Shannon Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 Inside Central Station on BBC Scotland gave a bit of an insight into some of the over promoted, jobsworth and cliquey individuals employed by ScotRail. I am sure most of the drivers aren't as bad but the Central Station staff around 8.5 out of 10 of them seem like complete bangers.They have been big adverts for train drivers in last few years but only a few made it through their selection process. Surely should have simply took on far more drivers when selecting candidates to allow for fall off with retirements / sick leave / holiday covers / late night train cover etc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 12 hours ago, Shannon said: They have been big adverts for train drivers in last few years but only a few made it through their selection process. Surely should have simply took on far more drivers when selecting candidates to allow for fall off with retirements / sick leave / holiday covers / late night train cover etc. I’d quite like to know the person driving my train has made it through the selection process tbh. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamamafegan Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120.Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 (edited) 9 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. You could do it for under £70 return if you split your tickets at York and choose the right times. Edited May 24 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernLights Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 8 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. Did you book a standard ticket for that trip to Leeds? I travel down to the Manchester/Leeds area maybe once a year for gigs and have always used the train to get down and back. I've usually managed to get myself a good deal and manage to get down and back for well under £60. Its an absolute ball ache at times though. You have to rake about for the best times as even the price of the Advanced Single tickets vary wildly. I usually end up having to switch trains somewhere along the lines to save quite a bit. Train operators release their advanced tickets at different times so there have been times where I've half booked a leg of a journey and left waiting for sometimes weeks or months for the cheaper tickets for the other part(s) of the leg to be released. It would be great if they had a ticketing system where you can put in your start and end points and get a fair, reasonable price without any faffing about but I doubt it will ever happen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 50 minutes ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. By contrast, I am travelling from Stonie to Glasgow for the Ukraine game next Wednesday - £7.25 out and £4 back (next day) I do get 20% over 50's discount. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 I am travelling from StonieWhere? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTJohnboy Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 45 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Where? He's from Aberdeenshire, so it's probably a Doric word. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 55 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Where? Stonie. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 4 hours ago, NorthernLights said: Did you book a standard ticket for that trip to Leeds? I travel down to the Manchester/Leeds area maybe once a year for gigs and have always used the train to get down and back. I've usually managed to get myself a good deal and manage to get down and back for well under £60. Its an absolute ball ache at times though. You have to rake about for the best times as even the price of the Advanced Single tickets vary wildly. I usually end up having to switch trains somewhere along the lines to save quite a bit. Train operators release their advanced tickets at different times so there have been times where I've half booked a leg of a journey and left waiting for sometimes weeks or months for the cheaper tickets for the other part(s) of the leg to be released. It would be great if they had a ticketing system where you can put in your start and end points and get a fair, reasonable price without any faffing about but I doubt it will ever happen. Split Ticketing website is handy for this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 4 hours ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. When I lived in Leeds, Dundee-Leeds-Leeds-Dundee tickets were fucking ridiculous, even with split ticketing/finding the cheapest possible. Good luck, there's no logic behind it at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 RMT have voted for strike action across the 15 operators 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 32 minutes ago, kingjoey said: Stonie. Maybe he’s talking about Stonehaven? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 19 minutes ago, Dawson Park Boy said: Maybe he’s talking about Stonehaven? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 5 hours ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. Some tips on buying train tickets on the MSE website, including listing and commenting on the various websites that work out the optimum ticket splitting arrangements (in section 4). MSE hidden fares & split tickets 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsimButtHitsASix Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 33 minutes ago, D.V.T. said: RMT have voted for strike action across the 15 operators I read the operators were: Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Greater Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway, Island Line, GTR (including Gatwick Express), Transpennine Express, Avanti West Coast, and West Midlands Trains. So this wont affect Scotrail? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 20 hours ago, Shannon said: They have been big adverts for train drivers in last few years but only a few made it through their selection process. Surely should have simply took on far more drivers when selecting candidates to allow for fall off with retirements / sick leave / holiday covers / late night train cover etc. They took on plenty at the start of 2020 but Covid prevented them from getting trained at the normal rate. 5 hours ago, jamamafegan said: I’m heading to Leeds next week from Edinburgh. It’s a 3hr train journey. £120. Perth to Inverness takes an hour less but it’s £30. What is the logic/reasonings behind this? I knew my train to Leeds would be pricey but f**k me, it’s cheaper to fly abroad. Trains are fucked. I assume that is £120 off peak return? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Flash Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 10 minutes ago, AsimButtHitsASix said: I read the operators were: Chiltern Railways, Cross Country Trains, Greater Anglia, LNER, East Midlands Railway, c2c, Great Western Railway, Northern Trains, South Eastern Railway, South Western Railway, Island Line, GTR (including Gatwick Express), Transpennine Express, Avanti West Coast, and West Midlands Trains. So this wont affect Scotrail? It includes Network Rail who employ the signalling staff, so it’ll probably affect Scotrail services as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Maybe he’s talking about Stonehaven?Maybe, maybe not. If he'd actually said the name of the place rather than some insular nickname then there wouldn't have been any confusion. -3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eatmygoal Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 On the train just now. My carriage is plastered with 'try praying' posters. Whilst this may simply be the new temporary timetable, it feels a bit off that this is allowed on a state run service. The French have the right idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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