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Although SDO is still technically operational on ScotRail 170s it is not mandated for use (since the incident at Bishopbriggs many years ago). Therefore, as mentioned above, SDO is not a factor here. When we first worked the unrefurbished ex GWR HSTs we were not allowed to use the working SDO...

Breac is the Gaelic for speckled. You will notice that it is also contained in the Gaelic translation for Falkirk as the Faw Kirk is a speckled (due to its variated stonework) church in Scots. Alan "Breck" Stewart, of Robert Louis Stevenson's fame and played by Michael Caine in the 1971 film...

I recently came across this Imperial War Museum photo showing the Polish army defending the North Berwick branch in 1941. If this train could be found then it could use a reinstalled second platform at North Berwick for stabling purposes.

According to our dynamic duo the former platform forms part of their garden.

The grand total of £300 in 1969 or so I believe.

Only two changes: London & Inverness. You could leave Kent after 19:00 and be at Altnabreac before 14:00 the following day. Bring your own lunch.

It's not a fine per se. Rather an invoice for the fare due. Can you show us exactly what ticket you held including price - upload a photo if possible. We can then advise fully.

Generally, payment of the difference in fare would have to be paid there and then.

As an aside: are penalty fares issued through the same system that prints normal tickets? Just to clarify, I'm trying to understand how a printer fault precludes the issuing of a penalty fare but allows a normal ticket to be printed.

I regularly try to check tickets, wherever practicable, prior to departure. I then only have to find the late boarders before the next stop.

Upload a picture. Redact any personal details.

It also happens in reverse. I had a London Geezer giving it large, using the local patois, that his train fare in Scotland was twice as expensive as in the Metropolis, innit? I worked out he was comparing a 19 mile trip in Scotland on a semi fast service to a 6 mile inner London stopper. The...

I assume that you know where the card is? If so, does anyone have access to that location, and can that person obtain your railcard? If such a person exists they can upload the relevant proof on your behalf. In addition to that try to find proof of purchase of your railcard - then supply that...

Very true.

I suppose that just proves that the clerk is available at the time of the call - not that he was available at the time the passenger attempted to purchase/pick up the ticket? Conversely, no answer could mean that the clerk is too busy selling tickets to pick up the phone.