Fife circle

[Alistair G.]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking at doing a day trip up to edinburgh, but will only have around 5 hours there. I would love you have a ride behind some class 68's which I believe are on the Fife circle route. Just wondering if anyone can answer m&s questions for me please

1) are the class 68's even on this

2) are there any regular service times that are always booked 68's?

3) would I have enough time to Complete the Fife circle in my limited time I have up there?

4) do you get much thrash out of them?

5) if they aren't booked 68's what tends to be on them instead?

Thanks in advance!
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[yorkie]

Hey everyone,

I'm looking at doing a day trip up to edinburgh, but will only have around 5 hours there. I would love you have a ride behind some class 68's which I believe are on the Fife circle route. Just wondering if anyone can answer m&s questions for me please

1) are the class 68's even on this
2) are there any regular service times that are always booked 68's?

Yes & yes.

You may be interested to hear we have a Frequently Requested Diagrams Thread which is well maintained by SprinterMan.

See the ScotRail Class 68 entry for details.

3) would I have enough time to Complete the Fife circle in my limited time I have up there?

Yes, if you are there at the applicable times.

4) do you get much thrash out of them?

I'm told they are very powerful machines and make a reasonable amount of noise yes.

5) if they aren't booked 68's what tends to be on them instead?

A 67 presumably.

 

[Kite159]

At other times the Fife circle services can either be a 158 or 170, with the odd 156 thrown in for good measure.

 

[rg177]

The Edinburgh full circle was worked by 170475 last night.