One for the railway heads

[Vinny the Mackem]

Last one kinda puts me in mind of the stretch of line heading west just before you get to Dumbarton East.

[tobester]

From Monday 20th May 2012, the Groupsave Tickets are changing slightly

The Groupsave 3 will remain unchanged at 34% off when 3 people travel together off peak
The Groupsave 4 becomes 34% off from 50% off when 4 travel off peak(boo)

Newly introduced will be a Groupsave 5 giving 34% off 5 people travelling off peak
Also new routes will be added, they are -

Dunblane - Glasgow Queen St or Edinburgh
Stirling - Glasgow Queen St or Edinburgh

Queen St - Edinburgh will remain in place, unaltered

These are available on all operators except Cross country

[gap74]

Any Central Station experts on here? I'm wondering, the shorter platforms in the middle of the station, with the lovely iron railings topped by thistles in the middle of the platforms around staircases down - were these ever used as public entrances or exits, or have they always led to private areas?

[yoker brian]

They led to subways/passageways which linked the platforms. Have been out of use for a number of years though.

[stranger]

Also used to connect to the low level, the passage came out roughly where the escalators down to the basement level are now, and to an exit on to Argyll St where the Amusement arcade is now (is the Amusement arcade under the bridge till there?)

[gap74]

That's one thing I find quite frustrating about Central, just how far away your train can be from the entrances, often involving doubling back on yourself a fair bit. Be handy if there were a few alternatives, although the barriers make that even less unlikely than it already is!

I recently missed a train because it was unusually leaving from the front half of platform 10 - feels like you're pretty much walking halfway to the first stop!

[aland]

used to be the case, sprinting like hell and your train was the front of platform 13, suppose when i worked in weedgieland I was a bit fitter :)

[rabmania]

Any Central Station experts on here? I'm wondering, the shorter platforms in the middle of the station, with the lovely iron railings topped by thistles in the middle of the platforms around staircases down - were these ever used as public entrances or exits, or have they always led to private areas?

Fans going on football specials to Hampden were often herded down, around and up, and it felt like we'd have been quicker walking to Mount Florida.

[Andy_P]

having fun on Flickr playing spot the railway location but i'm stumped with this one, the building in the right background makes me think of Glasgow, anyone recognise the location?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29644579@N ... 631975474/

Do you happen to get the train into Central from the Whifflet line, Edinburgh slow train or one of the mainline trains at all?

I don't think its but the photo really does put me in mind of last stretch of track that you go along before going into the tunnels that lead towards Central Station.

Where I have in mind in Glasgow in 2012 you would have the First bus depot to the left with a similar run of trees below that running alongside the track, before a section of track would veer off to the left that I've only ever seen used by goods trains.

To the right in the forefront there's again a similar smattering of shrubs, trees and bushes with some rubble. Out of the picture further to the right would be newly constructed M74 extension. In days gone by I'm sure there was a similar disused platform type of structure before there was something of a clear up and track removed sometime in the last 10 years or so that used to curve around to the right.

Straight ahead where the building is in the photo, there's currently the remnants of what looks a like a disused factory. These days the bridge is gone though there are supports structures are there pretty much immediately before you enter the tunnel. At that point the Star Bar is up to your left hand side.

As I say if it had been where I'm describing I would have expected to see tunnels at the centre of the photo and track leading to them but there are a few similarities.

[tobester]

From Monday 20th May 2012, the Groupsave Tickets are changing slightly

The Groupsave 3 will remain unchanged at 34% off when 3 people travel together off peak
The Groupsave 4 becomes 34% off from 50% off when 4 travel off peak(boo)

Newly introduced will be a Groupsave 5 giving 34% off 5 people travelling off peak
Also new routes will be added, they are -

Dunblane - Glasgow Queen St or Edinburgh
Stirling - Glasgow Queen St or Edinburgh

Queen St - Edinburgh will remain in place, unaltered

These are available on all operators except Cross country

I forgot to add on the routes available

Glasgow to Edinburgh via Airdrie and
Glasgow Central to Edinburgh via Shotts

Have also been added to the Groupsaves

All routes include intermediate stations too, not just the full run

[Dexter St. Clair]

Fort William

[banjo]

spotted a train on the line above the gallowgate at glasgow cross last night.a nice shiny new train,got told it was trial runs for the comonwealth games.

[gap74]

Gotta love the class 37, 50 years old and still providing faithful service - and such a distinctive sound too!

[tobester]

Gotta love the class 37, 50 years old and still providing faithful service - and such a distinctive sound too!

The drivers i know that are Link2 at QS(sleepers) have said the same thing, loved the 37s, sadly we now use 67s...all last week we were hauled by 67009, also used 67004 and 67011.

Would love to be pulled by a deltic (no that isnt railway porn )

[gap74]

Have there not been a few cases recently of Deltics being hired for mainline use - usually freight? I'm sure there's a clip on YouTube of one on the West Highland Line recently hauling tankers or something similar.

EDIT: A-ha!