Yes, but if it's timed for a single 73 it means it's not quite so much of a big deal when the single 73 manages to keep to time!Very seldom it has been a single Loco in recent months.
Yes, but if it's timed for a single 73 it means it's not quite so much of a big deal when the single 73 manages to keep to time!Very seldom it has been a single Loco in recent months.
13th August is an Aslef strike - not an RMT one. So Cal Sleeper will run as normal on 12th August.I notice the Service Alterations page on the CS Website has been updated to include the RMT strikes of 18 and 20 July. Usual message about CS having agreed a pay deal but it is still likely to impact services. This transpires into cancellations going by the recent strikes. I am travelling on the night of Friday 12th August. A Google search seems to indicate that there is an RMT strike on 13th which would scupper that journey, so i would need to arrange alternative means of travel (day train on afternoon of 12th). However the 13th of August date does not appear on CS Site. Is this perhaps only an ASLEF strike (when CS ran during the last one) or is it an omission by CS?
Thanks!13th August is an Aslef strike - not an RMT one. So Cal Sleeper will run as normal on 12th August.
Has this become a thing again or did the message never go away?Customers travelling alone on the Sleeper service in standard class may have to share a twin berth cabin with another passenger of the same gender
Doesn't happen, message must need getting rid off.Was looking at some train fares and notice that this message still appears:
Has this become a thing again or did the message never go away?
Where does this appear please?Was looking at some train fares and notice that this message still appears:
Has this become a thing again or did the message never go away?
I was booking through the Scotrail website, so I guess Trainline in the background?Where does this appear please?
That's fine, I have no control over that. You should look on sleeper.scot!I was booking through the Scotrail website, so I guess Trainline in the background?
I wasn't actually looking specifically for Sleeper fares, they just came up in the mix. That said, if/when I'm next looking to book the Sleeper I'll be using that site.That's fine, I have no control over that. You should look on sleeper.scot!
If you can sleep in a seat, absolutely not.Is the room worth the price ??
Take out the cost of an Off Peak return (£160) that's only £170 a night - that's not much over rack rate at a lot of hotels.Basically, it depends how you value it. Whichever way you look at it £500 is a lot of money for a bed.
Take out the cost of an Off Peak return (£160) that's only £170 a night - that's not much over rack rate at a lot of hotels.
True, but the point is that while it sounds like a lot it isn't actually crazy money.Who ever paid rack rate at a hotel since about 1980?
It’s busy now. Try it out later in the year when bookings are lower and prices are currently cheaperMorning everyone, been looking at the reviews on you tube for the sleeper and really want to give it a go next month.
Club room would be ideal but the price is shocking!! £500 for the club room return Glasgow or Edinburgh to London!
Seating coach wouldn’t really bother me but if I start snoring I feel a but concious about that
Is the room worth the price ??
True, but the point is that while it sounds like a lot it isn't actually crazy money.
It's the market they're going for. Rightly or wrongly CS isn't about transportation, it's about an "experience".It's not crazy, but it's very poor value in my view.
They do seem to be selling at that price so it makes sense for them to charge it, but it's too high for me to be willing to pay it when an Off Peak Return* and a Travelodge, Premier Inn or similar is better (in terms of sleep quality) and cheaper, and I get to see the scenery. To be fair the Fort William (and to a lesser extent the Inverness) are a special experience, but I just can't see the attraction of the Lowlander or indeed the Aberdeen at all, certainly not at those prices.
* Or a split. The bar on outbound break of journey on journeys from the South East to the Highlands to avoid people using them to/from Manchester is just stupid. An overnight break at Glasgow is a natural way to do that journey.
It's the market they're going for. Rightly or wrongly CS isn't about transportation, it's about an "experience".
Which is a good strategy. It's better to have ten people spending £1,000 each than 100 spending £150 - the overall take might be smaller but so are the hidden costs.Everything seems to be aimed at wealthy tourists now, high prices.
How so? If you have 10 people on a train that will carry 100 people, you're surely best with 100 people? Better to sell another 100 drinks in the buffet than 10, etc. The train is running anyway, the costs of extra passengers is neither here nor there. Obviously the ideal is 100 passengers at £1,000 each!Which is a good strategy. It's better to have ten people spending £1,000 each than 100 spending £150 - the overall take might be smaller but so are the hidden costs.
Note that I was talking about the overall tourism strategy, rather than each individual operator.How so?
The two are inseparable, given the model that CS have gone for.But this thread is about the Caledonian Sleeper not tourism.
I think you'll find mods will delete posts about tourism on a sleeper thread!The two are inseparable, given the model that CS have gone for.
That is, of course, in their remit but I hold that a discussion of the pricing model and reasons for it are on topic.I think you'll find mods will delete posts about tourism on a sleeper thread!
Except for the microscopic (and sometimes Contravision-covered) windows!To be fair the Fort William (and to a lesser extent the Inverness) are a special experience ...
Except for the microscopic (and sometimes Contravision-covered) windows!