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That also explains why the major Glasgow-Edinburgh flow is shown via Bathgate and not Falkirk.

With the ending of the SuO Edinburgh-Oban service in the new ScotRail timetable, what passenger services will operate over the Cowlairs East Jn to Cowlairs North Jn curve now? I thought the Oban was a Parliamentary for this.

How do drivers prepare for the new layout opening, from a route-knowledge perspective? Is it just via a notice being published in advance, and a classroom exercise, or does the schedule of work allow for drivers to get some practical training on what it looks and feels like now, before they...

The whole southside service is a mess since Covid. Withdrawal of the Cathcart Circle services outside of the peak periods means that the western side of the Circle is reduced to one Newton train per hour, which is an appallingly sparse service for a suburban railway. In the 1980s that was 4tph.

What's the code on the mast plates? I can't quite make it out but it looks like a single character. K? I thought they used ELR codes now.

Maybe a local can correct me on both counts. WMSC is at Saltley, adjacent to the Derby line and on or close to the site of the former PSB. As far as the extent of control of the Shrewsbury line goes, I believe WMSC controls the line approximately as far as Wellington.

It's not even that. The Circle services only run in the peaks now, so the west side stations only get the hourly Larkhalls off-peak.

The Evening Times still has this article from 2007 up: apparently the East End extension is a "done deal", and will "unequivocally" be delivered in time for the 2014 Commonwealth Games :s

It looks odd with yellow-over-green. Am I right in believing that it's usually preferable to have the more restrictive aspect closer to the driver's eye line? Maybe there's an exception in this case e.g. sighting considerations where it's preferable to have the yellow aspect higher up.

Maybe only to the loops. Electrifying the Dalmeny-Winchburgh Jn line in tandem with that would provide a useful diversion route for EMUs whenever Winchburgh Tunnel floods.

The 92-hauled Highland Sleepers pass my house at about 01:40 up and 03:50 down, and don't I know it :{

Another piece of electrification work not often discussed is renewal of the North Clyde system. It's 60 years old now and must be ripe for a major uplift.

I've mentioned this before: ScotRail are missing a trick by not making two or three 153s compliant and using them for the Glasgow Queen Street-Anniesland service. Outside the peaks, even a two-car Sprinter or Turbostar is overkill for that, and I'm sure ScotRail would want to put those units to...

Touché ;) However my point about dilution still holds: Previously (i.e. now) I can use my Ridacard on the 20 and 63. In future I won't be able to.

Theoretical question: I'm at the Gyle Centre stance and a 20 or 63 shows up, now operated by First. If I'm travelling to Edinburgh Park station or Bankhead, as I've done many times in the past, what happens?

Do I get a partial refund on my Ridacard to compensate? There's no way First would accede to any demand from the council for interoperability of ticketing as a condition of the tender, so the change represents a dilution of Ridacard validity, especially for people who work in the Gyle/Edinburgh...

I'm quite impressed with Lothian's ability to bunch different services - often I'm waiting at the 4/44 stop outbound on Dalry Road at Haymarket in the evening peak, and the Buschecker display shows the 4 due in something like 20 and 36 minutes, and the 44 in 18 and 36 minutes. Even better is...

I've seen 185s working to/from Edinburgh again recently - 1M93 (18:12 EDB-MIA) surprising me tonight with the racket it made as it passed. What does that substitution do for seat reservations (i.e. normally being a 4-car 350)?

Glasgow's North Clyde lines were electrified in 1960. That infrastructure must be coming up for large-scale renewal soon.

Little-known fact: it's derived from the old Gaelic name 'Mhealleach-an-agadh-bheidth', which translates literally as, 'Land of the Large German Cars' :D