Ash Bridge
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My option as well but on a busy Inter City service it is nice to have both rather than all queuing up.
Definitely agree with you there!
My option as well but on a busy Inter City service it is nice to have both rather than all queuing up.
This. Oh for a rail company that serves decent coffee. In the absence of this I have given up on on-board catering.Decent coffee is what matters to me - whether from a trolley or buffet counter. Walking down to the buffet car to be offered instant rubbish is vexing.
This. Oh for a rail company that serves decent coffee. In the absence of this I have given up on on-board catering.
Make sure it's Yorkshire Tea too (as it is on LNER) and you're sorted
I second that having just paid over the odds for something from the XC ‘selection of chilled drinks’ which I estimate had been sat very unchilled since the trolley was loaded at start of play. I miss the counter service with more choice and FRIDGES!!!A buffet, as there's usually more choice and fridges to keep things chilled in.
I second that having just paid over the odds for something from the XC ‘selection of chilled drinks’ which I estimate had been sat very unchilled since the trolley was loaded at start of play. I miss the counter service with more choice and FRIDGES!!!
Agreed. Other products are simply inferior.
I less than eagerly await what awaits me on my first IET breakfast time journey next week!
Regional teas are blended to suit the hardness or softness of the local water. Yorkshire Tea, Welsh Tea or Glengettie ar great when brewed with soft water. With hard water they're just pish! TOCs need the right tea for the water they're using... just like steam engines really!
Yorkshire Tea do produce a hard water version but it's really not very nice.
I think you may be right but my beer was definitely warm! Guess the onboard fridge had died thenI'm not sure that's quite correct, as far as I know XC Voyagers and HSTs are fitted with fridges in their catering points and the trolleys are captive and not lifted on and off unlike those operated on regional type trains. I'm happy to be corrected here though.
Thanks for the advice, will do!You would be well advised to take your own bacon butty and tea/coffee. I have about a 20% record of a trolley even showing up, let alone having a working boiler.
Regional teas are blended to suit the hardness or softness of the local water. Yorkshire Tea, Welsh Tea or Glengettie ar great when brewed with soft water. With hard water they're just pish! TOCs need the right tea for the water they're using... just like steam engines really!
Yorkshire Tea do produce a hard water version but it's really not very nice.
Was on a GWR train Exeter-Paddington yesterday. The trolley only got as far as coach G. Just after Westbury ( so seemingly with plenty of time left), there was an unclear announcement that there would be a 'static trolley service' in the vestibule between cars G and D. Three or four people made it up there, leaving four cars out of nine (A-D) pretty much unserved and the trolley staff having a nice long break. When I asked about it, I was told it was because there 'might not be time' to get to the end of the train and back. It wasn't a particularly full service. Is this normal or was I justified in feeling grumpy? Should a bit more effort have been made?
I think you may be right but my beer was definitely warm! Guess the onboard fridge had died then
Dont be silly. Yorkshire tea brews perfectly well in mk which has hard water
Perhaps you simply atent able to deal with the strength
It is far more subtle than that. I have known the same tea to taste very different from one hard water area (chalk) to another (limestone).Dont be silly. Yorkshire tea brews perfectly well in mk which has hard water
Perhaps you simply atent able to deal with the strength
TPExpress offer filter coffee in a cup with a clever lid. By far the best you'll get from a trolley. Just a pity that so many of their services are so rammed that the trolley can't get through.Which TOC is it that's switched its trolleys to quality filter?
Be careful, you'll start a forum tea war. How dare you insult the great god of loose PG Tips ;D ,none of your teabagged rubbish. However, I have to agree with you on the buffet/trolley issue.There should be a trolley with substandard sandwiches and confectionery plus beverages for those who cannot be bothered to go to the Buffet and the Buffet for those who want a good quality meal and drink,whether hot or coldDont be silly. Yorkshire tea brews perfectly well in mk which has hard water
Perhaps you simply atent able to deal with the strength
I do recall one of the TOCs claiming that they did a survey and people said they preferred a trolley to a buffet. However, the answer depends on how you as the question, which can easily be manipulated to steer people towards the desired answer. For example, if you ask "Would you like a trolley serving teas and coffees on the train?" people will, I suspect answer 'yes'. If it was reworded to say "Would you like us to get rid of the buffet and replace it with a trolley?" the answer may be different...
TPExpress offer filter coffee in a cup with a clever lid. By far the best you'll get from a trolley. Just a pity that so many of their services are so rammed that the trolley can't get through.