Aberdeen to Inverness Rail Travel Improvement

What it asks

What the petitioner did first

1. 1 Apr 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   New Petitions
   1 mention
2. 5 Aug 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   Current Petitions
   1 mention
3. 30 Sep 2014
   Public Petitions Committee

   Current Petitions
   1 mention

1. Scotland117 88%
2. United Kingdom14 10.5%
3. England2 1.5%

1. K H 6 Feb 2014
   Apparently it would take only one new passing loop to permit an hourly service on this line. When set against vague plans to dual the A96, it would seem sensible to provide this extra rail loop (much cheaper) which would have the added benefit of taking some of the pressure off the road by allowing people to travel in a more environmentally-friendly way.
2. Yvonne Alexander 10 Feb 2014
   As well as increasing the frequency, perhaps consider taking the price of the trains down also. This would increase the number of passengers to pay for the improvements to the track. I commute from Inverurie to Elgin 5 days a week and I'm cheaper taking my car than I am the train. This would also benefit the environment in a time where we are being pushed to be more environmentally friendly.
3. P M 10 Feb 2014
   I have moved down to Glasgow and still use the train to visit family at home in Elgin. I frequently experiance overcrowding on this line which ever direction I go due to the lack of proper service on this line. The waiting times for connecting trains is also dreadful. In the last 6 months alone I have had to find alternative means of getting home because the connecting train was sent away early leaving not just myself stranded in the station.
4. Stuart James 10 Feb 2014
   Until there is in existance a credible integrated public transport system people wil continue to rely on their cars and thus there never can arise a strong enough market demand for buses and trains.
   The service must be provided first and then the public will have an option to use that service it cannot happen the other way around.
   The current unjoined-upness of our woefull public transport system is at best laughable and at worst a form of stupidity. Please look to Switzerland, Holland and Germany for examples of how to do it. ' Simples'
5. Jane Ross 10 Feb 2014
   Due to the timings and the price of the service I do not rely on the service and take my car which is not very enviromentally friendly, however also works out cheaper. If the service was more frequent and cheaper more people may use it, making more services viable.
6. frustrated Elgin traveller 10 Feb 2014
   I use this line frequently to get down to business meetings and family in the central belt and further south. It is ridiculous that it should take up to 5 hours journey time from Glasgow to Elgin-it is quicker to travel from Edinburgh to London. How do local politicians manage to travel down to Edinburgh efficiently? The trains are crowded at peak times and often have at least an hour to wait at Inverness or Aberdeen to go on to a connecting train. It is frustrating that they are considering reducing Edinburgh to Glasgow service times at a huge cost on a service which takes place every 15 mins. How are businesses in the north of Scotland supposed to work efficiently and use sustainable transport solutions if the infrastructure is outdated. There is no point criticising the high speed network down south when we cannot travel to the central belt in a reasonable time. Often connecting trains are not "held up" by a few minutes if a train coming from the south is slightly delayed and hence can lead to being stranded or an even longer journey.
7. Brenda Seatter 10 Feb 2014
   This line is past due for improvements.
8. m g wells 10 Feb 2014
   I agree that the prices are also too steep, esp. Elgin return to Aberdeen
9. Alan Paton 10 Feb 2014
   I commute between Elgin and Aberdeen by car because I can't afford to use the train.
10. HS 11 Feb 2014
    More carriages on all services & a carriage where ALL seats are NOT reserved would be a good idea.
11. GAIL 11 Feb 2014
    MORE CARRIAGES ON THE WEEKEND
12. donald 11 Feb 2014
    H2 in england extra siding in scotland that sounds about right!
13. CJ 19 Feb 2014
    More carriages at all times. When there is a shortage ensure that the Inverurie
    - Inverness route is given the greater number of carriages, rather than the return service to Aberdeen from Inverurie. Rolling stock is old and in need of replacement, problems or faults seem to be weekly at the moment.
14. Ruby 19 Feb 2014
    A handful of passengers at Inverurie given priority to travel to Aberdeen over dozens of passengers travelling to Inverness -ridiculous!!! More coaches -now.
15. Anna Templeton 19 Feb 2014
    I also use my car as the prices are so high
16. Peter Green 21 Feb 2014
    the current snp government should start listening to the people and stop acting in such an autocratic fashion. We need to stop them lecturing us and send them to to the ukrane where their ideology would be tested more
17. kyle smith 21 Feb 2014
    The prices are high just like the buses as there is only one company that operate that route so they think about profit first and as allways money that should be spent on better things are never done like the failed edinburgh tram line
18. GR Elgin 26 Feb 2014
    I commute daily to Dyce then back to Elgin. The train is always overcrowded with limited seating after leaving Aberdeen. Nightly i have to stand until a seat becomes available. Inverurie travellers in the morning struggle for a seat every day. There is a regular serviceability problem which compounds the problem as we are squeezed into less carriages, which there are not enough to begin with. Scotrail are happy to take the fare money but disregards passenger safety by overcrowding the carriages. I see frustration every day from passengers failing to get a seat on the 1733 from Dyce. The line requires inmproving to allow passing places for an hourly service to operate. The stations with shorter platforms (Elgin) require updsting. Slightly off topic but Dyce staion should have a proper platform building. We live in the NE of Scotland which is known for its poor weather in theb winter months. Dyce is a busy staion and 2 small shelters is not enough. It sometimes like living in the dark ages. Aberdeen is the oil capital of Europe and Dycwe station and the northerly line is not a shiniong example for the area. I sweriously feel passenger safety is compromised by thye lack of funding put into the Aberdeen Inverness route.
19. H S 27 Feb 2014
    For the past 12 months I have been a daily commuter on the Inverness to Aberdeen route. It is not a service Scotrail should be proud of. I have experienced a variety of problems such as regular signal failures or delays at Inverurie, buckled train track, engine failures, lack of carriages due to lack of available rolling stock and theft of signalling cable. Every week there is a problem or delay on the line.
    This line must be one of the most profitable lines in Scotland due to the number of regular commuters to Aberdeen and those travelling to Dyce to go offshore or the airport. The rolling stock is of extremely poor quality when compared to that available in Central Scotland. The 15.28 service leaving Aberdeen is consistently overcrowded surely this is dangerous for passengers and staff? Providing a train every hour and a half between Aberdeen and Inverness is not acceptable. There should be more frequent trains on the timetable.
    The people of the North East of Scotland deserve a better service and the Scottish Government should demand Scotrail make improvements to the schedule and the rolling stock.
20. JM 5 Mar 2014
    As a regular communter from Inverurie to Aberdeen, the situation is now at a dangerous level for travellers. The 07:43 train is always full by the time it reaches Inverurie and those with luggage leaving at Dyce for the airport regularly struggle to get off the train. Returning from Aberdeen, the 15:52 train is too early for many to leave the office but the 16:44 only goes as far as Dyce. If this train went as far as Inverurie perhaps there might be a little less pressure on the 17:21 Inverness train. It doesn't bare thinking about all these standing passengers in the event of an accident!
21. Claire 6 Mar 2014
    Need more carriages on all trains especially peak time trains. Never get a seat Inverurie -Aberdeen as train normally full when it arrives in Inverurie.
22. Linda mcmahon 6 Mar 2014
    This service is a disgrace
23. Karen Dawson 6 Mar 2014
    If u r going to charge the same amount whether you sit or stand there needs to b more carriages at peak times.
24. Clark Rose 7 Mar 2014
    The service is rubbish
25. Carole Bridge 12 Mar 2014
    We are paying premium fares for a less than standard service. The same distance on the Inverness to Aberdeen line is more than twice the price of a similar distance on other lines.