Highlandspring
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Fire alarm activation.5C11 in a bit of bother just before Midcalder Junction. Queue forming behind it...
Fire alarm activation.5C11 in a bit of bother just before Midcalder Junction. Queue forming behind it...
I think LMS 3rd class sleeping cars had triple (transverse) bunks didn’t they?
I'm booked on the Lowlander to Glasgow tomorrow night.
My first trip on the new trains.
Diverted via East Coast so leaves early (21.34).
My ticket says arrives Glasgow 7.57 but the website gives amended times for trains this weekend and says 7.22.
Is it reasonable to assume that the website is correct and schedules have changed since I booked the ticket at the beginning of the year.
You can see how Russia does (3rd class) sleepers here
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kind of like open sided compartments, and longitudinal bunks on the other side (of course they have a much wider loading gauge than we do)
Yes that’s correct. The ticket will be correct for the times as at the time you booked it, which can change after that date.I'm booked on the Lowlander to Glasgow tomorrow night.
My first trip on the new trains.
Diverted via East Coast so leaves early (21.34).
My ticket says arrives Glasgow 7.57 but the website gives amended times for trains this weekend and says 7.22.
Is it reasonable to assume that the website is correct and schedules have changed since I booked the ticket at the beginning of the year.
I did Scotland when it was me 50 th Birthday.
I got the first train (05:40) ish out of Euston one Friday morning. Got to Glasgow about 10. found my way to Queen Street and hopped on a unit to Rannoch. Had a good ol jolly up with a couple of peeps Friday and Saturday nights. Some local things got done on Sunday,
I got dropped of at Perth (I think) it was one of them days! Got a train to Edinburgh to connect with my booked HST to KX.
When I got to KX, I have to admit that I had sampled quite a few tins. No matter.
My point is that I would have loved to gone on the sleeper. I couldn't. Mainly due to the fact that I was working in London on the Thursday night. And, I was back at work at 7am on Monday morning!
Going by what I see here, the sleeper isn't on my list anymore.
At least I went up West Coast and went back East Coast. That'll do for me.
I think that the whole train fare was just over £100. Not bad!
They do shorten the bunks to fit them in - if you're over about 5'9" your feet start to hang over the end....
London to Inverness or Fort William on the old seats, £33 with railcard.What is the cheapest way to book a trip? I really fancy doing it just so I can say I have done it, but a double room was £400+ when I went to book it for October.
Did look at the Night Rivera but the idea of sleeping on a thin bunk wasn’t appealing either....
Rent a luton sized van, put a double bed in it and pay someone to drive you all the way? Probably still cheaper than by CS!Err, if you want to go from London to Scotland in a double bed, you'll need to pay whatever CS charge.
I don't think there's another way.
Rent a luton sized van, put a double bed in it and pay someone to drive you all the way? Probably still cheaper than by CS!
Sorry I should have said, cheapest with a double bed I like my sleep in a proper bed. I just don’t fancy it for £400+ (thats going all the way London to Fort Will) cheaper for me to fly and hire a car etc and hotel at that cost
It's really not as bad as you think. I can't comment on seated on the MK5s, but the old MK2s are incredibly comfy, and IMO, the biggest seats on the network
Same seats as the old 373's
I don't think the bunks are that narrow. I was on the old stock a few nights ago and the mattrass was comfy etc. If you juts want to say you have 'done the trip' - it's not quite the same to say you have done the jny in a big double bed is it?What is the cheapest way to book a trip? I really fancy doing it just so I can say I have done it, but a double room was £400+ when I went to book it for October.
Did look at the Night Rivera but the idea of sleeping on a thin bunk wasn’t appealing either....
Same seats as the old 373's
What is the cheapest way to book a trip? I really fancy doing it just so I can say I have done it, but a double room was £400+ when I went to book it for October.
Did look at the Night Rivera but the idea of sleeping on a thin bunk wasn’t appealing either....