ScotRail's 334028 negotiates the trackwork in the western throat of Edinburgh Waverley station as it departs with the 14.37 to Milngavie. A glance at the famous clock that rises above the North British Station Hotel (now the Balmoral Hotel) reveals that it is indeed running three minutes early as it has done since the hotel was opened in 1902. This was in an effort to ensure that passengers and hotel residents caught their trains from the station below. The clock runs like this all year except for Hogmanay night when it is set to the correct time!
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