Poet of the Macabre Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 More bus replacement services this weekend. f**k trains. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Scotrail thread for this pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wren Road Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 The works need doing. Don't see a problem here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 2 minutes ago, Wren Road said: The works need doing. Don't see a problem here Spot on, the majority of the infrastructure in the Railway needs constant maintenance due to the amount of traffic, which wasn't a problem when it was initially designed. Also, unless it's train failures it won't be Scotrails fault as Network Rail are responsible for the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Excuse my ignorance but do network rail have responsibility for all train lines in the U.K. And Scotrail are just the company that sell tickets and drive the trains etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Skidmarks Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Excuse my ignorance but do network rail have responsibility for all train lines in the U.K. And Scotrail are just the company that sell tickets and drive the trains etc? The track, bridges, tunnels and certain stations are owned and maintained by Network Rail. The running of the trains are broken up by the likes of Scotrail Abellio, Virgin East Coast etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Excuse my ignorance but do network rail have responsibility for all train lines in the U.K. And Scotrail are just the company that sell tickets and drive the trains etc? Yep Network rail are in charge of track, signaling and infrastructure (bridges, stations etc). Scotrail are one of the many franchises (one of two controlled by Transport Scotland) and they run the trains (but don't own any of them) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 The track, bridges, tunnels and certain stations are owned and maintained by Network Rail. The running of the trains are broken up by the franchises Scotrail Abellio, Virgin East Coast etc. Yeah that's what I had thought. Thanks Rab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Just now, Bobby Skidmarks said: The track, bridges, tunnels and certain stations are owned and maintained by Network Rail. The running of the trains are broken up by the likes of Scotrail Abellio, Virgin East Coast etc. Bobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 42 minutes ago, Poet of the Macabre said: More bus replacement services this weekend. f**k trains. Discuss. In their song "National Shite Day", Half Man Half Biscuit mused whether it should actually be called a train replacement service. Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Learn to drive and get a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Trains are the boi. You get to booze and be a mouthy w****r with the #lads and you're never 30 yards from a pisser for those with very weak bladders when the seal is broken. Like me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Abellio have been, by and large, honking but one thing that they've done is the cheap £5 advance singles (£10 for First Class) you can snap up. Saved me a bundle heading up to Inverness for the football but you do need to get them several weeks before you travel and, like the £1 Megabus tickets, there's not many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musselburgh Jambo Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 4 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Bobby Alan Stubbs has got over the disappointment of being sacked by Rotherham quickly. Maybe he's waiting for fellow football genius Jackie McNamara at York Station. Jackie likes letting the train take the strain apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Have noticed far more services running from Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk/Croy with only three cars, fucking nightmare. Twenty odd quid for the privilege for standing on a late train. Absurdly expensive, well over twice the price of the bus from Cumbernauld into Glasgow. I get on the train at the second stop and it somehow manages to arrive late almost without exception. First world problems really, but overall the service is a bit pish for what it costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Woolshed Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 Abellio have been, by and large, honking but one thing that they've done is the cheap £5 advance singles (£10 for First Class) you can snap up. Saved me a bundle heading up to Inverness for the football but you do need to get them several weeks before you travel and, like the £1 Megabus tickets, there's not many of them. Are the £5 deals still available? Was looking at trains mid Dec and couldn't see any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I was able to grab them for the ICT v Hamilton game but none seem to have been available for travelling from Inverness to Glasgow for when we play Rangers (I'll be up in Inverness at that point). Cheapest tickets started from £11.40 if I mind right. You aren't guaranteed a seat but that's not usually a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 4 people in a 70 seater coach from Stirling to Dundee today. Could get used to that tbh, far quieter than the train. More rail maintenance! Also, they barely ever check your tickets before you get on rail replacement buses so it's a not bad opportunity for free travel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kleinfaethetoon Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 I was on the 2:45 bus from queen street and got off at Perth, no more 15 at anyone time on that bus, at present I am on the 19:56 train from Perth to Queen Street and it's bloody empty lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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