Peak fares on ScotRail trains have been suspended for six months from Monday, October 2, in a bid to woo more people to rail travel. Picture: Colin Hattersley.Many trains are expected to be busier than usual when the six-month trial suspension of peak …
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross will accuse the SNP of having the wrong priorities
SCOTTISH Conservative[1] leader Douglas Ross will accuse the SNP[2] of presiding over a “forgotten” Scotland in which those outside the central belt are ig…
Peak fares on ScotRail trains have been suspended for six months from Monday, October 2, in a bid to woo more people to rail travel. Picture: Colin Hattersley.
Many trains are expected to be busier than usual when the six-month trial suspension of …
Shops in Anderston on Main Street, 1890 (Image: Glasgow City Archives)IT IS hard to imagine Glasgow surrounded by rural fields and small villages or hamlets now, but this was the case in the 1700s.Several families owned estates neighbouring Glasgow whi…
Optomind and MaxLinear will be demonstrating 800Gbps OSFP active optical cables (AOC) and SR8 optical transceivers at ECOC 2023 Exhibition, in Glasgow, Scotland, October 2-4 (Booth #775, Optomind; #776, MaxLinear). Optomind has developed the best-in-cl…
Tips for using Walkhighlands
Whether you are using the free Walkhighlands app[1] that lets you download our detailed route descriptions and GPS mapping for use offline, or just using the website, when doing any walk search[2] you can specify if you are…
In Edinburgh the city centre was brought to a standstill this morning as blizzard conditions affected visibility leading to gridlock.
A Lothian and Borders spokesman said: “It is chaos at the moment. We would urge people to stay off the roads until it …
The Flying Scotsman after it was involved in a “slow speed” crash with another heritage train hours before visitors were due to board it. Photo taken with permission from X, formerly Twitter, posted by @gilderoylochart (Image: Picture: @gilderoylochart…
Flying Scotsman was involved in a “slow speed” crash with another heritage train hours before visitors were due to board it.The crash happened at Aviemore Railway Station, in the Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, at 7.10pm on Friday.The station is home t…
Flying Scotsman was involved in a “slow speed” crash with another heritage train hours before visitors were due to board it.
The crash happened at Aviemore Railway Station, in the Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, at 7.10pm on Friday.
The station is home…
Network Rail Scotland[1] also need to inspect the tracks, signals and overhead wires before the line can reopen.
In the meantime, buses will continue to replace trains between Prestwick Town & Ayr and Girvan & Ayr.
A ScotRail update read: “The railw…
Police have launched a hunt for the driver of a vehicle that knocked over a pedestrian, and then fled the scene in the city’s East End[1] on Thursday (September 28) night.
The 30-year-old victim was walking along Duke Street, in the Dennistoun[2] area,…
Alan Hill, a Fairlie resident and North Ayrshire councillor for the North Coast ward, has been trying to get more information about Peel Port’s plans for marine works at the Hunterston construction yard – known as Hunterston PARC (Port and Resource Cam…
Delays in building six of 11 new national treatment centres supposed to cut NHS backlogs caused by the pandemic also meant it was unlikely promises to patients would be kept.
Mr Boyle said an ambition to double maintenance spending would also be missed…