Mastodawn

Details of #ScotGov owned #ScotRail timetable changes; good to see extra #trains on Sundays on many routes, making #CarFree leisure travel more do-able.

(But when did ScotRail remove the few other operator services from their timetables? Not helpful for full overview of #Inverness + #Aberdeen #InterCity trains and especially not for #EastLothian travellers! #Integration is much more important than hiding other services out of spite and making travel options look worse!)

https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/changes-our-timetables

dave cykl 12h ago

Oh, summer #train #timetables start today, not that any GB service operators are going to tell you here (or even on Bluesky)…

Bizarrely worded #NetworkRail article: “[changes] apply to the 8 train operators in public ownership”, but #ScotRail and #TfWRail are omitted from the list, and even that it is a standardised date when •all• timetables change.

#GBRail, integrated much? 🤷‍♂️🙃

https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/rail-timetable-changes-this-sunday-deliver-more-seats-new-overnight-links-and-the-return-of-a-classic-service

#trains #railways

Rail timetable changes this Sunday deliver more seats, new overnight links and the return of a classic service

42,000 extra seats per week on London Northwestern Railway services, including more than 14,000 between Birmingham New Street and London Euston, boosting capacity on one of the country’s busiest corridors. The return of the ‘Flying Scotsman’ as LNER restores London to Edinburgh departure times that closely reflect the historic mid‑morning timetable of the iconic service. New ‘through the night’ services to Manchester Airport by TransPennine Express, providing hourly overnight trains to support early‑morning and late‑night flights.

Network Rail Media Centre

CLondoner92 (New Account)2d ago

Five Breathing Space benches have been installed at Cardonald railway station, Linlithgow, Blairhill, Shettleston and Wishaw stations for Mental Health Awareness Week (11–17 May) in #Scotland.

The scheme is part of a network of 19 benches across Scotland delivered by Network Rail, ScotRail, NHS 24’s Breathing Space service, Samaritans and local authorities, with further sites planned at South Gyle and Dunfermline Queen Margaret next month.

The benches provide places to pause, reflect and talk about mental health, with details on how to access support services.

Organisers say they aim to encourage small moments of reflection or conversation and make stations more welcoming.

Breathing Space offers free, confidential phone and webchat support for people aged 16+ feeling low or anxious, while Samaritans and #ScotRail highlight the value of taking time to sit, talk and seek help.
https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/a-place-to-pause-as-five-breathing-space-benches-installed-in-scotland

A place to pause as five Breathing Space benches installed in Scotland

Five more Breathing Space benches have been installed at train stations across Scotland to mark Mental Health Awareness week (11-17 May).

Network Rail Media Centre

Daily Record & Sunday Mail - Scottish News, Sport, Politics and Celeb news [Unofficial]2d ago

Train tragedy as police confirm fatality on Stirling line in late-night horror

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/train-tragedy-police-confirm-fatality-37159535

Tor Lillqvist 2d ago

Proudly partnering with the national charity for older people. And trains? #ScotRail

Daily Record & Sunday Mail - Scottish News, Sport, Politics and Celeb news [Unofficial]2d ago

Free train travel boost for people with a concession card

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/free-train-travel-concession-card-37153200

Tor Lillqvist 4d ago

Ah, this is more like it. Complimentary shortbread and hopefully also hot drinks. The weather is going to be crap for some days, so I will spend the next two nights in a hotel in Dundee. But that is quite near, so taking the scenic route, first to Inverness on this lovely even if quite outdated train. Apparently the drivers don’t like these at all, ergonomics and crash safety are rubbish? #Interrail #ScotRail #FreeStuff

barclakj 6d ago

Free tip for anyone thinking of booking travel with #trainline and #scotrail and wanting to take a #bicycle. DON'T!

One or other, and I suspect Trainline, tell you have have a reservation then fail to honour it. Trains and bikes should be a marriage made in heaven. In the UK it's a farce. With Trainline it's a con.

CLondoner92 (New Account)6d ago

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗓️🚉 #ScotRail has confirmed timetable changes from Sunday 17 May 2026, with most additional services aimed at boosting weekend and leisure #travel. New and enhanced services include extra Saturday trains between #Glasgow Queen Street and Anniesland via Maryhill, a new Sunday evening Glasgow Central–Kilmarnock return, and a second hourly Sunday service on the Levenmouth Rail Link. Sunday services will also improve between Aberdeen and Montrose, Aberdeen and Inverurie, Ayr and Glasgow Central, and Edinburgh Waverley and Aberdeen. More electric trains will run on the East Kilbride line, while North Berwick and Helensburgh services will also be strengthened. Two late-night Borders line services will be temporarily withdrawn for electrification works. The 06.47 Kingussie–Inverness service will end due to low demand. ScotRail said fares will remain frozen until 2027.
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-confirms-may-2026-timetable-changes

Daily Record & Sunday Mail - Scottish News, Sport, Politics and Celeb news [Unofficial]May 2

People with a Blue Badge can also apply for free travel boost

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/money/blue-badge-free-travel-boost-37095218