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Does anybody know what set had issues between Dundee and Aberdeen yesterday that caused quite a few considerable delays and some cancellations?

There’s a Ryanair flight from Stansted to Edinburgh, which after circling a bit and then attempting to land, is now being diverted to… Cologne*! Give them their due for trying, but jeez. *according to what is shown on Flight Radar 24 at the moment

I’m guessing there might be issues with staff getting into work in order to operate the system.

I live in hope that the external passenger door buttons will receive attention. I’ve noticed in the last year or two many of them have become unresponsive, with passengers thinking the door is out of use and then they do a wee sprint along to another. Some of the buttons need to be pressed for a...

Considering how often many of the sets end up out of service, how many independent businesses would get fed up and abandon the project?

ScotRail wouldn’t have offered much assistance with their current timetable on the Carlisle to Glasgow, via Dumfries route. At the moment there’s only four trains a day in each direction, with considerable gaps between each.

Most of the vestibule doors do not work as they should. Some only open slightly and then judder to a halt when you approach them. Some, once they’ve opened very slowly then slam shut with great ferocity. Others continuously open and close violently on their own. There have also been some...

On a 9 car Azuma, one half of carriage C is unreserved

I’m not sure how many drivers and conductors sign that route these days… I know Perth crews used to when they worked a Glasgow Queen Street to Markinch evening peak service (pre Covid) and Glasgow to Aberdeens used to be diverted along there too if there was engineering work between Stirling...

ScotRail are warning of major disruption on service between Glasgow and Edinburgh for five days due to urgent engineering work in the Ratho area. Affecting all services between the two cities on the lines via Falkirk High and Bathgate…...

Ahh, I see, thank you. That’s where I thought it was heading. Would be interesting to see a working 9F on the Strathspey… But I’ll not get my hopes up just yet.

Any updates on 92219’s destination?

Quite a lot of the yet to be used fifth carriages I think

Probably not I’m afraid. Calmac’s online timetable for the small isles route doesn’t list a train connection for the 0955 sailings from Mallaig. And they also state that check in for foot passengers closes 20 minutes before departure.

There was a fatality between Stirling and Glasgow last night. Which resulted in quite a few HSTs and other units finishing the day in the wrong place, due to the disruption and a variety of cancellations. But still, most days there’s quite a few substitutions due to how unreliable the HSTs can...