Billy Jean King Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 I note that the "full" timetable will be that of May 2022 I can't remember how that compared to the timetable prior to March 2020 (because it ran for about a week), but am I wrong in thinking it was reduced?Definitely reduced but then so are passenger numbers so not surprising. The very odd time I still have to get a train into work is a perfect example. Huge reduction in numbers travelling compared to pre pandemic on what is a peak commuter service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 c***s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binos Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 c***s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Is anyone working on the trains in the top 1% of earners in the country? I doubt it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 3 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Is anyone working on the trains in the top 1% of earners in the country? I doubt it. Google tells me that you need to earn north of £160,000 to qualify, so quite a few rail executives are in that bracket. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyle Lanley Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Scotrail caught lying once again about the alcohol ban. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 if they want to deliver a safe environment for people to travel by train they can start by using trains with more than 3 carriages between Inverness and the central belt. Especially during the summer periods when the trains are rammed with tourists. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clown Job Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Unopened ffs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
101 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 49 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Is anyone working on the trains in the top 1% of earners in the country? I doubt it. Surely the old "rails are too hot" has stopped any trains running today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd_is_God Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 49 minutes ago, Lyle Lanley said: Scotrail caught lying once again about the alcohol ban. It must be soul destroying constantly repeating on behalf of your employer something you know is not true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Unopened ffs Bar a few bottles of lager I couldn't drink any of that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 48 minutes ago, Clown Job said: Unopened ffs I'm confused about this. I thought the ban was simply a Scotrail policy rather than the law. For example, I was on a non-Scotrail train up to Inverness a few weeks back now and people were openly drinking with no issue as it wasn't Scotrail. So, on what basis are the police confiscating these drinks? As far as I'm aware this is policy rather than law, but I'm legally clueless, so can anyone advise? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 4 minutes ago, VincentGuerin said: I'm confused about this. I thought the ban was simply a Scotrail policy rather than the law. For example, I was on a non-Scotrail train up to Inverness a few weeks back now and people were openly drinking with no issue as it wasn't Scotrail. So, on what basis are the police confiscating these drinks? As far as I'm aware this is policy rather than law, but I'm legally clueless, so can anyone advise? Scotrail request the police to enforce it. I asked a policeman on the way back from a game in Inverness once. Scotrail put in a request to police Scotland and they’ll send out people to do it, presumably at a cost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Me:I think il save the environment somewhat by taking the train to and from work today. Also me: I think il save the environment some more by not taking a plastic bag for this bottle of wineScotrail: gIeS tHaT yOu!!!!! ItS nO sAfE!!!!!!!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 I'm confused about this. I thought the ban was simply a Scotrail policy rather than the law. For example, I was on a non-Scotrail train up to Inverness a few weeks back now and people were openly drinking with no issue as it wasn't Scotrail. So, on what basis are the police confiscating these drinks? As far as I'm aware this is policy rather than law, but I'm legally clueless, so can anyone advise?It's a tad disingenuous to be linking that confiscation to the Scotrail ban. The large volumes of unopened alcohol being pictured in the media are being seized at stations in Ayrshire yes but it's being seized as part of the Safer Shores scheme which is designed to prevent drinking in public (mostly the beaches) in the likes of Troon, Irvine and Ayr. Yes it's being seized at search barriers put in place at stations but it's the destination stations not Central where most boarded so in effect the seized booze has already been on the trains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 14 minutes ago, Dons_1988 said: Scotrail request the police to enforce it. I asked a policeman on the way back from a game in Inverness once. Scotrail put in a request to police Scotland and they’ll send out people to do it, presumably at a cost. Cheers. That still just seems weird to me. Drinking on trains isn't illegal, I can drink on a Virgin train. Seems a bit funny that an organisation can get the police to enforce a policy for them. But there we go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Anyway, this alcohol ban isn’t really serious is it? More of a confiscating off the neds etc but us sensible adults will just be a nod and a wink, yes? Im ok with that. -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dons_1988 Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 Just now, VincentGuerin said: Cheers. That still just seems weird to me. Drinking on trains isn't illegal, I can drink on a Virgin train. Seems a bit funny that an organisation can get the police to enforce a policy for them. But there we go. Aye I find it odd for a blanket policy. when I asked it was for a specific train from Inverness to Aberdeen due to the fact the trains to Inverness in the Morning had been ruined. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 19, 2022 Share Posted July 19, 2022 1 minute ago, VincentGuerin said: Cheers. That still just seems weird to me. Drinking on trains isn't illegal, I can drink on a Virgin train. Seems a bit funny that an organisation can get the police to enforce a policy for them. But there we go. From the choice of drinks it looks like much of it could have been confiscated from underage drinkers. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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