Thought it would be good to have a thread for the season on how this ban has impacted on your travel.

 

On the way home from Aberdeen to Fife last night was my first experience of this new ban/rule. Got on train that left just after 1900 hrs, met a few Edinburgh bound fans I knew on the train. Conductress/ticket checker or whatever they are called was a crabbit jobsworth from very early in the journey. She quickly verbalised her displeasure at us drinking, this was well before the curfew!

 

Fortunately for me I had to change train at scumdee, hopefully others made it to Edi without being chucked off by crabbit quine! I was able to drink another cpl of bottles of Miller after 9pm as noone came through to check (albeit I was being discreet and putting btl back in box inbetween swigs!)

 

Did establish on the way up that it is only Scotrail trains ban applies to. East Coast Trains employee stated "We are very happy to accept people drinking alcohol on our trains at any time"

Since the ban has come in place I've only drank alcohol after 9pm once, the conductor just said that as it was past nine (about 9:15 or so) we would have to make the beers we had our last. Seemed relatively relaxed about it but like everything else on Scotrail I think it depends entirely on which conductor you get.