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    Better Buses for Strathclyde

    Not sure if this is something that has been posted about already; I couldn't find anything via the search. Apologies if already discussed elsewhere. There has been a growing campaign for "re-regulation" of the buses in the Greater Glasgow / legacy-Strathclyde area and it has gained a bit of...
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    Christmas Day bus services 2021

    Amazing! Thanks for this. Would love to see some level of Xmas Day service again around Glasgow, I would definitely use it!
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    Christmas Day bus services 2021

    Out of interest, would you happen to know any previous First Glasgow Christmas Day service patterns? I have a strong recollection of there being a skeleton service with at least the 36 and 61 running on Christmas Day sometime around 2007/8 but I have never been able to find any evidence of it...
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    ScotRail Industrial Relations issues (including conductor strike action)

    Depending on which local authority issues the pass. Not all local authorities offer a rail travel discount for "non-disabled" issued entitlement cards and the discount and options offered varies wildly between areas for the ones that do.
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    Scottish Electrification updates & discussion

    The 09:30 EDB - GLQ and the 15:30 GLQ - EDB will be a seven car 380 for sure. There will be more 380s at various times. Driver and conductor training currently being carried out on Dunbar/North Berwicks
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    The Bike&Go Abellio scheme is separate and distinct from the nextbike/Council schemes in Glasgow and Stirling. To access one of the Bike&Go bikes you need to sign up for a membership card. You then go to the booking office in the station and get the key to unlock the bike. You can keep it for...
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    Scotrail Franchise - Abellio

    A catering depot will be based at Perth in the near future, as a result of staff and passenger feedback.
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    Scotrail Franchise - Abellio

    The ferry announcement on some sets is an error. When they updated some of the sets to have the tram announcements it seems to have knocked something out of whack. Others include: "Change for Breich" at Croy; "change for Carrbridge" at Falkirk High; "Change for Corrour" at Anniesland
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    Serco for Sleeper

    Yes they do. But it's now only conductors that swap over.
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    Scotrail Franchise - Abellio

    Abellio are giving away free train tickets (£1mil worth).
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    FIP travel in, from, and between Verkersverbund areas in Germany

    Just back from Germany travelling using FIP facilities. Told by two friendly DB staff in different ticket offices that you cannot use FIP tickets or coupons to travel on wholly Verkersverbund priced tickets. But using ICE/IC/EC is perfectly fine either wholly within one area or between areas...
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    Glasgow SPT Zoning

    This might be useful in general for zone queries: Some stations are classed as being in two zones so can be counted as either. Anderston/Argyle Street/Charing X/Central/Queen St/High St are classed as G1/G2 Bowling is D1/D2 Burnside is G4/G5 Cathcart/Croftfoot/Pollockshaws East/Langside/Kings...
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    SPT ZoneCard - Zones Advice

    You only need to purchase the zones for which your journey travels through. If you don't pass through a zone at any point on your journey you don't need it. The zones you purchase must be continuous; there can't be a gap between them.
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    Virgin Trains losing revenue?

    Not sure if this is the bet place for this but feel free to move. Just got off the sleeper earlier this morning at Glasgow Central and was approached by someone on the platform asking to see my ticket. She then explained that she and a colleague had been employed by Virgin to check to see how...
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    Dutch flyer - some facts

    I'm going to be using the ferry from Hoek-Harwich at the end of February, travelling as a foot passenger on the day service. I will be travelling with a dog and a cat in the on-board kennels and I was wondering if anyone who has made the Hoek to Harwich journey with animals could let me know...
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    Card processing discussion

    Curious; how does this work for high value transactions? Presumably you would still need to get authorisation for fares over a certain limit? Not sure if all TOCs are the same but we have certain limits (varies by card network), which anything over must be swiped and phoned for authorisation...
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    Card Declined, Got UPFN'd

    You can swipe chip cards if they decline but you must call for an authorisation code, and enter the code into the avantix screen. Without the authorisation code the bank will not pay. HSBC are who I contact 90% of the time. Occasionally it is Barclays merchant services I call for certain...
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    SPT Roundabout

    I think that has been incorrectly issued. It is the correct price for a roundabout but a roundabout is not valid from/to prestwick airport. It would only cover between Glasgow and Milliken Park on the Ayr line. To be honest though I don't imagine you will encounter any problems with it as it is...
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    Door open buttons when alighting

    How strange; never seemed to work for me. I'm not often on a 156 however. The 158 and 170 definitely do not work the same though.
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    Door open buttons when alighting

    I've found the difference to be between if it is a diesel or electric set. On the 156, 158 and 170 sets I've been on; they all require the button to be pressed after it is illuminated. Whereas on the 318, 320, 334 and 380 sets it works with holding the button down before it lights. I can only...

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