tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post5048647279642320413..comments2024-03-29T12:25:03.168+00:00Comments on SCOT goes POP!: This is your conductor speakingJames Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01516007141763230886noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85038866317024845432015-08-27T11:47:18.312+01:002015-08-27T11:47:18.312+01:00I like train travel, but "last train" an...I like train travel, but "last train" anywhere + "Saturday night" is never going to be pretty.<br /><br />I don't think anything will change much with the new franchise.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcBRHC9MV0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22987568694141740352015-08-26T21:37:28.655+01:002015-08-26T21:37:28.655+01:00Come on guys think about it women only trains whic...Come on guys think about it women only trains which leave before the mens suppers on the table when you arrive home, what's not to like.<br /><br />But seriously it is an issue as are all forms of intimidation, no matter gender, and JC is listening to the voters which is a first for a Labour politician in over two decadescynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-67539078407552381212015-08-26T21:26:41.337+01:002015-08-26T21:26:41.337+01:00Concur.Concur.cynicalHighlanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06034325908473006163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-22673704472384213952015-08-26T20:27:31.804+01:002015-08-26T20:27:31.804+01:00Perhaps a little, although I think Polly Toynbee i...Perhaps a little, although I think Polly Toynbee is overstating the case to whip up fear of Corbyn. Labour will probably still campaign for a Yes vote, but perhaps a little less full-bloodedly, and that might make a difference.James Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-78268709161957725982015-08-26T20:14:19.315+01:002015-08-26T20:14:19.315+01:00James, do you think Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader...James, do you think Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader would make Brexit more likely?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-48828874507724744632015-08-26T20:02:16.154+01:002015-08-26T20:02:16.154+01:00This pretty much happens every time I go to a Scot...This pretty much happens every time I go to a Scotland game, footie that is in Glasgow. The journey back to Edinburgh is a bloody nightmare, herded in like cattle. I wonder if anything at all will change with the new franchise. It doesn't sound like it.Iain Morenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-23685906900157109952015-08-26T18:16:17.638+01:002015-08-26T18:16:17.638+01:00Hmmm clouded by anti-Corbyn bias James? I thought ...Hmmm clouded by anti-Corbyn bias James? I thought that the Yes campaign would have taught you to see through MSM bollocks...<br /><br /> The document in question said that although Corbyn was PERSONALLY opposed to it. Women had suggested it to him so he thought a consultation would be good, he never proposed or supported the idea.David MacDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16730989690162949071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-53586020856237113012015-08-26T16:46:45.055+01:002015-08-26T16:46:45.055+01:00Hilarious ....I am going to request a Yes carriage...Hilarious ....I am going to request a Yes carriage and put the No carriage at the back!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-85866818410090189302015-08-26T16:29:02.449+01:002015-08-26T16:29:02.449+01:00After catching the last train to Dundee from Edinb...After catching the last train to Dundee from Edinburgh on Saturday night, i don't think i'll ever travel by train again.<br />Atound a thousand folk trying to fit into 300 seats. Jutemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11061671774494923407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-63587382655977481892015-08-26T15:25:59.221+01:002015-08-26T15:25:59.221+01:00I'm out of the country at the moment, but havi...I'm out of the country at the moment, but having read online that the six carriage trains on the Glasgow to Edinburgh run have been cut to three carriage trains. Life is going to get interesting for commuters.CapnAndyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09608495933269927175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-42704482108057001152015-08-26T14:43:11.887+01:002015-08-26T14:43:11.887+01:00These "Ladies Only" carriages (or rather...These "Ladies Only" carriages (or rather compartments) were present in all the old rolling stock, the carriages that were split into small compartments. In the models with no corridors there was a definite safety risk as there was no way to move out of the small compartment you were in while the train was moving, no matter how uncongenial the company.<br /><br />I remember getting into one with my mother, late one evening, going home from Glasgow. We'd probably been at the opera, she started taking me when I was ten. There was at least one other woman in the compartment. Just as the train was about to leave, a married couple jumped in. They had been in such a hurry they hadn't seen the sign on the door. The existing occupants of the compartment graciously allowed the gentleman to stay, on promises of good behaviour!<br /><br />I remember the trick was to find a Ladies Only compartment which was also non-smoking. If pushed, just go for the non-smoking part, that was more important. Then they brought in open-plan carriages and the whole Ladies Only thing was phased out. I remember my Mum telling me to make sure there was already a woman seated in a carriage before I got into it.<br /><br />Mind you, travelling daily by train, at all hours, a relatively long commute into darkest Lanarkshire, starting at the age of eleven, the only trouble I ever had was from people lighting up in non-smoking carriages, and being a pushy wee brat, I used to call them on it.Rolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849975010197698907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-16706211275470848362015-08-26T14:24:11.709+01:002015-08-26T14:24:11.709+01:00Come on James, you're not normally keen to onl...Come on James, you're not normally keen to only read the headlines. What he actually said was he'd "listen to women". Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-930120922627919768.post-28707929430949637942015-08-26T14:23:54.758+01:002015-08-26T14:23:54.758+01:00Remarkably, this is exactly what some Arab countri...Remarkably, this is exactly what some Arab countries do, e.g. the Dubai Metro. Of course, I think the idea is that women congregate in female-only spaces, freeing up space for men elsewhere. An unintended result appears that the female areas on late night services are cluttered with men, even under pain of fine, given the gender imbalance of the overall passenger population.<br /><br />But agreed, with men-only clubs now universally frowned upon and admission of women to them regarded as long-overdue progress, promoting woman-only spaces while denying men commensurable opportunities does the long-term goal of gender equality no favours whatsoever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com