Apparently some bookings that haven't been collected yet have been cancelled? Is this true?? I'll be absolutely gutted if it is!!
It's a long way from impossible that this might have happened. I haven't heard anything though.
Apparently some bookings that haven't been collected yet have been cancelled? Is this true?? I'll be absolutely gutted if it is!!
Indeed, there's still some of the £1 fares left, so if you'd like details of those drop me a PM seeing as ScotRail are most likely stalking this thread! *waves*
I'd still say amazing as they are Anytime tickets.The new advance fares make the £1 fares seem not as amazing as first thought. Still glad I bought a few though!!
Most of the £1 fares have disappeared. However there is at least one flow where they are still available, as Starmill says, up to 16th July on Thetrainline.com
Not quite! You have a PM.£1 fares may be gone ....
Went to collect these tickets this morning at Blairhill & no machine to print them off, guy on desk took card details & reference number then refused to give me them! Told him they were already bought & was he going to reimburse me? Also told him Scotrail had tweeted that fares would be honoured. After he phoned his gaffer he said he'd give me them but it would be up to the conductor on the day. Got screenshots of Scotrail's tweets so shouldn't be a problem. Just a wee heads up for anyone still to collect the tickets.
How reputable is this other site? This isn't from MSE Forum is it?
Never ascribe to conspiracy that which can be explained by incompetence.Perhaps it's all a dastardly plot to close the Borders line by stealth on the basis of unexpectedly low revenue?
I'd like to see the 'usage' figures for Tweedbank!! It must be way way up this year thanks to these tickets! Hopefully the government will think the route is so popular they should quickly extend the route on to Carlisle!
BBC now reporting the route has passed the 500,000 passenger mark, far exceeding expectations!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35428213
I wonder will this have any impact on studies elsewhere? I. E. Will they be more favourable to passenger numbers after reopening.BBC now reporting the route has passed the 500,000 passenger mark, far exceeding expectations!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35428213
BBC now reporting the route has passed the 500,000 passenger mark, far exceeding expectations!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35428213
BBC now reporting the route has passed the 500,000 passenger mark, far exceeding expectations!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-35428213
A number, but not that many given that the £1 'sale' was only in effect for a couple of weeks and I doubt the usage figures take future journeys into account.I wonder how many of those 500k were actually Edinburgh-Glasgow commuters buying £1 tickets from Tweedbank?
Again, they would have been higher but we're talking what - four weeks since the WCML closure? And you also have to consider that many people (50% ?) would still have opted for RRB's as I suspect they would've been faster than the Waverley route diversions.Numbers would undoubtedly have been even higher if the line had went all the way to Carlisle, people going Edinburgh to Carlisle would have used that rather than the replacement buses that have been on.
That may we the case but that aside, given how popular it is so far, would extending it to Carsile be viable?A number, but not that many given that the £1 'sale' was only in effect for a couple of weeks and I doubt the usage figures take future journeys into account.
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Again, they would have been higher but we're talking what - four weeks since the WCML closure? And you also have to consider that many people (50% ?) would still have opted for RRB's as I suspect they would've been faster than the Waverley route diversions.