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ScotRail today announced that it is making changes to its Highland Explorer service to support active travel. From Spring 2023, ScotRail will remove the additional fare for the Highland Explorer service and introduce the carriages, which boast 20 cycle spaces and were a UK-first, to the Mallaig branch of the West Highland Line, resulting in more seats and enhanced on-board facilities for customers.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Mallaig  Finnart Viaduct: A northbound Highland Explorer crosses over the Finnart Viaduct, left to right. This viaduct used to be considerably easier to photograph, tree growth has pretty much blotted out the view. The vessel ...  High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: A Highland Explorer heads south above Loch Long, before the turn into Glen Douglas. Appropriately the dirt track to the right of the train is the route of the Three Lochs Way, popular with walkers and ...  Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Rail campaigners have called for more seats to be added to ScotRail's innovative cycle carriages to ease passenger over-crowding when few bikes are carried. The call came as ScotRail confirmed it planned to expand the Highland Explorer service from the Glasgow - Oban line, where it was introduced in 2021, to the Glasgow - Mallaig route from March.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Mallaig Tulloch  Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021.  Orchy Viaduct: A southbound Highland Explorer crosses the Orchy Viaduct in a view looking north east. The road bridge dates from about 1940 and cut out the long drive round via Stronmilchan. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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ScotRail is struggling to find ways to make full use of the five Class 153 units which have been converted to carry 20 bicycles each. Deployment anywhere outside the West Highland line as at present, now seems to be highly unlikely for a variety of reasons, and even on the West Highland the options are severely limited by the current infrastructure.
(Permalink) Bicycles Class 153 ScotRail West Highland Railway Orchy Viaduct: A southbound Highland Explorer crosses the Orchy Viaduct in a view looking north east. The road bridge dates from about 1940 and cut out the long drive round via Stronmilchan. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Network Rail has taken the next step in building a relationship with a primary school close to their Glasgow maintenance base.
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ScotRail is giving more cyclists than ever the chance to travel on its fleet of Inter7City High Speed Trains (HSTs).
(Permalink) Bicycles Inter7City ScotRail  A9 Box Bridge [Faskally]: 43127 leads an Inter7City HST alongside the B8079 at Faskally on 9th April 2022, not far from the scheduled stop at Pitlochry. The train was the 1727hrs Inverness to Glasgow Queen St with 43015 on the ... |
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For those heading to and from Scotland's gloriously gorgeous west coast, the Highland Explorer is a train so cyclist-friendly it can accommodate any size or shape or weight of cycle - 20 can be carried with no sweat.
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More than 2,000 cycles have been conveyed on ScotRail's active travel carriages in the first year of operation, despite Covid-related restrictions fluctuating during the period. ScotRail is expecting to gather more representative data on the concepts potential this summer.
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It's now even easier to get to some of Scotland's most beautiful cycling routes directly from Glasgow
(Permalink) Bicycle routes Bicycles Highland Explorer  Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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ScotRail customers who love exploring Scotland by bike are seeing a huge increase in the number of cycle spaces on trains.
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ScotRail has announced it will introduce more bike carriages on trains over the summer. It said all its trains would have spaces for up to 20 cycles as well as bulky sports gear in a dedicated carriage. In 2015, there were 932 bike spaces on ScotRail trains. There are now 1,406. Another 100 spaces will be installed on the fleet of high-speed Inter7City trains by August.
(Permalink) Bicycles Bike carriages ScotRail Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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ScotRail customers will benefit from more bike spaces at Glasgow Queen Street from next week, when a new indoor cycle facility opens at the station.
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Travelling by two wheels just got easier thanks to the Highland Explorer carriages, finds Robin McKelvie. [Article requires subscription. -RS]
(Permalink) Argyll Bicycles Highland Explorer ScotRail Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021. Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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Alastair Dalton - I find cycling one of the most enjoyable ways to travel because of the freedom it gives me.
(Permalink) Bicycles Fort William Highland Explorer Kyle of Lochalsh Mallaig Oban Peter McDermott ScotRail Suppliment Thurso Ticketing Wick Inveruglas: A northbound 'Highland Explorer' Sprinter (bottom right) passes the site of the former halt at Inveruglas (opened for the Loch Sloy Hydroscheme) alongside Loch Lomond with Ben Lomond off to the left. ... High Morlaggan Railway Cottage: A Highland Explorer heads south above Loch Long, before the turn into Glen Douglas. Appropriately the dirt track to the right of the train is the route of the Three Lochs Way, popular with walkers and ... Glen Douglas Halt: 153377 brings up the rear of a Highland Explorer service on the West Highland Line as it approaches Glen Douglas on 26th July 2021. |
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ScotRail is opening up some of Scotlands most beautiful areas to tourists, cycling fans, outdoor pursuits enthusiasts and local commuters with its new ScotRail Highland Explorer service.
(Permalink) Bicycles Class 153 ScotRail Glasgow Queen Street High Level: The cycling half of the repurposed Class 153 ('Highland Explorer'), seen during its official launch at Queen Street on 14th July 2021. On the right is confirmation that the new units will be ab ... |
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