Joined the Scotrail Club 50 last month to take advantage of their £10 anywhere in Scotland return Anniversary offer. Decided to go to Galashiels from Dundee on Fri 21st Oct and stay over returning on Sat 22nd Oct. Left Dundee at 11:30 on Fri morning and arrived at Gala Station around 14:10.
With all the fuss recently about Scotrail Abellio’s record for punctuality and service, I was pleasently surprised to find that both journeys were bang on time (Dundee -> Edinburgh and Edinburgh -> Galashiels) and were also clean and tidy. Although busy, the trains were not crammed.
Stayed Overnight in the Watson Lodge Guest House in Galashiels, which is a short distance from the station and located right in the centre of town.
Very nice stay, friendly and comfortable, and would recommend it to anyone thinking of stopping off in Gala for a break. Also Gala boasts many restaurants but Turnbull’s where we ate on Friday evening is an excellent choice.
Gala is a nice town with a good variety of shops, so we had plenty to do and see on both Fri afternoon and Sat morning.
Ended up buying a bit of furniture that was too big to bring back on the train, so a future trip by car will be needed to get it home.
Return journey just as good and punctual as the outbound, although there were some standing passangers from around Gorebridge to Waverley on the Tweedbank service on Sat Morning. We left Gala on the 10:40 Service as it started to rain and got back to dundee about 13:30.
