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    Bridge under A9 over railway at Slochd closed due to collapse risk!

    The old route of the A9 between the Carrbridge junction and Slochd Summit has been closed by the Highland Council after engineers determined it was at imminent risk of collapsing onto the Highland Mainline without warning! Supposedly the police sent full size articulated HGVs over it during a...
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    Rail beating Air for market share - EDB to London

    https://news.stv.tv/east-central/rail-preferred-over-air-for-passengers-travelling-between-edinburgh-and-london-for-first-time On one hand quite an impressive stat given the summer of strikes, staffing issues and disruption on the East Coast Main Line. But perhaps also a reflection on the...
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    ScotRail - it pays no to take our train (10.51)

    Oh the tweet didn’t imbed above so here it is:
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    ScotRail - it pays no to take our train (10.51)

    Just seen this on the Scottish section of BBC News Online. ScotRail offering more and cheaper advance tickets on earlier trains after serious overcrowding on the 1051 service from Inverness to Edinburgh has been reportedly leaving people behind on platforms...
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    SPT - Consultation + Cathcart Circle Cuts!

    Thank you for the welcome. Am pretty cynical about politicians and thus that had not even crossed my mind. Might give it a try as I used to have a season pass pre covid, now I use the train far less. While I no longer need to use it as frequently due to work changes, I am using it much less than...
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    SPT - Consultation + Cathcart Circle Cuts!

    Agree that a tap in/out capped system like in London would be good, but lets start with some very basic stuff. All this talk of Clyde Metros and modal shift seems to be rather pie in the sky, when Scotrail has not restored the Cathcart Circle services since the covid timetables. Used to be...