🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎫🚆 #ScotRail has released 100,000 extra Advance Single tickets as part of a spring ticket drop aimed at helping passengers save on rail travel across #Scotland. The discounted fares, available from Wednesday 20 May, can cut journey costs by up to 60 per cent on selected routes.

Advance fares are offered on a range of intercity and rural services, including routes linking Glasgow and #Edinburgh with #Aberdeen, #Inverness and #Oban. Tickets are available to book up to 12 weeks in advance and must be purchased by 6pm two days before #travel.

ScotRail said passengers are more likely to find the cheapest fares by booking early and travelling at quieter times, such as early mornings or late evenings. Extra savings are also available for railcard holders and Club 50 members. Advance fares are not available on services between Edinburgh and Glasgow.
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-release-100000-extra-advance-tickets-in-massive-ticket-drop

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ScotRail is advising customers to plan ahead when travelling to the #Edinburgh Marathon Festival on Sunday 24 May and the Melrose 7s at The Greenyards on Friday 22 and Saturday 23 May, with higher passenger numbers expected across the weekend.

Passengers are encouraged to check their journeys in advance and allow extra time, as services on some routes are likely to be busier than usual. A normal Sunday timetable will operate for the marathon, but queuing systems will be in place at key stations before the event, with additional queues at Musselburgh afterwards to manage crowd flows safely.

For the Melrose 7s on Saturday, additional carriages will run during the day, along with an extra service after the event finishes. Customers are also being encouraged to purchase return tickets in advance where possible to help ease #travel.

Extra ScotRail staff will be deployed across the network to assist passengers throughout the weekend.
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/scotrail-advises-customers-plan-ahead-edinburgh-marathon-melrose-7s-2026

Breathing Space benches installed at two Lanarkshire train stations

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/in-your-area/lanarkshire/breathing-space-benches-installed-two-37159657

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚉📚🤝 A volunteer-run bookshop at Pitlochry #railway station has raised more than £500,000 for charity, reaching £504,918 since opening in 2006. Run by local volunteers under ScotRail’s Adopt-a-Station scheme, the bookshop sells donated books from station premises provided rent-free, with all proceeds going directly to a range of local, national and international #charities.

Beneficiaries include organisations such as #Cancer Research #UK, Children’s Hospices Across #Scotland, Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance and Tayside Mountain Rescue, alongside local community groups. The initiative began as a project to revitalise unused station space and later expanded into larger premises due to its success, increasing fundraising capacity over time.

The milestone was marked at a reception in Pitlochry on 15 May 2026, with #ScotRail praising the scheme as an example of community-led station adoption and volunteers highlighting two decades of effort and public support.
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotrail/news/pitlochry-station-bookshop-reaches-500000-milestone-charity

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

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

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

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