H_B Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 The barriers at Paisley usually have one person selling tickets and four checking them. Yep - I hate the p***ks. Same thing happened to me at Stirling when I was rushing for a train. Saw the barrier and three people manning it, who told me I needed to get a ticket and if I missed my train then "tough, you'll have to get the next one then eh". Queue was stretched a mile back from the one person serving at the counter and one other person serving at the side. They are complete c'nts. And another thing - why havent they managed to come up with the completely novel idea of a return that isnt limited to one day travel? And why does it cost me only 40 p more to get a return than it does for a single fare? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Yep - I hate the p***ks. Same thing happened to me at Stirling when I was rushing for a train. Saw the barrier and three people manning it, who told me I needed to get a ticket and if I missed my train then "tough, you'll have to get the next one then eh". Queue was stretched a mile back from the one person serving at the counter and one other person serving at the side. They are complete c'nts. And another thing - why havent they managed to come up with the completely novel idea of a return that isnt limited to one day travel? And why does it cost me only 40 p more to get a return than it does for a single fare? Also - peak time prices? It's about 15 quid for a return from Glasgow to Edinburgh as opposed to about 8 at off peak. 15 quid? I could go to Spain for that price! I don't know what their timetable changes involve, but I have recently been getting a train a couple of times a week from Johnstone to Glasgow in the morning, and in my experience it is ALWAYS late. What the feck is the point of a timetable if the train is never on time? Why don't they just tell people a realistic service rather than promising something great and then failing to deliver? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laid Back Maverick Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 And another thing - why havent they managed to come up with the completely novel idea of a return that isnt limited to one day travel? You can get an open return - I got one a couple of years back to Aberdeen and it cost me about £30. I don't know how much a standard return is for comparison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I hate using ScotRail. After more incompetence from them this time last year I wrote a ranty letter complaing about everything and anything, from the late trains to the fact that folk have to wait on the previous late train coming in for their journey, rather than just running one of the other trains that sits in the station doing sod all. There was also a mention of their overpriced KitKats along the way. The best one was a few weeks ago when. I've started getting a lifts from uni at the weekends I'm going home, but because of the snow it took ages so the person dropped us at Easterhouse station. Fair enough. Went inside, no one at the ticket office, no problem I thought. Got to Queen Street, went to the wee guy at the barrier and was told I couldn't use my discount as I'd walked past a manned station I couldn't be bothered pointing out to him that if it had been a manned station I would have been standing there buying a ticket from him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codfish Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 And another thing - why havent they managed to come up with the completely novel idea of a return that isnt limited to one day travel? You can definetly get them - I'm always asked when buying tickets at Queen Street if I'm "coming back today" - they've never understood why I say to them "no idea - I'm going to Dundee FFS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 And another thing - why havent they managed to come up with the completely novel idea of a return that isnt limited to one day travel? I bought my ticket for £34.40 to go up to Aberdeen on a Saturday night, and she asked me when I was coming back, I said Monday, and she handed me my ticket. Where's the problem there? I came back on Monday hassle free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I bought my ticket for £34.40 to go up to Aberdeen on a Saturday night, and she asked me when I was coming back, I said Monday, and she handed me my ticket. Where's the problem there? I came back on Monday hassle free. I asked the boy at Falkirk for a return to somewhere and said I was coming back the next day - he said I was as well paying for two singles as it was the same price. Maybe I just got a duffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champions Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Would just like to add that first scotrail suck c0ck!! Last week trains were delayed due to the weather, it wasn’t even that cold!!! Pathetic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joozy Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Would just like to add that first scotrail suck c0ck!! Last week trains were delayed due to the weather, it wasn’t even that cold!!! Pathetic! When i pass my driving license and get a motor (hopefully within the next 5-6 weeks), i'm going to be using the Park & Ride service at Ingliston. Free parking and the bus only costs £1 each way into the city. I f'cking hate FirstScotrail soooo much. I use them 5 days a week and the sooner i can stop lining their pockets the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiDB Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Christ, how the f'ck am I supposed to get to the game now. There is absolutely NO chance of me being sober enough to drive. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I asked the boy at Falkirk for a return to somewhere and said I was coming back the next day - he said I was as well paying for two singles as it was the same price. Maybe I just got a duffer. Same happened to me the other week. Surely with all the barriers etc, they must be raking it in as no-one can now dodge the train fare. (as I frequently did in my student days), if so, why can't they run a better service??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I wrote a letter of complaint to them once, because the train was about 2 hours late which meant I missed the last bus back to St Andrews and had to get a taxi that cost me about a tenner. So I wrote saying I wasn't best pleased etc etc please refund me the £10. I got a letter back saying.... Dear Mr Casey I stopped reading it after that. Fucking fannies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiG Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 One in a miority again - I don;t think I have ever really had a mjor problem with Scotrail. Sure one or two wee things but nothing big. One a busy train back from sneck one conductor seemed more concerned with getting me to keep my stuff to myself and not spread my paper out across the seat instead of jarring the 5 kids who had bought tickets for Inverness to Nairn but were still on the train at Keith! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I wrote a letter of complaint to them once, because the train was about 2 hours late which meant I missed the last bus back to St Andrews and had to get a taxi that cost me about a tenner. So I wrote saying I wasn't best pleased etc etc please refund me the £10. I got a letter back saying.... I stopped reading it after that. Fucking fannies. I don't think you did, you probably kept on reading it, but you're only saying that you didn't for the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 f**k me, FF, you're sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 One in a miority again - I don;t think I have ever really had a mjor problem with Scotrail. Sure one or two wee things but nothing big. One a busy train back from sneck one conductor seemed more concerned with getting me to keep my stuff to myself and not spread my paper out across the seat instead of jarring the 5 kids who had bought tickets for Inverness to Nairn but were still on the train at Keith! It's a lot better up North because there are less trains or buses about. You have the main line South and that's it. I've never been on a train North, other than getting blootered in Dingwall for derby games. Down South there is far more scope for misunderstanding and problems. Another bus driver I once had spent ten minutes arguing with me that a return to S. Qferry is £3.80 when it's £3 only for him to press a button and go "oh aye, so it is ken. Three poond please" Another driver noticed my Northern accent and told me he was from Alness and tried to strike up a bond of teauchter friendship between us He asked how long I'd been living down here for I said a few months he replied - "I've been here twenty years. And I've hated every minute of it." What a tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted December 13, 2005 Author Share Posted December 13, 2005 Can you not just get drunk after the game? I won't have a car to get there even if I'm sober ya feckin looney! Why are there SPL games on on a day where no trains running? Who the f'k makes these decisions? Sums the SPL perfectly for me, clueless twats. Ruggy, depending on circumstances I might be able to come through and pick you up and at least get you to Falkirk if that helps. Depends whether I am drinking on Christmas Day of course. I'll give you a shout nearer the time. Cheers, will keep you posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 f**k me, FF, you're sharp. Hoi, were you ever at Aberdeen train station at Monday at around 11 - 11.30am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 On Monday there? Yeah, I was, why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALL HÚNS 'n' TIMS ARE SCUM Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 Can someone tell me the point of having all these brown people in this country? We're not allowed Christmas anymore because it might offend other religions. It must offend them even more to be off their work around Xmas. They should be providing sevices and assistance for the Infidel to get smashed. If there isn't enough of the Muslims, Hindus etc...... Atheists should be press ganged into action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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