hair in a MK3 toilet after my 6th overnight, tricky trying to do the footpress for the water to get it in a small cup to put over head without getting it all over the place.
Back in the 80s a hotel option for an overnight would have been expensive and a waste of a good move, nowadays a hotel is a given for me lol.
Back then places like Glasgow Central, Inverness and Waverley had showers for 50p-70p a time
Carry your swimming trunks in future and find a pool or a dip in the sea.It never occurred to us to try and find a shower!
Can you upgrade on an Explore Wales ticket? I bought one in February whilst the 37 was on the go and bought an advance first class to Holyhead for £66 as didn’t think you could upgrade with it.- The 17:16?? from Cardiff to Holyhead (or at least to Chester) in First Class. You get a three course meal for the reasonable upgrade price of £20 or £25, and it's cooked fresh in a kitchen just a few feet away from you.
- The Fort Bill sleeper and then possibly the Jacobite to Mallaig. When I did this last summer, I then got the ferry to the Isle of Skye, spent a while there, then the coach to Kyle of Lochalsh and the train from there to Inverness which I'd fully recommend!
Can you upgrade on an Explore Wales ticket? I bought one in February whilst the 37 was on the go and bought an advance first class to Holyhead for £66 as didn’t think you could upgrade with it.
Didn’t matter anyway as got a delicious 3 course meal and a full refund after the train failed at Chester!
Can you upgrade on an Explore Wales ticket? I bought one in February whilst the 37 was on the go and bought an advance first class to Holyhead for £66 as didn’t think you could upgrade with it.
Didn’t matter anyway as got a delicious 3 course meal and a full refund after the train failed at Chester!
No Brainer!!.....especially when you get outbound/inbound travel in your country of residence.Unless I'm misreading completely, a 14 day All Line Rover is £1250 first class adult, whereas the equivalent Interrail for all 33 countries is £530 (€590) even without the current reduction of €59. That's a bonkers difference.
I used to do that in Ireland when I was camping out. Mallow was a good spot, a short walk from the station and I would pitch up on the banks of the river Blackwater. I didn't mind sharing the river with the otters... It's still the only place I have seen otters in the wild. Taking a dip at 0500 before catching the first Cork-Heuston meant swimming trunks were not required.Carry your swimming trunks in future and find a pool or a dip in the sea.