Swanny17 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 For about the 3rd time in 2 months there's big delays with the Scotrail services into Edinburgh owing to signal problems. Scotrail are a bloody joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Eastbound trains cancelled all over the shop. My Glasgow train was fine though There are serious concerns within the Scotland route about poor train performance this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnybob72 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Notwork Fail are responsible for signalling so the blame lies with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Dynamite Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 The North Berwick service is very poor given the amount of money passengers pay to use it. There's regular last minute cancellations, linework and as soon as there's reasonable amount of rain and snow it's messed from Drem onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 For about the 3rd time in 2 months there's big delays with the Scotrail services into Edinburgh owing to signal problems. Scotrail are a bloody joke. That's network rail to blame then, not scotrail. Scotrail give them 49% of your ticket money to keep things like that in order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 That's network rail to blame then, not scotrail. Scotrail give them 49% of your ticket money to keep things like that in order. I don't use the train every day but the thing that bugs me on this line is how you are herded in to collect money when you get off the train and yet at the departure station there is only one machine to buy a ticket (and said machine doesn't take cash and is painfully slow). Is that Scotrail or Network Rail or both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I don't use the train every day but the thing that bugs me on this line is how you are herded in to collect money when you get off the train and yet at the departure station there is only one machine to buy a ticket (and said machine doesn't take cash and is painfully slow). Is that Scotrail or Network Rail or both? That's probably Scotrails fault, assuming they run the station. If the machines uncovered it probably doesn't work when it rains either. That problem won't ever be fixed though as they won't spend the money to man it and put a ticket office in. The machines probably set to take cards only so it won't get robbed, they essentially can't be bothered taking the cash out of it every night and at weekends. It's harsh because it extends your journey time, with you either showing up early in order to buy a ticket or being held back to buy one at your destination. If you know when you're traveling the only way around it is to buy your ticket a day or two before from your destination station. Eg. Buy for Wednesday and Friday when you get there on Monday morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homme Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I don't use the train every day but the thing that bugs me on this line is how you are herded in to collect money when you get off the train and yet at the departure station there is only one machine to buy a ticket (and said machine doesn't take cash and is painfully slow). Is that Scotrail or Network Rail or both? Depends on the stations you travel between. Network Rail own Waverley and Glasgow Central. The rest are owned by Scotrail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Depends on the stations you travel between. Network Rail own Waverley and Glasgow Central. The rest are owned by Scotrail. That's a grey area with network rail though, they 'oversee' a lot of stations like that but they're essentially run by the train operating companies. Network rail certainly won't have anything to do with revenue operations, meaning ticketing is the responsibility of the main TOC that operates the station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordeaux 03 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Quite a few times now the East Coast train to Plymouth has been cancelled (from wherever it comes from into Edinburgh anyway) due to "staff shortages". So if one person doesn't turn up for work the train doesn't run, don't know how they get away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Quite a few times now the East Coast train to Plymouth has been cancelled (from wherever it comes from into Edinburgh anyway) due to "staff shortages". So if one person doesn't turn up for work the train doesn't run, don't know how they get away with it. They don't get away with it, they get fined heavily. Generally they'll have staff on standby, just sitting around being paid to be there but I guess if they're stretched staff wise its not always possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Quite a few times now the East Coast train to Plymouth has been cancelled (from wherever it comes from into Edinburgh anyway) due to "staff shortages". So if one person doesn't turn up for work the train doesn't run, don't know how they get away with it. East Coast dont go to Plymouth though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordeaux 03 Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 East Coast dont go to Plymouth though Sorry meant CrossCountry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Sorry meant CrossCountry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 hate that train actually. Every time I'm on the 16:06 from Paddington to Penzance (I thanfully stop at Exeter) we get stiffed at Taunton and sent into the loop so that bloody thing can pass us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le Tissier Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 hate that train actually. Every time I'm on the 16:06 from Paddington to Penzance (I thanfully stop at Exeter) we get stiffed at Taunton and sent into the loop so that bloody thing can pass us. Lol last time I had major train trouble was the night Man Utd played Barca at Wembley. Something happened at Pboro with overhead wires. Ended up jumping on a train to Carlise then waiting thier for an hour before getting another to Euston. Got to Waterloo 5mins after my train lefo so had to wait an hour for my train to Brockenhurst. Had fun with some of the Manure fans asking them all the score Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Spackler Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Ironjambo and Alice Glass thanks for answers. Kind of what I thought, not soley with one organisation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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