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    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    A few glasses would be generous! I'm on the 10:00 from Edinburgh, it's been almost an hour since 11:30 and there has been no cold drinks served so far. At this rate I would be surprised if I get a beer before Doncaster...
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    The beginning of the end for the 100ml rule

    Yes, domestic flights in Australia were always a breeze due to no liquid restrictions. It was also nice that you can see off/meet people right at the gate as you don't need to be on a flight to go airside. For Heathrow T5, immediately after going through North security, turn left and then (when...
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    Serious disruption on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines (07/02/2022)

    Services are running again. I had just gone down the escalator at Central around 5 minutes ago to be told the trains were off, with no one being allowed past the barriers. Straight back up the escalator, thankfully checked the Scotrail twitter which said services were running again. Back down...
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    Serious disruption on the Argyle and North Clyde Lines (07/02/2022)

    Disruption now expected until 18:00 per the Scotrail website.
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    Trivia: What's the longest possible journey a train could make between two UK stations without reversing?

    Rather than Maryhill - Lenzie - Falkirk, would it be slightly longer going Maryhill - Springburn - Cumbernauld - Falkirk?
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    Early Morning Scotrail Glasgow <> Oban

    Yeah I think it connected with ferries some days. A few years ago (when I lived within 20 minutes walk of Queen Street) I usually caught the first northbound Oban train once a week when I was heading out for a hike and there was usually at least a few people, mostly other hikers, on the train...
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    Stations you've changed trains at but never left

    Hyndland, Dalmuir, Dumbarton Central, Cambuslang, Westerton, Stirling and Clapham Junction. Dalmuir is the most frequent as I live near the Argyle line east of Glasgow Central so it's a convenient change of train from the West Highland line after a day of hiking to avoid the Queen Street to...
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    Favourite ScotRail class of EMU?

    My usual commute is on the Argyle line so I'm regularly on 318s and 320s and I do not like them at all. The narrow aisles mean that when it is at standing capacity people are hesitant to move into them away from the vestibules, which in turn delays boarding and makes the vestibule areas packed...
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    Potential infrastructure improvements in the Glasgow area

    While there is the turnback at Exhibition Centre the addition of extra platforms at Central low level to allow Lanarkshire services to terminate there would surely be a cheaper way to add capacity (at least in this direction) than quadruplicating Partick-Hyndland. Adding a link between Newton...
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    Avanti West Coast rebrand

    The ticket gate barriers at Glasgow Central low level have the Avanti logo on them. Not sure why as I highly doubt platform 16 or 17 will be seeing any of their trains!
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    Trivia: Interesting or unusual railway stations in other countries.

    Whitfords and Warwick stations on the Joondalup Line in Perth, Australia both also have bus stations above the platforms.
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    Argyle line disruption 30/11/19

    Trains aren't currently running through Glasgow Central low level - ScotRail website advises this is due to a safety inspection of the track between Exhibition Centre and Central and that disruption is expected until 16:00. Does anyone have anymore information on this?
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    First Trenitalia (Avanti!) WCML branding, naming and livery

    I instantly think of my hometown Perth (the Aussie one) when looking at that name and triangle together. At a stretch the triangle looks somewhat like the outline of of Western Australia.
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    Reading to Gatwick - odd departure platforms

    Still an issue on Sundays - I just missed the 18:00 train as the ferry due 17:35 was delayed. Walked to South Beach to get the train from Largs just after 19:00 rather than wait until 20:30 for the next train from Harbour. After a day of scrambling on Arran waiting 2.5 hours for the next train...
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    Reading to Gatwick - odd departure platforms

    I've had this happen to me a few times at Ardrossan Harbour when the Arran ferry has arrived later than schedule. There's only a few trains per day and they are scheduled to time with the ferries so whenever this happens it's a 20 minute walk to Ardrossan South Beach to get a Largs train as it...
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    Britrail and citizenship

    What would be classified as sufficient proof? I still have my WA drivers license - does this quantify as proof of overseas residency?
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    ScotRail HST Introduction - Updates & Discussion

    I was up in Montrose for the football yesterday - both the 11:37 from Queen Street and the 17:12 from Montrose were single 170s. On the way up it was standing room only to Perth where a lot of people got off (the All Under One Banner march was on) but were replaced by a large number of...
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    Unusual amenities at stations

    Glasgow Central has water bowls for dogs.
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    West Highland Line timetable 2020

    Arrochar & Tarbet may be 20 minutes away but couldn't Glen Douglas be used as a passing loop?

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