At the beginning of October David Simpson, ScotRail's Service Delivery Director, gave us the welcome news that money has been found to install defibrillators at 40 Scottish stations including Thurso and Wick. We hope these will be installed in parts of the stations which are open all hours.

We've asked that the machines will eventually be installed on trains too, although we may have to wait until the new stock arrives, the 158s being unsuitable. In the meantime we hope that ScotRail is able to add one or two of our line's more remote stations to the list, since arguably the need for them in such places is even greater than at our northern termini.