Scotrail314209
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Hey all, first time doing one of these things so here goes.
After arriving from Brussels on the Eurostar, I took the Underground to Euston Square and then commenced the short walk to Euston. I had about two hours to kill (train was at 15:40), so decided to get a rather delicious cheeseburger from the burger shop in Euston.
Time slowly ticked by until I got a text saying that my train was ready to board on Platform 16. My chariot for the 5hr 30 minute ride to Glasgow was 390011. I took a seat in Coach K and settled in, with 2 minutes before departure the gates closed, and some poor travellers got stopped because of the policy at Euston.
We departed Euston at bang on 15:40, and got served food and drink as we passed through North London. The choice for this was a poppadom dip or a mustard and some sort of meat sandwich. (Both of which were meh). But the tea was good. We arrived 3 minutes early into Milton Keynes, and until Birmingham New St the journey was pretty uneventful. We left Birmingham on time at 17:15, but were 10 minutes late by Wolverhampton as we got held behind a Walsall - Wolverhampton stopper. At Wolverhampton the crews changed over, and it was a Scottish catering crew the re of the way. There unfortunately was a shortage of food until Preston, due to the heavy loadings of the service. The host was very apologetic. Just as we approached Crewe, I took a walk to the shop. Standard was absolutely heaving with people sitting in the vestibules, with tons more boarding at Crewe. (If you are travelling in standard on the 1540 on a Sunday, AVOID). Afterwards several tea and coffee rounds followed, with another food service and a relatively uneventful journey. We arrived bang on time at 21:15 into Glasgow. This would no doubt be one of my last journeys on Virgin Trains, in which the new franchise will have big shoes to fill.
After arriving from Brussels on the Eurostar, I took the Underground to Euston Square and then commenced the short walk to Euston. I had about two hours to kill (train was at 15:40), so decided to get a rather delicious cheeseburger from the burger shop in Euston.
Time slowly ticked by until I got a text saying that my train was ready to board on Platform 16. My chariot for the 5hr 30 minute ride to Glasgow was 390011. I took a seat in Coach K and settled in, with 2 minutes before departure the gates closed, and some poor travellers got stopped because of the policy at Euston.
We departed Euston at bang on 15:40, and got served food and drink as we passed through North London. The choice for this was a poppadom dip or a mustard and some sort of meat sandwich. (Both of which were meh). But the tea was good. We arrived 3 minutes early into Milton Keynes, and until Birmingham New St the journey was pretty uneventful. We left Birmingham on time at 17:15, but were 10 minutes late by Wolverhampton as we got held behind a Walsall - Wolverhampton stopper. At Wolverhampton the crews changed over, and it was a Scottish catering crew the re of the way. There unfortunately was a shortage of food until Preston, due to the heavy loadings of the service. The host was very apologetic. Just as we approached Crewe, I took a walk to the shop. Standard was absolutely heaving with people sitting in the vestibules, with tons more boarding at Crewe. (If you are travelling in standard on the 1540 on a Sunday, AVOID). Afterwards several tea and coffee rounds followed, with another food service and a relatively uneventful journey. We arrived bang on time at 21:15 into Glasgow. This would no doubt be one of my last journeys on Virgin Trains, in which the new franchise will have big shoes to fill.