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This could explain why I once noticed, on a XC from Glasgow, a seat had been booked all the way to Plymouth, when it would probably have been quicker to go with (then) Virgin trains on the WCML with changes. I assumed the passenger just didn’t want the hassle of changing trains.

Officially I believe so but I have memories of it being referred to as Tay Bridge on announcements in the 70s and 80s.

I wonder if anyone still refers to Dundee as Dundee Tay Bridge

Gourock … Ghoulrock Gorebridge … Gorybridge Newcraighall … Newcraighell

Glasgow Queen Street - Falkirk High 20 miles Falkirk High - Haymarket 22 miles (24 to Edinburgh Waverley)

What do you call outer garments covered in sodium chloride? Saltcoats

What do you climb to get a drink? Barrhill What do you climb to get a takeaway? Curriehill Which part of a candle do you light? Wick What’s my granny’s tastiest soup? Arbroath What do you do if you don’t need to get up in the morning? Reston What did I do when in a hurry to complete a...

Perth, Johnstone and Lochwinnoch, all gentle climbs from their centres.

All well and good, except for those of us living in outlying areas such as Kilbarchan who have lost our direct service beyond Johnstone centre on weekday daytimes; particularly inconvenient for catching a train from Johnstone station. Would it not have been more sensible to site the interchange...

I remember them and also a “Record your own voice” machine at Perth station where for the princely sum of about 3/6 you could make your own record. I pestered my parents to let me do this to no avail, wouldn’t have bee much point anyway as we didn’t possess a record player.

Direct services from Pollokshields east to Pollokshaws east. But not between the wests.

It was at one time but if my memory serves me correctly most recently it was Irvine, I’d need to look at an old timetable to check. Also, previously the express would stop at Paisley GS to pick up only, the most recent ones didn’t.

Pre Covid, Glasgow Central had express trains to Ayr at xx00 and xx30, first stop Irvine, followed four minutes later by stoppers. Remains to be seen if they will be fully reinstated once current issues are over.

Glasgow to Carlisle; WCML and GSW. Though big differences in time.

Barrmill, North Ayrshire, 3.3 miles to Dunlop; 3.8 to Glengarnock It once had its own station on a different line from the other two.

Would have raised a few laughs if Abellio were still using their former name, NedRailways when they took over ScotRail. Ned is the Scottish equivalent of chav.

Perth does not have a 8 at present, don’t know about the past.

From a newspaper in the 70s: in Edinburgh a man who worked near Waverley station and lived near Haymarket decided to take the train home one night as Princes Street was particularly congested so a bus would have taken ages and he couldn’t be bothered walking. The train shot through Haymarket and...

I read about a similar story in reverse in the Perthshire Advertiser in the early 70s. A chap got really drunk on his stag night the night before his wedding in Perth. For a laugh his “mates” put him on the overnight train to London. He woke up at Crewe. He found a taxi driver who agreed to...

Largs to Wemyss Bay. About 1hr 55mins by train via Paisley for £8.60 single, hourly service. 18 minutes by bus, four per hour, £4.90