Well in just over an hour they'll be optional throughout.Technically they were optional from the Sark Viaduct after Gretna Junction. I've had words with 2 TM's about that
Well in just over an hour they'll be optional throughout.Technically they were optional from the Sark Viaduct after Gretna Junction. I've had words with 2 TM's about that
CS carries passengers under the NRCoT, exactly as per every other National Rail operator. The NRCoT do not contain a mask mandate so it is not a condition of travel on CS.I wonder, for sleeper passengers (for whom it is a condition of carriage due to the scottish mandate) this evening, will it be optional from midnight or mandatory until tomorrow evening?
Oh dear oh dear...
FM reported to police over mask rule breach video
Footage shows Nicola Sturgeon without a mask during a visit to a barber shop in East Kilbride.www.bbc.co.uk
Likewise, but on my Scotrail service up here, nobody at all (including staff) wore one which was excellent to seeOut and about in Glasgow city centre shops today. More masks being worn than I thought there would be.
It'll take a while, but it won't be long before masked people will be the minority and it will continue to decline until it's just a few die-hards.Out and about in Glasgow city centre shops today. More masks being worn than I thought there would be.
The vast majority of replies are negative (of course Twitter's algorithm puts the pro-mask comments on top, but you only need to scroll down a bit to see the reality) and just show how divisive such tweets and policies are.We recommend customers continue to wear a face covering while travelling on our trains and at stations in line with Scottish Government guidance.
I see Scotrail are desperately trying to promote this mantra:
https://twitter.com/ScotRail/status/1515943207686746114
Not morally and not with any credibility but since when have train companies cared about that?Scotrail can hardly promote this policy when, as observed today, many of their own staff do not wear masks.
It certainly did at Dumfries this morning, generally I find TOC’s are really keen to install or adapt signage and announcements when rules are tightened, but not so much when they are loosened.I won’t be the slightest bit surprised if the audio pollution at the station tomorrow still includes the messages about face coverings being compulsory on trains and in stations.
I don't think that's hugely surprising, given that in most cases installing the signage or updating it to deal with tightened restrictions was either legally required or perceived to be legally required; but removing it or updating it to reflect eased restrictions has not been legally requiredIt certainly did at Dumfries this morning, generally I find TOC’s are really keen to install or adapt signage and announcements when rules are tightened, but not so much when they are loosened.
Credit where credit is due today. All posters, stickers, barriers, one way systems and most importantly the constant announcements at the stations have gone. The only exception I spotted was the “wear one protect everybody” poster on board. Fair number of staff & passengers wearing masks but that’s entirely their choice & right.
Even though I quit masks 9 months ago, it is so good to finally see people’s faces.
I presume they’ve been surprised (as I pleasantly have!) that so few have chosen to wear them and they feel they need to do something.Some twit just came on the PA from the ScotRail control room to say that masks are still advised.
Why is it the company’s business? It’s no longer a legal requirement and they have no right to tell anyone what to wear, especially when it is no longer law.
Social distancing stickers on the platforms at Waverely were being scraped off by the cleaners last night.
A pleasant surprise as well - good to hear nobody is bothering. Makes it slightly so harder for the Nictator to reintroduce if she so wishesI flew home to Aberdeen from Southampton this afternoon - my first maskless flight in over 2 years As its only a few days since the Scottish mask mandate was dropped and the Nictator seems convinced people will carry on wearing them I was a little surprised to see absolutely no-one wearing a mask at all - neither on the plane nor at Aberdeen Airport. Wonderfully back to normal.
I agree that masks on trains in England, certainly in London, are all but gone. It's reached the point that I think it's odd when I see someone wearing one.I have seen about 50-60%, sometimes even higher in the past few days. That was my experience of Glasgow City Centre twice and the West End once. Going by train twice and the Subway once.
Still a way to go to match the situation in England when I was there in February where over the whole three days I was in Chester I think I could genuinely say I saw fewer than 10 people wearing masks over those three days.
I don't know how long it took to tail off in England, given there was of course the split in removal of mandate, restoration and then removal again.I agree that masks on trains in England, certainly in London, are all but gone. It's reached the point that I think it's odd when I see someone wearing one.
By contrast, two weeks ago loads of people were wearing them in Glasgow on trains and in hotels and restaurants.