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RailUK First Class Lounge Guide
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gazthomas
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I didn't know there were showers at Inverness!
telstarbox
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Has anyone been in the Euston lounge since it reopened?
All Line Rover
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It's brighter and cleaner, but still cramped, noisy, and not somewhere you'd want to be for particularly long. Certainly not worth travelling First Class for. Nothing has been done to the toilets, which surprised me considering how awful they are. Still no lift, so you continue to have to carry your heavy luggage up the stairs. Considering the end result I'm amazed at how much the refurbishment cost. Given the state of Euston station they probably spent most of the budget keeping the rats out and preventing the roof from collapsing.
Still not a patch on the Paddington and Kings Cross lounges. Both have their good points. Paddington has classic furniture and decent food. Kings Cross is spacious, has a good selection of drinks and has very clean toilets.
Still not a patch on the Paddington and Kings Cross lounges. Both have their good points. Paddington has classic furniture and decent food. Kings Cross is spacious, has a good selection of drinks and has very clean toilets.
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EMT's lounges are all due a refurbishment according to their latest newsletter. St Pancras has already been done apparently.
I visited the Euston one a couple of weeks ago for the first time - I was relatively impressed and thought it was quite nice. Given the size of it, I guess one may expect it to have a little noise...unlike that at Manchester where I started where one dare not speak!
Interesting on the East Coast developments
I'm guessing it doesn't include EC and connections, though
Interesting on the East Coast developments
I'm guessing it doesn't include EC and connections, though
Butts
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Just noticed there is a £10 minimum fare stipulation - so no Birmingham International to New Street type "dodge" available.
Ah, which I suppose provides the answer to the question I was wondering.
Common sense prevails! I can understand making a charge at Kings Cross the lounge there is nice and often well used (though I still think they should only charge at peak times). But it never, ever, made sense outside of London especially at the small lounges like Darlington.
Not sure if it's any use, but here's a picture of the Sheffield First Class lounge that I took yesterday.
I quite like the lounge at Sheffield, my only problems with it is that it is sort of hidden away and Cross Country leave from platform 1B. I spoke to a member of staff about this once and they said EMT and XC are the only trains which have proper first class on, so they didn't understand why they didn't timetable them on platform 2.
I quite like the lounge at Sheffield, my only problems with it is that it is sort of hidden away and Cross Country leave from platform 1B. I spoke to a member of staff about this once and they said EMT and XC are the only trains which have proper first class on, so they didn't understand why they didn't timetable them on platform 2.
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Butts
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In The Edinburgh East Coast Lounge today , very disappointing just a Coffee Machine and Biscuits - that's your lot :cry:
I appreciate it was a weekend but would it kill them to have a few cans of pop and some crisps as well ??
Word must have got around as myself and my daughter were the only people in there at 1.30pm.
I appreciate it was a weekend but would it kill them to have a few cans of pop and some crisps as well ??
Word must have got around as myself and my daughter were the only people in there at 1.30pm.
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Totally agree. I was in there for a first visit 9.30 Friday morning. Same offerings. So you probably did well for a weekend.
They don't seem to have soft drinks - just a water cooler - anywhere except London (based on visits to Leeds, Wakefield, Edinburgh and London). London had crisps until October last year.
London gets croissants and fruit if you're there fairly early and better coffee.
Did that one on Sunday. 150ml cola & an orange juice at New Street. I was given a 250ml bottle of water on the 9 minute journey. At International I had a 250ml cola and a pack of 3 bourbon biscuits.
Not bad for a premium of £1.30 over a STD ticket (as well as 9 minutes of half a carriage to myself).
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theshillito
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So Virgin Trains Crewe posted this on Twitter earlier:
I'm curious how different this will be to standard waiting rooms. I'll have to investigate next week, but in the meantime I've asked @VTCrewe and @VirginTrains on Twitter.
With the picture:@VTCrewe said:
I'm curious how different this will be to standard waiting rooms. I'll have to investigate next week, but in the meantime I've asked @VTCrewe and @VirginTrains on Twitter.
Probably painted red, maybe some nice seats?
theshillito
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Got a typical response from @VirginTrains
I'll let you know when it opens.
@VirginTrains said:
I'll let you know when it opens.
Great, thanks. My last visit was earlier in the day, so I was offered sandwiches instead of the wine.
bengolding
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Wine is available from 1700 at Paddington, a nice way to start a FGW journey given complimentary wine is no longer offered on board. I find the lounge has the best selection of complimentary snacks of all the equivalent London terminal lounges. Always pop in before getting the dreaded Henley turbo!
Kite159
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I wanted to visit the Ipswich First Class lounge on Saturday, sadly it was closed.
However looking though the window on the door, it looked pretty much like a waiting room, just with added tables.
However looking though the window on the door, it looked pretty much like a waiting room, just with added tables.
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So Virgin Trains Crewe posted this on Twitter earlier:
With the picture:
I'm curious how different this will be to standard waiting rooms. I'll have to investigate next week, but in the meantime I've asked @VTCrewe and @VirginTrains on Twitter.
I remember seeing that slogan on a Chiltern Railways advert in a prime position just adjacent to BHI a few weeks ago...very good advertising for them I must admit, although I do think it's a little pointless because Chiltern obviously don't serve BHI, so if you needed to go there then why would you switch to a TOC which stops nowhere near where you need to go? :/
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Who were you trying to PM? Ascot hasn't logged in for over 5 months or updated this guide in over a year.
Cherry_Picker
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Hate to be captain obvious, but the people who live near BHI also live near Solihull. The stations are about ten minutes apart from each other, BHI is on the Cov Road, Solihull is just off the Warwick Road. Between the two are tens of thousands of potential customers who live an equal distance from each station.