swapmeetpete
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Also there is no option to select your seat any more. The only positive is the price is still reasonable.
Its not really like that, Train arrives at 07.23 don't need to get off till 08.00 Edinburgh station has good showers plenty of Breakfast options. OK Waverley has a scrum when the morning peak trains arrive around the Scotrail platforms but the outgoing trains aren't busy particularly in the winter. In fact Waverley is a nice station in a stunning location but not particularly major by South East England standards.Yes, but then you have the inconvenience of changing train at Waverley in the middle of the morning peak while half awake and potentially sitting unwashed for an hour or more. It’s not much of an improvement IMHO.
Also there is no option to select your seat any more. The only positive is the price is still reasonable.
Oops. Good point. Just found tiny 'select seat' link, thanks.Really? I just put in a random trip for a random day in May and can select a seat.
Awful. Truly awful.Random question but how is the seated coach for travelling in?
Thinking about doing it between Edinburgh and London, anyone know the best seats to sit in for a good window view? They do have a seating plan but does not tell you if window view or not. Looking for 2 seats together. Thanks
It's still sat in P1 - 92028 I believe. I think 92010 is available at Wembley if needed, but would need a driver to head to Wembley to collect it (if not on their way already).Waiting to board the nb Lowlander at Euston but we've been informed there's an issue with the 92 up front. Fingers crossed this can be sorted out.
It's still sat in P1 - 92028 I believe. I think 92010 is available at Wembley if needed, but would need a driver to head to Wembley to collect it (if not on their way already).
Same here, 10 times worse than b4. My 14 year old son says he will never use the seats again opting to go less but pay for a berth. I took sleeping tablets and still woke with a stiff neck and a member of staff scaring people by slamming on the window telling us to get a move on.Awful. Truly awful.
I was in physical pain when I reached Euston, from Glasgow and had a very poor sleep. Couldn't dissuade anyone from the seats highly enough. I was willing to attribute it to maybe being a dodgy seat, but I used the sleeper as a day train recently and after a couple of hours I started to go numb again. Noticeably not something that happened on the TPE 802 I went North on a few days earlier, bizarrely if they're the same seats.
Go for an even pair of seats and your view should be totally unrestricted. Avoid row 10 as they have that silly vinyl over the window.
I used to sleep very well on the old seats, even missed the opportunity of breakfast one morning when I went to Inverness having just slept right through from Preston to Aviemore.Same here, 10 times worse than b4. My 14 year old son says he will never use the seats again opting to go less but pay for a berth. I took sleeping tablets and still woke with a stiff neck and a member of staff scaring people by slamming on the window telling us to get a move on.
Maybe the only hope is mid-life refurbishment with someone sensible deciding on completely replacing the seats... roll on 2033+If the trains are in service for 30 years, as it stands the seats will deliver a lot of sleepless nights.
My dragons den idea is to lease a decent quality tour bus (the kind bands etc use to travel) and run it Edinburgh, Glasgow London nightly.
some high quality reclining seating, some high quality beds. Generally they have a capacity of about 30-35. At sleeper prices that would cost about £5k per night. Personally I think there is a market between the megabus and the Sleeper train “luxury” product.
That market doesn't exist, certainly not year and week round - proved by the Megabus Sleeper service which no longer runs - and if you can't use the coach year and week round the investment isn't going to be recouped.
After safety, accessibility, affordability, reliability, maintainability, and cleanliness to name a few things. Comfort is important, but it's at least 7th on the list.Comfort must be the absolute priority.
After safety, accessibility, affordability, reliability, maintainability, and cleanliness to name a few things. Comfort is important, but it's at least 7th on the list.
I see the twitter page says the lights are dimmed, is that true? As most of you say they are still bright? is that them dimmed or do they not bother?
I did the Megabus M11 last year and it was not fun... No service breaks and the air con was on all night blowing freezing air.
Who wants a service break? The best thing is to get on and fall asleep (and if you do fall asleep not be woken up by a stop).
At least with cold air, it is possible to put another layer of clothing on. Worse is when coach drivers don't put the air on at all.
The leg room on the new coaches for the M11 is a bit tight but the seats are soft.
Is there not a law which prevents them turning off the lights completely or substantially dimming them?Main lights are dimmed but not the ones above the windows.
I can get you're point about the service break, but this bus departed at 23:45 from Glasgow and didn't arrive till 11:30 the next morning hence why a morning service break would have been nice to stretch the legs. I know there is a earlier faster service though (it was just because of timing reasons I couldn't make the 22:30 service and had to take the slow one although a lot of other passengers travelled full way too)
I back up everything that's been said about the new Caledonian Sleeper's seated coach. Uncomfortable and, in the small hours, cold. On the old stock I could get a reasonable amount of sleep, enough to function for a full day on arrival, albeit washed out by evening.
On the new stock, I rarely get any useful sleep due to a combination of comfort and temperature.
In addition the at seat catering fails yo deliver in a timely manner, with no option to go to the buffet yourself.
I'm now more likely to use flights or day trains if timings suit. It's still a good price, but is now a much less pleasant journey, to the extent that I suspect overnight coach may now be comparable. This would have been unthinkable on the old stock.