That's got me thinking, will the first 5 Coach HST enter Service around the May timetable change? With more 5 sets than 4 when I first heard of that I was more surprised that the first set was a 4 coach set. Wish that was the new Livery for EMU's and DMU's as the Blue Livery is now 11 years old. I still remember getting on 170434 at Dundee for the first time when the current Livery was new and when 434 was the first in that livery... back in 2009 where it was freshly painted.
Me and my mum I remember always got a Scotrail Barbie 170 to Aberdeen but because she hadn't seen the current Livery before when it just rolled out on 434 she asked one of the Station staff if it were going to Aberdeen which it was. One time I recall getting a GNER set.
Wish Scotrail did 9 carriage sets I know that's a dream. Can imagine how big of an extension you'd need on the end Platforms at Dundee to accommodate that. I've always wished they'd transform the Dundee rail yard bit (where they keep the spare Trains) into a Station extension so we could atleast have 7 platforms instead of 4. Would be nice to have a few other Terminus Platforms especially for LNER. Seen sometimes some Aberdeen Services going to Aberdeen the wrong platform seen some Hsts do that too but never know why.