Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 Night trains are a molesters paradise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 10 hours ago, TheScarf said: You can take a midnight train going anywhere. I believe that time slot is reserved for trains to Tbilisi. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I believe that time slot is reserved for trains to Tbilisi.Actually took that many years back. Departed Ganca at midnight. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 I'd consider it if they have a nightclub carriage blasting this out: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 17, 2021 Share Posted September 17, 2021 On 14/09/2021 at 18:07, alta-pete said: The ferries are on their way…. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/two-new-ferries-wont-built-24984468 …from Eastern Europe. Don’t we have a facility in this country adequately capable of knocking them out? Given the last attempt it's probably better to give the job to people who know what they're doing, and have the infrastructure and skill base to churn them out at cost. Trying to resurrect Clydeside is all very romantic but not practical and would likely be a huge waste of public money. We should concentrate on stuff we're good at, like building satellites. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 https://scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/worlds-biggest-ever-pumped-storage-hydro-scheme-for-scotland/amp/?__twitter_impression=true 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) 20 minutes ago, gannonball said: https://scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/worlds-biggest-ever-pumped-storage-hydro-scheme-for-scotland/amp/?__twitter_impression=true I'd be a bit concerned about the environmental impact from the more than 80 million cubic metres of concrete needed for the dam, plus however many millions for the canal. Maybe they could build it out of Greggs vegan sausage rolls instead. @Melanius Mullarkey Edited October 6, 2021 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 I thought hydro was out of fashion. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 There's f**k all going on in the Monadhliath get it built even as a tourist attraction 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, welshbairn said: I80 million cubic metres of concrete @Melanius Mullarkey 1 hour ago, invergowrie arab said: There's f**k all going on in the Monadhliath get it built even as a tourist attraction I’d go and see it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 2 hours ago, Suspect Device said: I thought hydro was out of fashion. Article is 6 years old, that's like wearing bell bottoms in the 1980s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginaro Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Fantastic ambition from Transport Scotland once again: roads=let's get them dualled despite the financial and environmental costs; rail=nah let's not bother. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The Green Party really having an impact on Scottish Government policy.... Wee Pat will sellout on absolutely anything just so they can pick up some SNP supporters list vote in 2026. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sherrif John Bunnell Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The Dalcross Airport railway station is finally under construction. It will have a whole 2 buses an hour between the station and airport terminal. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/inverness-airport-station-build-is-underway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, Sherrif John Bunnell said: The Dalcross Airport railway station is finally under construction. It will have a whole 2 buses an hour between the station and airport terminal. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/inverness-airport-station-build-is-underway There's zero point to this when there's a perfectly good bus service from Inverness and all points east that drops you off at the terminal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19709681.glasgow-city-centre-new-car-free-zone-announced/ I don’t live in Glasgow and have only driven there a couple of times so take my views with a pinch of salt but this sounds like a good idea. I am a bit sceptical when councils announce stuff costing billions and billions though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 20/10/2021 at 11:06, Sherrif John Bunnell said: The Dalcross Airport railway station is finally under construction. It will have a whole 2 buses an hour between the station and airport terminal. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/inverness-airport-station-build-is-underway A poor mans Dyce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 06/10/2021 at 19:30, gannonball said: https://scottishscientist.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/worlds-biggest-ever-pumped-storage-hydro-scheme-for-scotland/amp/?__twitter_impression=true Think the guy behind that blog post was at the windup and wanted to see just how far renewables enthusiasts would be willing to go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 On 17/09/2021 at 11:33, welshbairn said: Given the last attempt it's probably better to give the job to people who know what they're doing, and have the infrastructure and skill base to churn them out at cost. Trying to resurrect Clydeside is all very romantic but not practical and would likely be a huge waste of public money. We should concentrate on stuff we're good at, like building satellites. Better yet how about catching up with the times and do what the Faroese and Norwegians are doing with fixed links to relatively small island communities. For example, £370 million in subsidies over 8 years is being spent on the various ferry routes between Aberdeen, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Scrabster and Stromness before we even get into the financial support for shorter routes within Orkney and Shetland themselves: https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2019/07/23/firm-loses-legal-appeal-over-370-million-ferry-subsidy but anyone suggesting that £100 million or so be spent on a tunnel between Caithness and Orkney would be a good starting point for a programme of fixed link building to eliminate the need for doing that over the next generation or two will soon be branded as a nutter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted November 13, 2021 Share Posted November 13, 2021 44 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Better yet how about catching up with the times and do what the Faroese and Norwegians are doing with fixed links to relatively small island communities. For example, £370 million in subsidies over 8 years is being spent on the various ferry routes between Aberdeen, Kirkwall, Lerwick, Scrabster and Stromness before we even get into the financial support for shorter routes within Orkney and Shetland themselves: https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2019/07/23/firm-loses-legal-appeal-over-370-million-ferry-subsidy but anyone suggesting that £100 million or so be spent on a tunnel between Caithness and Orkney would be a good starting point for a programme of fixed link building to eliminate the need for doing that over the next generation or two will soon be branded as a nutter. I was going to argue that the £100 million cost was based on 2005 estimates and would be a lot more, but a similar length of tunnel in the Faroes was recently completed for just about exactly that price. I'm surprised, thought it would be far more than that. The Faroes appear to be charging hefty tolls to try and get their investment back which has led to some boycotting it. Problem we have is the centre of political and financial power lying hundreds of miles away in the central belt and south east of England, so it's unlikely to get the support needed to get it off the ground. And Norway have their massive sovereign oil fund to play around with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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