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The Edinburgh to Glasgow route is highly profitable, indeed the only ScotRail route to make a profit.

There are 111 part time job share drivers at ScotRail, the majority of whom have 40 years service. It's a no brainer really, half the hours but considerably more than half the take home pay due to not paying higher rate tax and overtime if you want it.

As delivered, the heating was hopeless for West Highland temperatures. However they've fitted foot level ducts and it's now very good. Apparently the pipework at the small end was in too poor a condition to consider modifying hence we only drive at the "big" end. Still god awful things plagued...

On our "active travel" 153s at ScotRail ASLEF have insisted we only drive from the big end. The legroom is awful for a 3 and a half hour trip, although thankfully they've massively improved the cab heating. The reliability in general though remains woeful.

ScotRail need to be placing orders soon. 15x replacement, 318s,320s and probably 334s too. HSTs are on lease until 2030 but pressure exists to get them replaced.

I posted this 10 years ago!

EE is definitely the best over the route. I'm only without a signal Garelochead to Arrochar and Rannoch to Corrour. It's fine everywhere else. Vodafone is rubbish.

The cabs have their own heater which is always toasty.

It must be remembered that these units are 35 years old and similar to the 318s,320s and 153s not to mention the HSTs. Just keeping them going is a big challenge for engineering staff. The ageing fleet is putting huge pressure on depots just to keep things running. Often it's a case of running a...

There were also complaints from residents of the flats as well. There are similar issues at Mallaig. Not sure from who or where but ScotRail agreed not to run the engines prior to the early morning departure.

The old Eberspacher system was obsolete and pumped out huge clouds of exhaust, often way more than the engines. So no, can't go back.

The ScotRail 156s were fitted with a new, cleaner auxiliary heater when they were refurbished a few years ago and the heating has been rubbish ever since. Unfortunately since the Premier Inn opened right next to Oban station there were lots of complaints about engines running at 5am so they no...

This is an example sent today by ASLEF. Not sure what company it's from.

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As a child the Little Chef was our restaurant of choice. We had one about 20 minutes drive away and if my parents asked where we'd like to go for dinner it was always Little Chef. The magnificent 7 burger was a thing to behold, along with Jubilee pancakes and the all day breakfast. Admittedly...

The cut off here at ScotRail to fail a medical is 180/100 according to the occupational health guy.

If a train was travelling at any sort of speed approaching a red the overspeed sensors would catch it long before the signal.

Stopping services require the driver to press the plunger to activate the crossing. Otherwise the barriers would be down for a long time whilst the train is at the station. Non stop services will be signalled straight through.

It might be parallel but it's not exactly close. A considerable uphill hike to a new station is probably not welcome after a long shift. And how many people at Faslane have start/finish times that coincide with the 6 trains a day service? Can't see many using it.

Aww what a shame. Staff in the Strathclyde area have worked on Boxing day for years, about time others got a shot as well.