Scotrail

Rail Union To Study Peace Offer To Avert Pre-Christmas Strikes On ScotRail

PA | Posted 18.12.2012 | UK

Union leaders are to consider an offer aimed at averting pre-Christmas strikes on ScotRail. Members of the Rail Maritime and Transport union are du...

VIDEO: Scotrail's 'Big Man' Will Not Face Action

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 09.02.2012 | UK

'Big man' Alan Pollock who threw fare-dodging student Sam Main off a Scotrail train will not be prosecuted, the Crown office has decided. The incid...

'Big Man' Charged With Assault After Train Eviction Video Incident

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK

A man has been charged with assault after a teenage boy was thrown off a train following an argument with a ticket inspector, British Transport Police...

Saddam Hussein and Sam Main - The Rights and Wrongs of Intervention

Samuel Walker | Posted 14.02.2012 | UK
Samuel Walker

On 15 November, America officially left Iraq - mission accomplished, the war is over. While pondering the rights and wrongs of the intervention in Iraq, I heard about Sam Main a young Scottish student who was thrown of the Edinburgh to Perth train by the 'Big Man' for not having a ticket.

Scotrail's 'Big Guy' Could Be Charged After 'Fare Dodger' Complains

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK

A man who threw a fare-dodging passenger off a...

VIDEO 'Big Man' From Scotrail No Ticket Is Named

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 14.12.2011 | UK

The “big man” from the “Scotrail No Ticket” viral video hit has been named as Alan Pollock from Stirling, Scotland by Deadline News. Pollo...

Commuters Hit By Rain And Floods Travel Chaos

PA | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Commuters faced difficult journeys to work on Tuesday as heavy overnight rain closed roads and disrupted trains. The central belt and west of Sc...