Bold Rover Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 56 minutes ago, The Naitch said: There's this new fangled thing called the internet where folk can buy train tickets so I'm guessing that they tallied up the ones that were bought going to and from Barrhill. HTH You haven't been to Barrhill, have you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 8 minutes ago, vikingTON said: People buy tickets on the train from conductors. I didn't think that was a difficult concept to grasp, but here we are. And, of course, everyone tells the truth about where they boarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawfield shed boy Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Newton train station 25year ago as a 16yr old was a eery place when changing there for a train to hamilton.Perhaps Bit different now with a lot of new builds but still .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikingTON Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 And, of course, everyone tells the truth about where they boarded. Given that Barrhill is the only stop for fifty minutes or so between Stranraer and Girvan and the clippy has to deal with just two carriages, pretty much every passenger using Barrhill will be charged for using the service from that station. It's really not complicated to understand.I've no idea what point you're trying to make with these gormless statements tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearbuyerbell Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 1 hour ago, vikingTON said: Given that Barrhill is the only stop for fifty minutes or so between Stranraer and Girvan and the clippy has to deal with just two carriages, pretty much every passenger using Barrhill will be charged for using the service from that station. It's really not complicated to understand. I've no idea what point you're trying to make with these gormless statements tbh. 3 * this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 8 hours ago, vikingTON said: I've no idea what point you're trying to make with these gormless statements tbh. Since you ask so nicely: I was doubting that 25 people a day, on average, board a train at Barrhill, and therefore the veracity of that figure of 10150 per year. Not very interesting, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Since you ask so nicely: I was doubting that 25 people a day, on average, board a train at Barrhill, and therefore the veracity of that figure of 10150 per year. Not very interesting, I agree. That number is the number who use the station (get on and off). So if you have a return ticket you are counted twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 2 hours ago, ajwffc said: That number is the number who use the station (get on and off). So if you have a return ticket you are counted twice. I'm not saying it's the same for Barrhill, but if I were to get a return into Glasgow from the south side right now, it would be cheaper than a single. Obviously I'd still buy a return even if I had no intention of coming back tonight, which would skew the figures somewhat. Not that I'm going to lose much sleep over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Back in the day when I used this service a lot Barrhill was relatively well used. The main benefit of it being that it is in South Ayrshire and hence you were able to buy SPT tickets and hence far cheaper travel to Glasgow. If you lived in Newton Stewart do you travel 25 miles to Stranraer and get ripped off or do you travel 18 miles to Barrhill and get your travel subsidised? It's a no brainer. Also back then it did have a ticket office, although it was a few years ago now so they may have closed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honestly united Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Was going to say there was a huge difference in price between Stranraer Glasgow and Barhill Glasgow, with barhill being first stop in Strathclyde as it was. I know loads of people that would try and hide from the conductor until they got to Barhill, or "miss" there stop going the other way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainspotter Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 And so, the end is near..... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40366873 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Corrour and Rannoch stations are very remote, but that has the effect of making them tourist attractions- and we enjoyed our cycle to Rannoch Station in the summer where there’s a wee cafe.Some of the stations on the Kyle line never seem to have anyone get on or off......eg Duncraig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 And so, the end is near.....http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-40366873 Breich station will now have £1.4million spent to upgrade it after it was decided to keep it open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason King Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 A totally political decision rather than a common sense one. You could increase the amount of trains there to 4tph and you'd still not see any viable increase in the number of passengers. Its the govt not wanting to look like they are performing a cut to services despite the fact that literally no one uses the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Stumbled into this thread and it piqued my interest. Used to knock about with a bird from Monifieth and walking the dog I would often end up at Barry Links station. A quick google just now and, according to Wikipedia, the station carried a grand total of 68 passengers last year. [emoji23] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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