hk blues Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I'm utterly shocked Prestwick Airport isn't there. I've been on the train to Ayr at least three times a week for the past 4 months or so and I've seen one person get off and nobody get on. Scary stuff...sounds like an intro to a horror movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paco Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Falkirk has 5. Grahamston, High, Polmont, Camelon and Larbert. Still talk of stations opening in Bonnybridge and Grangemouth too You forgot Linlithgow and Stirling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Aberdeen has two... main one plus one at Dyce Dyce isn't in Aberdeen. It's in Dyce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Carnoustie having 3 is a nonsense but it's the greatest achievement of my life that I have done all 3. Invergowrie must be up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 I only ever get off at Haymarket The first sight of a pair of naked chebs you would be off at south gyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forfarton Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Dyce isn't in Aberdeen. It's in Dyce. "About Dyce Before oil was discovered in the North Sea, the village of Dyce was just that, a village separate from the city of Aberdeen. It had the distinction of being the site for the local airport but at that time air traffic was light and the facilities very modest. But all that has changed. Dyce is no longer a separate entity but an urban area of Aberdeen City standing on the northwest boundary. However, to its residents it is still known as Dyce village." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Alexandria mate. Out of order. If he wanted to refer to her by first name on a message board he would have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bairn Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 The first sight of a pair of naked chebs you would be off at south gyle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Im from the second biggest english town without a station after the cuts, not even a metro. Pisses me off as train is the best method of transport. Edit. Could be wrong on size of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainMorton Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I've been going to watch Morton for 20 years now, and in that time I've seen about ten people either get on or off the train at Bogston station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I've been going to watch Morton for 20 years now, and in that time I've seen about ten people either get on or off the train at Bogston station. Bogston was the first place I thought of as well. I think I see about one person a month use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 Bogston's probably the quietest Greenock station, but it's still fairly well used - it does have people using it every day going to work. We have nine stations in Greenock itself, plus two in Port Glasgow and one each in Gourock, Inverkip & Wemyss Bay, so we're well served in Inverclyde. Imagine having to travel all the way across a town to get to the one station where you don't even have more than one train an hour, it must be pish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 I get a bit in awe of the rail network, just how huge and interconnected it all is. The planning and work that has gone in to it is amazing. Then there's the London tube with all the same logistical problems, but underground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortar Bored Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 ^^^ amazed that horses aren't the main transport now^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 I believe it takes an act of parliament (or at least gaining authority from the Dept of Transport) to close a railway station in the UK so running one train a week that stops at the stations normally at 0532 on a Tuesday morning or somesuch bizarre time is far easier for the train companies than actually getting the stations closed.It is easier and cheaper to have as little as one passanger train a week stop at a station or use a section of track than to close it. Breich as far as I know was/is a request stop where you tell the conductor when you get on that you want off there. Are the other 2 not used when the open golf is on ? Not sure Breach is not a request stop it just has 1 train stop each day in each direction. Apparently, three of the UK's ten quietest stations are in Scotland. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35105105 So, have any P&Bers ever got on/off at Breich, Barry Links or Golf Street? I have used Breich station once to get on a train travel a mile or two on it get off it and then strap down the load on the wagons during engineering works. Also all the passenger uses of Breich is by one person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I was working in Cambuslang last week right next to a station called Kirkhill of which I had never heard of until the time. That seemed pretty quiet for being relatively close to Glasgow City Centre. Used to coach a football team that trained in Cathkin High School. About ten minute walk from there - this was before I could drive. Always seemed relatively busy coming from glasgow central direction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Breich as far as I know was/is a request stop where you tell the conductor when you get on that you want off there. Are the other 2 not used when the open golf is on ? Not sure What if you're getting on at one of those stops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 What if you're getting on at one of those stops? if you are getting on a train at a request stop (Duncraig, Dunrobin Cast, Falls of Cruachan, Invershin, Lochailort, Locheilside, Lochluichart) when you see the train you have to flag the train down like you do if you want to get a bus to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 if you are getting on a train at a request stop (Duncraig, Dunrobin Cast, Falls of Cruachan, Invershin, Lochailort, Locheilside, Lochluichart) when you see the train you have to flag the train down like you do if you want to get a bus to stop.Aye, stand on the line and wave your arms. Gives the driver the best chance of seeing you and stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Aye, stand on the line and wave your arms. Gives the driver the best chance of seeing you and stopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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