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    Avanti Delay Repay Query

    I didn't hold much hope of getting a refund but got £691 for a 120 min delay from Edinburgh to Bristol on 12th February for four tickets.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    Yes that is correct started summer 1982 from Perth.
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    Scotrail weekend 1st

    £10.00 on Glasgow/Aberdeen/Inverness Fares just increased Scotrail website not updated.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    Yes the training sets are described as hst 125mph on rtt but when in service they are diesel locomotive at 100mph trailing 324 tons
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    The Scottish goverrment requested the new franchise to use inter-city type stock on longer routes.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    Thanks for explanation, there is certainly plenty of room at station.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    That's is interesting considering I don't think any Hst's start/terminate at Perth. On another note although I look forward to there arrival ,it is only a little way forward to the standard we had a few years ago. A video has recently been posted on YouTube 'Perth in 1989' shows push/pull...
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    Check you station platform stopping plates to see if HST Scotrail is there. They have been erected at Perth.
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    The best scoop of 2016.
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    Booking engines telling passengers to change from HSTs to Sprinters?

    I remember booking the chiefton from kings x to Perth and was advised to get off with my luggage ! at Edinburgh board scotrail dmu arriving at Perth 17.53 same hst arrives at Perth 17.56. I wonder how many tourists this catches out.
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    Residents complain about Stirling Railway

    The line was never closed, it was only unused. So permission was never required to use again. Tracks were there long before houses.
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    Scotrail Franchise - Abellio

    I don't think a full 1st class mk3 coach is overkill if you want encourage people to upgrade to 1st it has to be a good experience, only having half a mk3 1st class coach is a waste of time, also the reason first-scotrail 170s 1st class seats have low occupancy is the service is rubbish and...
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    Perth Station

    It is a busy station passengers numbers have doubled in the last 10 years to almost 1M pa. I think the reason it looks empty is it so vast, 7 platforms over a large area with two station entrances.
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    Storm Reports Jan 14th/15th

    I was on the hst today from perth arrived running 80 min late staff advised it was signalling problems.
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    Class 43 (HST) trains post 2020.

    HST's ran in to Queen St until early 90s and some London Hst services stared there too! The Scottish Government thinks 170's are not fit for purpose on long distance travel ie: Glasgow to Inverness/Aberdeen.
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    Scotrail First Class Service?

    Yes scotrail driver i remember the ex Hull trains 170s large comfortable seats circa 2007/8 2+ 1 formation if i remember dismayed when removed , do Scotrail value 1st class and try to attract custom?
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    Scotrail First Class Service?

    1st class in Scotrail is a joke, Glasgow to Aberdeen same size seats as 2nd not every seat has a table only two bays of 4 at each train end. Catering poor a hit or miss and little advance discounted tickets. It is not a product worth paying the extra for. Its not Scotrail's fault it is the...
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    Perth Station

    It is a busy station passenger use up to almost 1M pa. Doubled in the last 10 years.
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    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    It fills up at Perth and Stirling, normal to get in to Edinburgh almost full in 1st with no room for Edinburgh passengers without a seat r/s.

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