West Highland Railway extra bike space
West Highland Railway extra bike space
I spotted 2 of these in Oban station. They were there testing the route. Information from the ticket office was that, starting 19 July, there will be 1 train per day with the new coach but she didn't know which train it would be or whether a tandem would be allowed. Does anyone know the answer or how to find the answer? Scotrail seem to be very coy about the details.
Derek
Derek
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This page https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer gives all the details of times. There are two trains a day in each direction apart from Sunday when there is only one.
Tandems are allowed but only if booked via the customer care call centre.
Tandems are allowed but only if booked via the customer care call centre.
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Tandems and maximum dimensions in the FAQs:... or whether a tandem would be allowed. Does anyone know the answer or how to find the answer? Scotrail seem to be very coy about the details.
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer
Jonathan
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Scotrail haven’t yet replied to any questions concerning the price. I don’t know where the £10 has been plucked from.
The official policy is NO trikes.
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Thanks for that comprehensive response. I couldn't find that web page through Google!
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That is a shame (and I wonder if there might be grounds for challenging it on the basis of disabled access?).
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Mikeymo at the moment South Uist [Lochboisdale] is served from Mallaig.
If travelling on foot or with bike you have to book due to reduced carrying capacity.
From Oban you would have to go to Castlebay and then on to S.Uist. Not very handy.
Vehicle bookings last I heard are virtually impossible for weeks tho' it may be possible to chance it and get on as standby.
If travelling on foot or with bike you have to book due to reduced carrying capacity.
From Oban you would have to go to Castlebay and then on to S.Uist. Not very handy.
Vehicle bookings last I heard are virtually impossible for weeks tho' it may be possible to chance it and get on as standby.
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Glasgow to London yesterday and thought the bike facility looked good and free so mentally planned a trip or two looking out of the train. Galloway may be an option but need to look at maps. Oban has now made me think again. Maybe naturally defaulting to France I have missing some great cycling areas, lesson learnt
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The Oban train comes through my local station, though it doesn't stop. Yesterday morning I thought I pop down to see it in the flesh - it looked splendid as it whizzed through and I was sorry I hadn't taken a camera. This morning therefore I returned to the station fully prepared, with camera prefocussed and set to continuous shooting, and guess what - the train came through on time but NO special coach. According to the Scotrail site it should be on the 10.34 from Queen Street every weekday. Hmmmm.....
On the plus side the original two coaches will still have space for 6 bikes, hanging from hooks, so if/when the special Explorer coach is attached the train will accommodate 26 bikes in total.
Full details here (apart from random cancellations): https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer
On the plus side the original two coaches will still have space for 6 bikes, hanging from hooks, so if/when the special Explorer coach is attached the train will accommodate 26 bikes in total.
Full details here (apart from random cancellations): https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer
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Just had a thought.... remember Percy, the little green tank engine in the Thomas books? I'm sure that he was in such a hurry once that he set off without his coaches!
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ScotRail's page on the Highland Explorer with booking process and lots of FAQs:
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer
Jonathan
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/scotrail-highland-explorer
Jonathan
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The £10 seat supplement price is given by people in another forum interpreting the fares database: https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/sc ... ce.221022/
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Bikes on ScotRail
New announcement on additional space for bikes:
Class 153 – 100 (N/A in 2015).
Class 156 – 258 (288 in 2015 when we operated five more Class 156 units).
Class 158 – 320 (336 in 2015 when we operated eight more Class 158 units).
Class 170 – 132 (232 in 2015 when we operated 50 more Class 170 units).
Class 318 – 42 (0 in 2015).
Class 320 – 68 (0 in 2015).
Class 334 – 80 (0 in 2015).
Class 380 – 76 (76 in 2015).
Class 385 – 280 (N/A in 2015).
Inter7City – 150 – from August 2022 (N/A in 2015 / 50 in 2018).
https://www.scotrail.co.uk/about-scotra ... -customers
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