Genuine Hibs Fan Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 32 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: On the train from Perth to Glasgow. Two carriages. Every seat taken in Perth and folk already having to stand. Next stop Gleneagles. Loads more get on including prams. Trains already packed and we’ve got places like Stirling and Falkirk to go - presumably the majority of people are going to Glasgow. I hate Scotrail. Used to get that all the time if I was going back to Glasgow from my folks' when I was at uni, especially on days the OF were playing. More than once had to just sack off the first train and hope the next was quieter. My mate came from Perth for the Israel game a few weeks back and (on a train coming from Aberdeen arriving 2 hours before the game) there were 2 carriages. Madness 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Used to get that all the time if I was going back to Glasgow from my folks' when I was at uni, especially on days the OF were playing. More than once had to just sack off the first train and hope the next was quieter. My mate came from Perth for the Israel game a few weeks back and (on a train coming from Aberdeen arriving 2 hours before the game) there were 2 carriages. Madness Being told that the train in Perth for the rugby today had 4 carriages. Not sure if that’s true but it wouldn’t surprise me. Rarely are football matches taken into consideration when Scotrail divvy up their carriages - or whatever the f**k it is they do. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Last day tomorrow for £10 returns with Club50. Stopping the night in Huntly after a game next month, was cheaper to get two returns from Inverness and Huntly leaving tomorrow, which I won't be using, to get the return halves for Inverness to Huntly on the Saturday and Huntly to Inverness on the Sunday in December. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 4 hours ago, welshbairn said: Last day tomorrow for £10 returns with Club50. Stopping the night in Huntly after a game next month, was cheaper to get two returns from Inverness and Huntly leaving tomorrow, which I won't be using, to get the return halves for Inverness to Huntly on the Saturday and Huntly to Inverness on the Sunday in December. Aha clever. I got a £10 Stonie - Glasgow return for the fitba on Monday....then plans changed and I stayed the Monday night in Edinburgh (so got £10 return to there) Looks as if both tickets are still active on my app. It's a great deal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 It's really annoying that they only do cheap day returns on the Inverness to Aberdeen line, no advance returns for different days like everywhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekhibee88 Posted November 21, 2021 Share Posted November 21, 2021 On 14/11/2021 at 13:00, welshbairn said: FFS. All the Sunday tickets are full price on the Aberdeen line, no advance tickets whatsover. c***s should be making them half price after fucking us around for months instead of settling the strike. Noticed a lack of advance tickets over the last year. Across the UK too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 21/11/2021 at 08:50, Ekhibee88 said: Noticed a lack of advance tickets over the last year. Across the UK too. you looking to book an unexpected day trip to Mount Florida in December? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Fifer Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 On 21/11/2021 at 08:50, Ekhibee88 said: Noticed a lack of advance tickets over the last year. Across the UK too. They stopped selling advance tickets for the majority of the past year as the government recommendation was not to travel unless absolutely necessary. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Scotrail and Network Rail going for the scientific, "f**k it let's give it a go, what's the worst that can happen" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 You know how train tickets are already massively overpriced? Well guess what is happening next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59703531 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 The line below had me stunned. Folk actually pay that?! And what chance does greener transport have when this is the cost? The announcement means price of a season ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will go up by £162 to £4,430 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Wing Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 You know how train tickets are already massively overpriced? Well guess what is happening next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59703531Are they? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 The line below had me stunned. Folk actually pay that?! And what chance does greener transport have when this is the cost? The announcement means price of a season ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will go up by £162 to £4,430Yep, people do pay it. My mate was one of them up until home working kicked in last year. It sounds ridiculous, but it worked out cheaper than taking the car and was generally quicker too. As well as the cost of circa 400 miles a week worth of fuel, the cost of parking on top of that made the car more expensive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 15 minutes ago, Chicken Wing said: 26 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: You know how train tickets are already massively overpriced? Well guess what is happening next year! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59703531 Are they? Haha, not for you my friend! But for the rest of us they often are! Although the Split Ticket site is a saviour. 14 minutes ago, peasy23 said: Yep, people do pay it. My mate was one of them up until home working kicked in last year. It sounds ridiculous, but it worked out cheaper than taking the car and was generally quicker too. As well as the cost of circa 400 miles a week worth of fuel, the cost of parking on top of that made the car more expensive. That's mental! It's good that the train is cheaper, but it should be so much cheaper than £4200 a year. Car sharing can be just as 'green', if not greener if it's an electric vehicle, so it's crazy that the cost is so much. But rampant greed is why the planet is ultimately doomed, from the low level greed to the high level industrial greed. Greed has fucked us and doomed us. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 The line below had me stunned. Folk actually pay that?! And what chance does greener transport have when this is the cost? The announcement means price of a season ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will go up by £162 to £4,430It wouldn't surprise me if commuting from Glasgow to Edinburgh works out cheaper than living in Edinburgh due to the latter having higher housing costs for both buying & renting. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) 36 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: The line below had me stunned. Folk actually pay that?! And what chance does greener transport have when this is the cost? The announcement means price of a season ticket between Glasgow and Edinburgh will go up by £162 to £4,430 It wouldn't surprise me if commuting from Glasgow to Edinburgh works out cheaper than living in Edinburgh due to the latter having higher housing costs for both buying & renting. Aye Edinburgh seems so expensive to live in. Absolutely crazy prices. Renting there is fucked beyond belief. As bad as the house prices are, renting is much more expensive. One of my pals now has a mortgage on a two bed house (semi detached, two floors) and his mortgage is almost half of the rent he and his partner paid for a two bed, single story flat. Their house isn't in the city centre but is less than 20 minutes away by bus. Edited December 18, 2021 by DA Baracus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 It wouldn't surprise me if commuting from Glasgow to Edinburgh works out cheaper than living in Edinburgh due to the latter having higher housing costs for both buying & renting. Probably one of the reasons Livingston is such a successful town due to locality with both Glasgow and Edinburgh and ease of getting to Edinburgh Airport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, UsedToGoToCentralPark said: 39 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: It wouldn't surprise me if commuting from Glasgow to Edinburgh works out cheaper than living in Edinburgh due to the latter having higher housing costs for both buying & renting. Probably one of the reasons Livingston is such a successful town due to locality with both Glasgow and Edinburgh and ease of getting to Edinburgh Airport. Dunfermline for Edinburgh as well. The train through is still pricey as f**k but the bus is far cheaper and driving can be cheaper too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 (edited) My other half and I found that commuting from Moray to Aberdeen was notably cheaper than getting the train. Monthly season ticket would have been £400pm each, in comparison to ~£250pm to fuel up the car for the same trip. Car would have been cheaper for just one of us, never mind two. Wouldn't even consider using the train now tbh (away days with a beer in hand aside), and the bus is an absolute no-go unless you want to add an extra two hours on to one's trip. Public transport will never reach target levels as long as it's more expensive than private door-to-door means. Eta: FWIW, my aunt who lives Down South tells me that it's cheaper for her to drive into London and pay for both the congestion charge and parking than it is to get the train in from where she lives. Edited December 19, 2021 by Hedgecutter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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