19QOS19 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I suspect they might keep it so they can deal more easily with annoying drunken arseholes.The naivety of this post is cute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 26 minutes ago, 19QOS19 said: The naivety of this post is cute. I was meaning the ticket collector can warn them with a specific offence and the transport police rather than expecting him to throw them off the train on his own. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I was meaning the ticket collector can warn them with a specific offence and the transport police rather than expecting him to throw them off the train on his own.See my first response. In theory it sounds excellent. In reality it's sadly nothing like that. The alcohol ban has done absolutely nothing to stop antisocial behaviour because they either bring it on with them anyway or are already canned up before boarding. The ban only really hurts folk who can drink responsibly as the c***s just continue to be c***s regardless. The way people are behaving on trains the now the on board staff are more likely to receive a mouthful of abuse/be assaulted rather than listened to in regards to warning them with a specific offense. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 You can’t re-introduce it as long as masks are still mandatory tbhWhy would that make a difference? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I'm the c**t that has never stopped drinking on the trains at any point. I am good enough to hide it when the ticket collector comes along though. We both know but it avoids any awkwardness. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 I suspect they might keep it so they can deal more easily with annoying drunken arseholes. I've never had a problem with a can on the table even when they're checking tickets.I was too slow to shift my bottle of wine and was told to put it away or it’d be binned. Since then I’ve just kept anything hidden when I see them coming. Might be a bit harder on Saturday with 12 cans though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 5 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: 1 hour ago, gannonball said: You can’t re-introduce it as long as masks are still mandatory tbh Why would that make a difference? Telling folk to wear a mask other than for the odd sip or bite to eat is probably deemed acceptable but it would be taking the piss to have somebody drinking away with a bag of cans whilst everybody else is to wear a mask. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Telling folk to wear a mask other than for the odd sip or bite to eat is probably deemed acceptable but it would be taking the piss to have somebody drinking away with a bag of cans whilst everybody else is to wear a mask.There are plenty on the trains who slowly munch their way through a big bag of crisps, or sip away at a bottle of water in order to avoid having their mask on properly. The median train journey in Scotland isn't long enough to have more than a couple of cans anyway. It seems to me the alcohol ban is a (as we've seen, barely enforceable) solution in search of a problem. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 minute ago, DiegoDiego said: 21 minutes ago, gannonball said: Telling folk to wear a mask other than for the odd sip or bite to eat is probably deemed acceptable but it would be taking the piss to have somebody drinking away with a bag of cans whilst everybody else is to wear a mask. There are plenty on the trains who slowly munch their way through a big bag of crisps, or sip away at a bottle of water in order to avoid having their mask on properly. The median train journey in Scotland isn't long enough to have more than a couple of cans anyway. It seems to me the alcohol ban is a (as we've seen, barely enforceable) solution in search of a problem. The difference is though you cant really tell people not to eat or hydrate on a train but you can tell them they cant drink. I appreciate there are plenty of flaws and people at it but I do sympathise with train conductors trying to enforce the mask policy politely and it’s not going to help when folk are drinking alcohol on the train. For the avoidance of doubt I hope for the mask thing to be ditched soon enough and then the ban lifted as it’s a vastly underrated pleasure having a can on the train and watching the world go by. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 As @19QOS19 says the biggest bother you get from alcohol on trains is people tanked up before they get on, not a lot anyone can do about that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 There is a railway bylaw that is hardly ever used about stopping drunks getting on trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smpar Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 There is a railway bylaw that is hardly ever used about stopping drunks getting on trains. Almost impossible to police unless you need to pass through a ticket barrier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 3 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: While they're at it they can bring advanced tickets back. I'm looking at 42 quid for a return to Glasgow for a journey that usually costs me about 20. i was wondering about that myself-seem to be nothing other than full price tickets which is a pain when its from the highlands to the central belt im looking for 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekhibee88 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 10 minutes ago, highlandcowden said: i was wondering about that myself-seem to be nothing other than full price tickets which is a pain when its from the highlands to the central belt im looking for Is there anywhere you can split the tickets? Noticed that all over, lack of advance tickets. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Ekhibee88 said: Is there anywhere you can split the tickets? Noticed that all over, lack of advance tickets. perth,never thought of that. but if this is their pish i reckon ill just use the bus 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 15 hours ago, smpar said: Almost impossible to police unless you need to pass through a ticket barrier. Aye there won't be many stations with them across the country. Only the main ones/terminus' Shirley have them? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Is there a bar again at Dundee station? Or is that never likely again? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Is there a bar again at Dundee station? Or is that never likely again?I’m proud to say I managed to have a pint of Tennents at that bar before it was removed. Unsure if they have replaced it since the renovations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 (edited) 18 hours ago, invergowrie arab said: While they're at it they can bring advanced tickets back. I'm looking at 42 quid for a return to Glasgow for a journey that usually costs me about 20. 14 hours ago, highlandcowden said: i was wondering about that myself-seem to be nothing other than full price tickets which is a pain when its from the highlands to the central belt im looking for I mentioned this earlier in the thread. Scotrail have said it's due to the emergency timetable being in place. But as this Twitter user pointed out the emergency timetable, erm, doesn't affect Inverness / Aberdeen trains to Edinburgh / Glasgow. So Scotrail are absolutely at it. Edited January 27, 2022 by RiG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 11 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: Is there a bar again at Dundee station? Or is that never likely again? No you can have a choice of two coffee shops though. p***ks Just get a pint in dynamo and pretend you are in a station the size of Kings Cross which would be a similar distance pint to platform. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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