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    No trains Edinburgh to Queen Street from 29th Jan to 1st Feb ?

    I’m not sure how many drivers and conductors sign that route these days… I know Perth crews used to when they worked a Glasgow Queen Street to Markinch evening peak service (pre Covid) and Glasgow to Aberdeens used to be diverted along there too if there was engineering work between Stirling...
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    No trains Edinburgh to Queen Street from 29th Jan to 1st Feb ?

    ScotRail are warning of major disruption on service between Glasgow and Edinburgh for five days due to urgent engineering work in the Ratho area. Affecting all services between the two cities on the lines via Falkirk High and Bathgate…...
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    Standard 9F no. 92219 off to the Highlands

    Ahh, I see, thank you. That’s where I thought it was heading. Would be interesting to see a working 9F on the Strathspey… But I’ll not get my hopes up just yet.
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    Standard 9F no. 92219 off to the Highlands

    Any updates on 92219’s destination?
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    Scotrail HSTs - 4-5 years in

    Quite a lot of the yet to be used fifth carriages I think
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    Mallaig/Calmac interchange

    Probably not I’m afraid. Calmac’s online timetable for the small isles route doesn’t list a train connection for the 0955 sailings from Mallaig. And they also state that check in for foot passengers closes 20 minutes before departure.
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    Scotrail HST alternatives?

    There was a fatality between Stirling and Glasgow last night. Which resulted in quite a few HSTs and other units finishing the day in the wrong place, due to the disruption and a variety of cancellations. But still, most days there’s quite a few substitutions due to how unreliable the HSTs can...
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    Scotrail HSTs - 4-5 years in

    Just 5… The first 5 car entered service in September 2021!
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    Scotrail HSTs - 4-5 years in

    There must 12(ish) E coaches that have been sitting at Slateford for a similar time, with no sign of them being added into any 4 coach sets. So who knows what condition they’ll be in…
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    LNER - Customer Experience Host Video Interview

    Other half has just applied for a Customer Experience Role with LNER. He has now been asked to do a video interview. Does anybody here now what sort of questions likely be asked? He currently works in retail and, I think anyway, has plenty of relevant experience. But we’re wanting to have an...
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    Facilities at Glasgow Queen Street and other stations in Scotland

    Will the prices be comparable with those in the M&S in Waverley? I was in Queen St last night, but on a tight turnaround on the same set, so didn’t have time to venture past the ticket gates.
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    30 longest heritage preserved railways in the UK

    Keith and Dufftown, 11 miles Strathspey Railway, 10 miles (Aviemore to Broomhill, but being extended to Grantown-on-Spey)
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    Caledonian Sleeper

    I do wonder if they’ll bring it back into ScotRail… But that’s just my own wondering, haven’t heard anything official yet.
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    GwR HSTs to be stood down

    Hopefully carriages that have slightly less corroded roofs?
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    ASLEF (Scotland) wanting to do away with DOO.

    Do DOO drivers in the central belt get paid more than a driver who drives trains with a conductor on board?
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