Hampden Diehard Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Enough of this refurbishment tomfoolery. Guy gets on at East Kilbride without a ticket and asks the collector for a return. "Where to?" he's asked. "Back to East Kilbride!".The old ones are the best. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Hampden Diehard said: Enough of this refurbishment tomfoolery. Guy gets on at East Kilbride without a ticket and asks the collector for a return. "Where to?" he's asked. "Back to East Kilbride!". The old ones are the best. Cannot be true - who would want to return to E Kilbride.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scary Bear Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Savage Henry said: Has that got anything to do with the RVAR 2010 regulations, do you think? Probably. RVAR 2010 is about disabled persons on transport and that Halloween sticker was at an appropriate height for someone in wheelchair to view and enjoy. Edited January 31, 2019 by Scary Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampden Diehard Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Usual shite from Scotrail. The train's running late, so they turf everyone off halfway so they can make up the time by not actually stopping anywhere. What other country would have such wankers running a vital service. Just as well it's not freezing cold outside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 06:08, Scary Bear said: My train has a Happy Halloween sticker on the outside of it where the Scotrail logo is. Current. Just keep it on all year round. It’ll be Halloween soon enough. Good thinking. Scotrail status update: quirky. Train pulled into Patterton the other week looking like one of the subway trains you see in New York. One of the carriages was almost totally covered in graffiti 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEADOWXI Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Heading to Ayrshire this weekend and have decided against the train. Nearly always take the train as usually find it relaxing. Every morning there is a list of cancellations of trains out of Aberdeen, so not confident of getting down tomorrow, and on Sunday it is a replacement bus service from Kilwinning to Paisley. On checking around hiring a Ford Focus from Enterprise for 2 days is £30 cheaper than my train fare would have been, which will cover my petrol. Another customer lost to Scotrail due to the current standard of service 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BallochSonsFan Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 I'll shortly be rejoining the ranks of the train wankers when I move to a new office (back to my old office really). Hope Scotrail either fix their terrible service or are stripped of the franchise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted February 6, 2019 Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 1/31/2019 at 03:38, MEADOWXI said: Cannot be true - who would want to return to E Kilbride.... Worst towns in Scotland thread (s) for this pish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Almost at Queen Street (alighted in Dundee of course). Booked the train 2 weeks ago. On the Scotrail website the return was almost £40. I used the Split Ticket website and got it for half the price. The train is only 3 carriages and is absolutely rammed. Standing room only, although I managed to grab one of those single side facing seats next to the luggage rack. No trolley either, so if anyone wanted a drink (coffee/tea/water/booze/soft drink) then tough balls. Mental prices for an achingly shit service. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Almost at Queen Street (alighted in Dundee of course). Booked the train 2 weeks ago. On the Scotrail website the return was almost £40. I used the Split Ticket website and got it for half the price. The train is only 3 carriages and is absolutely rammed. Standing room only, although I managed to grab one of those single side facing seats next to the luggage rack. No trolley either, so if anyone wanted a drink (coffee/tea/water/booze/soft drink) then tough balls. Mental prices for an achingly shit service.But they have new trains on certain routes! Who are we to complain? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 12 minutes ago, Savage Henry said: But they have new trains on certain routes! Who are we to complain? It wasn't even a new train! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuctifano Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Is there a worst first class service in the world than scotrail. I sometimes use it if I book an lner ticket from Glasgow down the East Coast so I'm entitled to use it from Queen Street to Waverley before getting the lner train. You get a biscuit and a cup of tea or coffee, you can't even get an irn bru or coca cola never mind a beer. You get power sockets and free WiFi in standard so you're paying twice the price (if you're going Glasgow to Edinburgh alone) for what? Compare that to LNER where you get leather reclining seats, food on proper plates with metal cutlery and drinks included and it's mental. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Wing Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Almost at Queen Street (alighted in Dundee of course). Booked the train 2 weeks ago. On the Scotrail website the return was almost £40. I used the Split Ticket website and got it for half the price. The train is only 3 carriages and is absolutely rammed. Standing room only, although I managed to grab one of those single side facing seats next to the luggage rack. No trolley either, so if anyone wanted a drink (coffee/tea/water/booze/soft drink) then tough balls. Mental prices for an achingly shit service.^^^ tears 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 5 minutes ago, Fuctifano said: You get a biscuit and a cup of tea or coffee, you can't even get an irn bru or coca cola never mind a beer. You get power sockets and free WiFi in standard so you're paying twice the price (if you're going Glasgow to Edinburgh alone) for what? Isolation from smelly working class types. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Just now, welshbairn said: Isolation from smelly working class types. ...sometimes I was allowed to sit in 1st class of the Edi-Larbert train today, after : Told to go to platform 20 as the train I thought I had just missed "was delayed so I'd probably still catch it". Got to 20, to be told that it had been cancelled altogether. Went to platform 13 to catch the next scheduled Dunblane train, where a TransPennine train pulls in. Didn't get on, as I reckoned Dunblane isn't on the Pennine route, even by Scotrail standards. True enough, the board (and train signage) changed to Manchester Airport. Lastly, 5 mins after it should have left, we were told to hurry to platform 12, where the Dunblane train would leave from. Got to sit in 1st to straighten my face. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, Chicken Wing said: 55 minutes ago, DA Baracus said: Almost at Queen Street (alighted in Dundee of course). Booked the train 2 weeks ago. On the Scotrail website the return was almost £40. I used the Split Ticket website and got it for half the price. The train is only 3 carriages and is absolutely rammed. Standing room only, although I managed to grab one of those single side facing seats next to the luggage rack. No trolley either, so if anyone wanted a drink (coffee/tea/water/booze/soft drink) then tough balls. Mental prices for an achingly shit service. ^^^ tears A few 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 Is there a worst first class service in the world than scotrail. I sometimes use it if I book an lner ticket from Glasgow down the East Coast so I'm entitled to use it from Queen Street to Waverley before getting the lner train. You get a biscuit and a cup of tea or coffee, you can't even get an irn bru or coca cola never mind a beer. You get power sockets and free WiFi in standard so you're paying twice the price (if you're going Glasgow to Edinburgh alone) for what? Compare that to LNER where you get leather reclining seats, food on proper plates with metal cutlery and drinks included and it's mental. I believe the saying is 'the thing that makes it first class is who is not in first class'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajwffc Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Boghead ranter said: ...sometimes I was allowed to sit in 1st class of the Edi-Larbert train today, after : Told to go to platform 20 as the train I thought I had just missed "was delayed so I'd probably still catch it". Got to 20, to be told that it had been cancelled altogether. Went to platform 13 to catch the next scheduled Dunblane train, where a TransPennine train pulls in. Didn't get on, as I reckoned Dunblane isn't on the Pennine route, even by Scotrail standards. True enough, the board (and train signage) changed to Manchester Airport. Lastly, 5 mins after it should have left, we were told to hurry to platform 12, where the Dunblane train would leave from. Got to sit in 1st to straighten my face. or you were in a train with a 1st class section on a route that Scotrail do not offer 1st class on Edited April 6, 2019 by ajwffc 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 12 hours ago, ajwffc said: or you were in a train with a 1st class section on a route that Scotrail do not offer 1st class on Leave me alone with my happy delusion, please! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 (edited) Always a bit bemused by people on Twitter who tweet Scotrail praise and/or pictures of nice scenery and trains and stuff for them to retweet. Edited April 7, 2019 by Highland Capital 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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