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This has come up on my ScotRail app under alterations to service for todays (17/1/24) 1726 Glasgow to Inverness service I understand that crew may be displaced causing them not to be on the train but fail to see how a points failure can cause the service not to have catering!!!! Can someone...

Could anyone point me in the direction of a model or kit that bears a resemblance with the water tower featured in the Titfield thunderbolt film. i realise that it may have been a prop, but the idea must have come from something prototypical. my daughter got me the train pack for my birthday...

Hi all, I booked an advance ticket from Keith to Perth travelling this last Monday. Following storm Babet, services were cancelled between Elgin and Aberdeen and Aberdeen and Dundee. On Sunday just gone the latest information was do not travel unless absolutely necessary! So I took steps to...

Can anyone give me details of a reliable, easy to use booking engine suited to heritage railways? Currently we use a booking engine primarily designed for event use! We are looking to change this next year as it’s not really suitable for us but we have no idea of what’s out there! Is there a...

I can see that Highland Council have registered a bunch of services centred around Inverness and Nairn starting January too! Notices and proceedings as follows https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1117131/np_2411_14_November_2022.pdf

Hi peeps! Interested in the diagrams for ScotRail dmus, there used to be a list on the Scot-rail web page but it’s woefully out of date! Does any ok now where I can get the diagrams- if they exist in the public domain? Interested in the units operating HML, FNL, AtoI and so on! I guess...

Just been on to TFW accessible travel helpline!! Making a journey from Crewe to Porthmadog in September, rail replacement service from Machynlleth to Porthmadog of 2hr 15 mins long! As I couldn’t be away from an accessible loo for that long and couldn’t negotiate steps up to a coach interior...

I’m wondering if anyone in the know can help! I’ve noticed that there seems to be two (or more) different ramp widths when station staff and on train staff put them down for wheelchairs and so on! Is the ramp width dependant on the stock? Is a wide ramp just a fit for the wider doorway of a...

Quick question. I’ve just gone past the Copyhold Junction and noticed the track heading off into the trees has been freshly ballasted! Are trains still using the branch then? I thought they’d stopped!!

Quick question (I hope) travelling on the Inverness to Aberdeen line later. On railcam data feed, open rail describes the power type, obviously when it states Diesel Mechanical Multiple unit - Class 158 (Super Sprinter) it means 158/170 and occasionally both! Does D Diesel automatically...

Wonder if anyone can help! I complained to VTWC on a contact form sent on the 7th November, I finally got a reply last week! The reply didn't go any way to answering the question that I raised in the complaint, (I don't think it was even read properly! ) so I reiterated the complaint and...

Wondering if anyone is able to help. Travelling from Edinburgh to Euston and back at the end of the month and have asked for an accessible seat near the accessible toilet, through passenger Assistance. EDB to EUS they've given me B56, EUS to EDB I've got D62! Neither of them show as even...

I wonder if anyone can help! My company have booked me a ticket - an Anytime Return (with a disabled railcard) From Aviemore to Edinburgh at £42.40. I can't get to Aviemore now and have to go from Elgin (at my expense), an Anytime Return from there being £54.50. If I appear at the booking...

Could someone please give the the likely classes that work the following: Tuesday, 9S65 1143 Euston to Glasgow Tuesday, 1J19 1409 Birmingham Int to Aberystwyth Friday, 1S40 1230 Aberystwyth to Shrewsbury Friday, 1B68 1523 Shrewsbury to Euston Something like 1x150 or 2x158 - will give me an...

Apologies if this is in the wrong place- please move if required So - come today and I’ve got a ticket for the 1245 GWR service to Swansea - asked for the accessible space by the accessible toilet and got it! Train comes in and it’s a 5 car (possibly 2 but I’m at the back so don’t know!) not...

wondered if anyone can help! Travelling from Carmarthen to Paddington on an advance purchase ticket routed AP Slough. The connection between trains in Swansea is a mere 7 minutes- I’m mobility impaired so thought, as the only compulsory reservation is on the Swansea to Paddington train, I’d...

Coming back to Scotland last weekend my passenger assistance all went to pot! At Waterloo the here was a ramp but no Buggy assistance - asking why, I was told that no-one was available to drive it - they all want early turns and won’t work sundays! On arrival in Kings Cross for the Sleeper-...

Evening. Could anyone answer the following questions please. 1H33 1347 Dyce to Inverness- is it still likely to be 1×158 + 1×170 on Friday (17th)? 1W21 1035 Waterloo to Weymouth - Saturday 18th, Class and length if possible please. 1W60 1548 Weymouth to Waterloo - Sunday 19th, Class and...

Had booked a trip to Aberdeen today, assistance- the lot. Sadly, I had a call from Huntly Station this morning informing me that there were no trains all morning as the early turn signalman at Huntly hadn’t come into work! As usual the ScotRail app said the Inverness to Aberdeen line had...

No trains between Huntly and Inverness until the 17th, Rail Replacement Buses running instead! Longer platforms at Elgin and a new alignment and station at Forres. The present station at Forres being demolished in the process. Anyone know if there are any other improvements in the pipeline...