What can be done to relieve overcrowding on Aberdeen-Edinburgh services?
A. We are in discussion with Transport Scotland about implementing the Route Utilisation Strategy recommendation to transfer most Fife calls to a separate Dundee-Edinburgh service that would allow line capacity to be released by the transfer of freight trains to the new Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine route. Q. Are there any plans to stop Edinburgh – Glasgow services at Edinburgh Park? A. There are currently no plans to stop these services at Edinburgh Park. Q. Are there any plans to put extra carriages on Edinburgh – Dunblane peak time services? A. We regularly monitor services to see where the greatest demand for capacity is and will make any necessary amends to rolling stock provision in line with this. All our rolling stock is currently being utilised but we will continue to check passenger loadings. Q. Why do Edinburgh – Glasgow services get priority over local services? A. The performance of Edinburgh-Glasgow trains has to be managed with particular care because of the impact they have
