15 hours with avanti first class

[ChrisChallenor]

Departed newstreet on time. How ever it seems that the crew are talking banta and chatting to each other and not paying attantion to there custermurs. For this crew i would be willing to give them a 6/10 overall as they started of strong and fast but its fallen apart now

 

[superjohn]

I hope you’ve got a lunch stop planned in at some point. It is incredibly unlikely you will be fed anywhere the Coventry to Wolves corridor.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Update: had to alight train #4 at birmingham new street due a staff member being extremely rude and another passenger calling me a T**T i am planning to catch the 10:50 AWC service to get me back on schedule.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Overall train #4 gets 0.25/10 this is becouse the train manarger was very appoljetic for her colleage

 

[telstarbox]

Update: had to alight train #4 at birmingham new street due a staff member being extremely rude and another passenger calling me a T**T i am planning to catch the 10:50 AWC service to get me back on schedule.

What happened?

 

[ChrisChallenor]

On train #5 serverly delaid 10:10 10 coach voyager service

 

[ChrisChallenor]

What happened?

In short i told her i was reviewing her service and she laughed strait into my face. Becouse of my autisom she caused me great distress and because i did not want an altication i thought it best to alight at b'ham newstreet

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Train crew on train #5 really plesant shortly before int'll offerd me a T and some breakfast. Cabin is very presentable and clean. For the staff to run this type of service on a train nearly 1hr behind gets an automatic 11/10 from me.

 

[VT 390]

On train #5 serverly delaid 10:10 10 coach voyager service

I saw this train at New Street whelst waiting to depart on the 10:50, have you found the service better on Pendolino's or Voyager's as I always seem to get better service on Pendolino's but I am not sure why?

 

[ChrisChallenor]

On the delayed 11:22 service from coventry staff seem freindly enough.

 

[telstarbox]

In short i told her i was reviewing her service and she laughed strait into my face. Becouse of my autisom she caused me great distress and because i did not want an altication i thought it best to alight at b'ham newstreet

Oh no!

 

[ChrisChallenor]

I saw this train at New Street whelst waiting to depart on the 10:50, have you found the service better on Pendolino's or Voyager's as I always seem to get better service on Pendolino's but I am not sure why?

It depends on wich day you travel. For weekend first class travel i would say the 221 SV but for weekday the pendoleno for sure

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Entertaining live reports I must say. Though spell check wouldn’t go amiss

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Alighted train #6 at newstreet. Planing to catch the 12:50 service to get into cov with about half hour to wait untill train #8 13:42 AWC service

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Entertaining live reports I must say. Though spell check wouldn’t go amiss

Thank you i will keep that in mind

 

[telstarbox]

Always recline!

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Just borded train #7 the 12:50 AWC service. Nothing bad or good to say about it at the moment.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Quick update. The train i was going to catch the 13:42 got cancelled now i've got to wait 1hr:22. RIP my sanity

 

[telstarbox]

Time for a lunch break

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Few updates i am now at birmingham international as i caught the 13:22 AWC service which was delayed. I'm now chilling in there lounge untill i work out how to get back on track.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Time for a lunch break

This is my lunch. As part of the challenge I'm only going to have what is provided by AWC.

 

[an7li721]

Reminds me of when I tried to make 2 VTWC dinner services on the same evening. Round trip from EUS to Stafford and back.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Reminds me of when I tried to make 2 VTWC dinner services on the same evening. Round trip from EUS to Stafford and back.

I got 2 diners on last nights service from cov-wolves. It was a 10 coach 221 got the dinner from the shop just past cov at newstreet i alighted the front set got on the back set and got a second dinner with my ticket

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Not so much an avanti but i did just catch the airport monorail

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Just boarded train #9 14:53 service to glasgow

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Unfortunately after 9 hours of travel i am throwing in the towl. This is due to severe disruptions on the WCML please keep an eye out for my next feed. 12 hours on the cross city line

 

[krus_aragon]

Unfortunately after 9 hours of travel i am throwing in the towl. This is due to severe disruptions on the WCML please keep an eye out for my next feed. 12 hours on the cross city line

Though you're done for the day, it'd be nice to read a short reflection on your adventures. Only after you've had a rest and a bite to eat!

 

[bb21]

Sorry to hear that.

While I wish you all the luck and joy in your future adventures, please bear in mind that TOC management do read this forum and there is a risk of attracting attention with real-time updates. Not to dissuade you from going on future trips nor any excuse to mistreat you, but you need to be aware of the heightened likelihood you may be recognised, in a good way or a bad way.

I am very impressed with your earlier decision to retreat in the face of poor treatment. IMO that is the clever thing to do and not allowing a silly argument to spoil the rest of your day.

In future trips, make sure you take plenty of fluids with you and at least some light snacks, just for unforeseen circumstances, eg. lounges running out of food, severe disruption, stranding, etc, and always have a back-up plan to get home.

Enjoy your travels.

 

[ChrisChallenor]

Sorry to hear that.

While I wish you all the luck and joy in your future adventures, please bear in mind that TOC management do read this forum and there is a risk of attracting attention with real-time updates. Not to dissuade you from going on future trips nor any excuse to mistreat you, but you need to be aware of the heightened likelihood you may be recognised, in a good way or a bad way.

I am very impressed with your earlier decision to retreat in the face of poor treatment. IMO that is the clever thing to do and not allowing a silly argument to spoil the rest of your day.

In future trips, make sure you take plenty of fluids with you and at least some light snacks, just for unforeseen circumstances, eg. lounges running out of food, severe disruption, stranding, etc, and always have a back-up plan to get home.

Enjoy your travels.

Just a quick question what is TOC manegement

 

[FQ]

Just a quick question what is TOC manegement

A TOC is a train operating company so TOC management is the management teams of the train companies.