LARGE-LETTERED rebranding on some Abellio ScotRail 125 trains includes the self-congratulatory “We’re building the best railway Scotland’s ever had”.

In this era of transparency, will it play fair and brand an equal number of trains with “We’ve just received the biggest fine ScotRail has ever had” ("ScotRail fined £2.6m for missing targets", The Herald, October 23).

Better still, will Abellio ScotRail drop the infantile “best railway” nonsense?

To those of us with longer memories, it smacks of Jack McConnell’s toe-curling sloganising of Scotland as “the best wee country in the world”.

Gordon Casely,

Westerton Cottage, Crathes, Kincardineshire.

AS one who by inclination frequently endorses reinstatement of rail routes and services I fully agree with the comments (Letters, October 22 & 25) that reopening St Andrews-Leuchars should not be one of them. The relative short distance to do so would be costly in the extreme, indeed as much as other lengthier proposals so mooted. If I recall correctly the original station was in itself in a confined space and any restoration would presumably now encroach on the hallowed turf of the golf course and the environs of the Old Course Hotel.

The present bus/rail co-ordination at Leuchars station is excellent and should be held up as an example in other situations where this amenity is so desired.

John Macnab,

175 Grahamsdyke Street, Laurieston, Falkirk