Abellio to keep ScotRail’s free first class secret [Scotsman]





Date: 04/04/2015

A SECRET perk enjoyed by passengers in the know is to be retained by new ScotRail operator Abellio travelling first-class at no extra cost. The little-known quirk is because some trains with first-class seats run on routes where first-class tickets are not available, so anyone can sit on them.It has even led to commuter trains being crammed with passengers while their first-class compartments remain empty. ScotRail only offers first-class on its inter-city routes the main line between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and between Aberdeen and Inverness. However, some of those diesel-powered trains also operate on suburban routes, for which only standard-class tickets can be bought. They include between Edinburgh and Glasgow and both Dunblane and Fife. That means passengers lucky enough to find themselves on such trains can avail themselves of the “extra space and comfort for luxurious travel”, as ScotRail describes its first class.


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A SECRET perk enjoyed by passengers in the know is to be retained by new ScotRail operator Abellio – travelling first-class at no extra cost.

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The First Class interior of recently refurbished ScotRail unit 158722 standing in Inverness station on 20 November 2007.
Location: Inverness
Company: Inverness and Nairn Railway
20/11/2007 John Gray


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