Lewis Acott
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With the new seats on the MK 5As, what do you actually get as a seated passenger and is it worth it instead of just getting a normal East or West coast daytime service?
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Caledonian Sleeper New Seats
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Bletchleyite
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They are the same as 80x First Class, not that that is saying much 
Brissle Girl
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Oh dear, their passengers would have been much better served if CS had bought a job lot of the ex GWR first seats. I wouldn’t want to try and get some sleep on their replacement on the 800s.
Kite159
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Plus if you are in the window seats you get a cold arm from the AC vents below the window.
The seats are reasonable enough, a lot better than the seats on the GWR sleeper
The seats are reasonable enough, a lot better than the seats on the GWR sleeper
If you mean the leather covered Primarius seats from the HSTs they would be atrocious unless they were recovered in moquette and given a lot more padding underneath - leather is far too sweaty for sleeping and the seats always disappointed me as being firmer than they looked.
Personally the point of getting the seated sleeper is the arrival time at either end, not a choice between it or a day train on comfort grounds - if I want to get to London or Scotland early in the morning or leave late at night then I would get the seated sleeper (or a coach).
Bletchleyite
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The selling point over a road coach is the 2+1 seating with better legroom, I'd say. The price is very similar.
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