385036 enters Kirknewton station working the 09.17 Glasgow Central to Edinburgh Waverley that has travelled via Carstairs. These Hitachi Rail built units, seemingly like all new trains, have been fraught with a number of problems that went so far as to force their squadron withdrawal until a 'fix' was found. The most bizarre fault was with drivers seeing 'pairs' of signals in certain lighting conditions due to the unusual curvature of the windscreens. It is believed that the cure for this was very expensive involving the replacement of all the 'screens with some completely re-designed units.
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