Firesprite
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The VOE Pullman the only way to travel between Waterloo and Bournemouth, had a wonderfully trip to Bournemouth a few years ago.
FGW First class seats are nice, the Night Riviera std class are pretty much the same seat as well.
Chiltern Silver sets are very nice to travel in, some customers think that they're in 1st when they're in std.
444s aren't too bad and 377s in the 2+2 sections are good too.
378s are undoubtedly the worst, but then you're not meant to be on there for long are you, and it's odds on you'll be standing anyway if you're travelling anywhere near peak times.
The best train the one I drive, I drive it all over the place. It's a road train (car), it runs at high speed when I want, goes exactly to the location I want and I don't have to put up with screaming babies, rampant kids, ignorant mobile phone users and it runs non stop to Taunton or Minehead, Exeter or wherever.
Guaranteed to get a comfy seat with a view!
These days probably a 159.
In airline-style seating, very few trains seem to have adequate legroom. The class 175s are the exception, but are let down by the rock-hard seats (the seats are even a fairly good shape, but boy do they need some padding). There are some nice soft seats arround too, on (some?) South West Trains class 158/159 units, but sadly the legroom that goes with them is horribly inadequate. What a shame nobodys managed to combine the great interior layout (legroom, and largely good views out the windows) of the 175s with some softer seats.My own thoughts are that passenger comfort (certainly with regard to Third/Second/Standard class accommodation) reached a broad peak with BR Mark 1 and 2 (both have their strengths and weaknesses) and it's been downhill ever since. I don't find any of today's trains comfortable for long distances - seats are too hard, too upright and sometimes with inadequate legroom.
Always cool inside, but that's not always nice. Been chilled to an uncomfortable degree on those more than once. Great to cool down on a very hot sunny day though.I don't mind the refurbished 175s.
Good atmosphere, bright, large windows, always nice and cool inside
Have the seats changed when the power doors were fitted? I only used them once, before the power doors, and thought the seats were hard. Much better than the view of a window-pillar I had on the train I then changed onto though.Chiltern Silver sets are very nice to travel in, some customers think that they're in 1st when they're in std.
Can't speak for 1st class, or 4-CIGs, but when I went to Lymington to ride a 3-CIG (got the 'Freshwater' unit) I was very supprised by the wonderfully soft seats.4CIG first class seats
Can't speak for 1st class, or 4-CIGs, but when I went to Lymington to ride a 3-CIG (got the 'Freshwater' unit) I was very supprised by the wonderfully soft seats.
You may be thinking of a different type of unit. The 320s were built around 1990 and are based in Strathclyde.... the class 320 when they ran on the WCML from Euston in the '70s...
It has to be the Class 444 for me, not sure why, just feel comfortable on them.