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Just playing devil's advocate here - wikis are notorious for getting information wrong, especially in more niche areas like this. However - coming here and, as your first post, calling the admin of a rival wiki a "very dubious individual" doesn't really help your cause.

We seem to have managed to cut rail fares up here in Scotland just fine...

"English rose" and "Cornish clotted cream" are concepts that people have heard of, is what I mean. I have never heard of "Royal Mile teal" in my life.

It does kinda suck for those of us not in England that they've picked the names "English rose" and "Cornish clotted cream" for those shades... Where are the Scottish and Welsh names? EDIT: So we have them but they're patronising - "Royal Mile teal" and "Cardiff Bay yellow"? (I can't quite make...

To say that passengers on CDL-fitted trains are "locked in" implies that they are unable to leave in any circumstance - most fitments have some kind of emergency release which can be used when a dire situation dictates that you might want to leave the train without the steward unlocking the...

On a separate tangent - Network Rail are not dispassionate arbiters of who gets to use the line in this instance - because of the lack of ERTMS fitment to most locomotives, it's in their interest to allow charters, since they would invariably have to use NR's 97/3s and pay for the privilege.

I disagree with those arrangements if it means this situation happens, yes. If running an extra train means charters can't run on this one line out of the entire country, so be it. The arrangements should not have been put in place with the caveat that charter operators (or in this case...

You're misrepresenting my argument here - I don't want all charters banned, but where a conflict arises in the same path between an existing public service and a charter, the existing public service should be prioritised.

So why then is there no note next to these trains in their timetable that their running is subject to not being pre-cancelled for a charter? Surely, if that's part of the agreement, you should tell the public well in advance?

If charters running on this line means that a train listed in the public timetable doesn't run, then yes.

I'm sorry, but the entire point of a public railway is to move people, and not to be a train set for people who can afford it. Let charter operators run where paths allow, but they shouldn't have priority over the actual operator of services along a line where conflicts arise.

As far as how DOO is perceived around Glasgow by the public, most of the time it's fine, but the exception is when you most need a second member of staff - late evenings. There's a lot more TE absence (or the appearance of absence) when trains are assumed to be (and often are) rowdier.

I just used the seat picker on Avanti's website to change seat reservations for two advance singles I have, and seemingly the system, in the background, refunded and repurchased my tickets with each seat change. Is this normal behaviour? I haven't seen it before with open tickets purchased...

The two situations don't quite map onto each other. There is a lot more work involved in a passenger leaving a multi-stop flight early - they could need their hold bag offloaded, there may now be a meal/meals going uneaten that have already been paid for by the airline, and the logistical hassle...

As far as I'm aware, platform screen doors have always been planned for after the new stock is fully in service.

My point was: it seems like the Tories are a lot bigger than they are because they have large, sparsely populated constituencies.

I think it's clear from the context of what thread this is and 2000 that it's the Class 175s...

I had similar this year with Avanti initially refusing delay repay because my itinerary started on a Scotrail train. I'd appeal and point out exactly why she was delayed - TOCs will sometimes just take a look at the trains you've said you were on and assume you mean the first one was delayed, so...

Land doesn't vote.

It's late but: Argyle line as mentioned, North Clyde line (services from Balloch/Dalmuir to Springburn/Airdrie, Helensburgh to Edinburgh are all 334), some Paisley Canal and Cathcart Circle/Newton/Neilston trips but a lot of these are also 380s.