cactustwirly
Established Member
Precisely. Unless you are an Estate Agent*, why does a train service name from BR days have any relevance to anything. What's important is the frequency of the services, and their travelling times. Only an enthusiast can get excited about what sort of train it is, it's maximum speed and where the doors are located along each coach.
The 'qualities' of the service (which are very subjective characteristics), are more related to the volume and type of passengers using it. After all, passenger receipts are quite important to the provider of the service.
* most buyers are a bit more discriminating these days, not being sucked in by such a meaningless marketing name used by BR.
Nope sorry, if it's an Intercity service, then it shows to the passenger that the train will be of a high quality.
i think one could make an argument that a non-stop CIG-BIG-CIG from Victoria to Brighton was an InterCity quality product.
The same can't be said of the current situation unfortunately.
However, as I said in my post, Brighton/Hove is probably just about up there as a major metropolitan area.
Well a 2+2 377(/1 /3) no different right?
Same could be said about the 375s
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