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Heard, but was scarcely able to see, this service passing Linlithgow last night, and it sounded unusual compared with normal passing services. Anyone able to help with info, please? http://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/train/O87169/2018/04/04/advanced

Wondering if anyone can tell me exactly what this train is? Caught only a momentary glimpse of it between rubbish skips in the Linlithgow recycling centre, sounding like a HST, and with what looked like a greenish power car at the back. Open train times states it was a "Diesel loco with a...

Haven't seen anything about this previously. I suspect I may be there, quite possibly with over-excited small grandson! https://lothianbuses.co.uk/news/article/lothian-buses-vintage-running-day

Anyone know details of the problems that resulted in a number of cancellations last evening? We arrived at Linlithgow to get the train to a concert in Glasgow, but turned round and headed back to the car to use that instead before I had a chance to find any details . Open Train Times...

I am mildly confused by this, partly through trying to sort out contradictory advice! I discovered that the Routing Guide had acquired an Easement stating: 700224 Customers travelling from Glasgow Stations to Exhibition Centre (Glasgow) may not travel via Partick. This easement applies in...

Some of you will recall much disruption on the Edinburgh-Glasgow main line over three years ago, caused by the destruction by fire of a popular bar/hotel directly adjacent to Linlithgow Station - the Star and Garter. (Closed thread at http://railforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=37414) Just a...

From today's Scotsman.com http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/super-freight-trains-set-for-scots-railways-1-2907336 Does this actually sound realistic or achievable?

This from Scotland on Sunday (31st March) http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/edinburgh-glasgow-rail-link-faces-three-year-delay-1-2868665

Apologies if this has been previously covered. Is there any way to find out when track replacement is scheduled? Rails have recently been unloaded in the four-foot at my local station (Linlithgow), and I would be interested to get a look at the process when these are installed. Paul

News article in the Scotsman: http://www.scotsman.com/rail-drivers-union-demands-waverley-pollution-cut-1-2775532 Are there specific issues that make it inadvisable for engines to be turned off? I quite often catch trains at Waverley which rumble into life only a short while before departure...

Hi I believe the original Board of Trade guidance was that station platforms should have a maximum gradient of 1 in 260. Were there any instances on standard gauge lines of a steeper gradient through platforms? I gather that there were not the same concerns in relation to passing loops...

Useful update in the online Scotsman at http://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/princes-street-power-lines-to-be-installed-in-weeks-as-tram-project-gathers-pace-1-2446679 It's a shame that the Edinburgh Trams website is not half as forthcoming about progress! I particularly liked the...

Press release here - http://www.westlothian.gov.uk/sitecontent/news/latest/winchburghplanning I am not very optimistic about catching a train there any time soon. My grandson might ... Any thoughts about how an extra stop at Winchburgh might be shoe-horned into the EGIP timetable? The...

Hoping I have managed to correctly upload a picture. Never tried before! I noticed this on the east-bound platform line at Airdrie in February, and have just come across the picture on my camera. Adjustable for depth, and clips on to foot of the rail. I would suspect it's something to do...

First Scotland East has announced its intention to withdraw routes in East Lothian and northeast Midlothian, leaving several communities without bus links. A rescue package is being considered - http://www.scotsman.com/news/council-chiefs-to-rescue-after-first-axes-bus-routes-1-2214145...

From the Herald today... http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport/high-speed-train-safety-questioned.16794672

As a result of a double EMU set going on strike near Uphall, I had my first experience of travelling in a 9-car EMU in Scotland, when our following train propelled the whole lot along to Uphall. Not a very fast journey, nor a long one! Which led me to wonder, what is the maximum normal length...

My eldest daughter in Edinburgh, who is developing an interest in railway history (:D) has advised me of clearance work on the trackbed of the disconnected Leith Central/Piershill Loop line to the south of London Road. It appeared to her that this was being neatly covered in gravel. Anyone...

My daughter was looking for OPDR tickets on this route, and told me that the ScotRail website showed no tickets were available at all. I get the same result, with a message "No tickets are available, please refine your search". Tried variations on the journey, including 'vias' with same...

An interesting bit of timelapse here http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/video-boris-olympics-transport-virtually-ready-2291788.html ...and Boris being reasonably sensible!