This may be a bit off topic (mods, slap me suitably if it's too far off topic...)
But why don't ScotRail run any services on new years day? Last year I was crammed onto one of only two or three East Coast services between Edinburgh and Glasgow which was possibly one of the (if not the) busiest trains I've been on.
Furthermore, and by complete coincidence, 10 minutes ago I was having a look at SR's christmas and new year services. Why does only the Glasgow area get service on Boxing Day, but not the rest of Scotland? I've established it surely can't be an SPT thing because this year, now with Airdrie-Bathgate open I note that trains are going from Helensburgh to Bathgate on Boxing day, but not making the comparatively small extra 20 minutes or so leap to Edinburgh?!
I'm not moaning... just very curious as to why SR seem to have a very different take on Christmas to the rest of the country.