Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Lol!
Any "lovely fella" that you meet on a train between London and Glasgow is nicking your laptop and hacking your bank account.
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Sleeper train from London to Scotland
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Lol!
Any "lovely fella" that you meet on a train between London and Glasgow is nicking your laptop and hacking your bank account.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
Dunno about sharing with a stranger, but I LOVED it when I went with my (then) GF - have done the Penzance and Scotland one. It's a bit like camping - you need to compromise on freedom of movement (the cabins are pretty efficient (slim!)) and creature comforts aren't like a hotel room, though the idea of waving goodbye to Paddington and saying hello to Cornwall in the morning was awesome. Not to mention the efficiency of doing the travel shit during night hours (full day at the destination resort, and 1 less day off work) really makes it feel like a 'win'.
Do a supermarket run before the journey to have a quick mealy suppery nighttime feast thing, stick a film on the laptop, and drift off to sleep as you canter through the country
Do a supermarket run before the journey to have a quick mealy suppery nighttime feast thing, stick a film on the laptop, and drift off to sleep as you canter through the country
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I was making a presumption it was London-glasgow cos I was being a London centric dick. I have got as cheap a fare as 14 each way when on a special offer with virgin. But I've paid 60 something when I booked enough in advance (infrequently as I am disorganised hence familiarity with megabus gold)I looked on the trainline website and every single day train was starting at £120ishIs there somewhere else I could be looking?
Not doing the bus.
120 was a walk on fare (one way) a few weeks ago so I got the sleeper coach
Spymasters spending a ot of time desperately trying to put you off getting the sleeper.
I've used the sleeper to/from Scotland twice in recent years, once on the Highland, once on the Lowland. My experiences are pretty reasonable
Overall I've found I sleep just as well in the seated bit than getting a bed. But, thats just me, we'll all be different here. I'm 6ft 5, the beds aren't really built with people my size in mind. But then again, nor are buses or planes.
If you're on the Highland, you WILL be woken up by the shuntaround they do when they split/join the train up at Edinburgh, however, nodding off in some anyplace bit of England and waking up to see the scenery is a lovely shock to the system.
As for the Glasgow sleeper, most of the train when I travelled was full of exiled Celtic fans returning south from a big European game. I don't think it mattered whether you had a bunk or were seated, singing was more of priority than sleeping. I suppose I could have managed a few hours otherwise.
The restaurant car thingy. Its OK, nothing really to write home about. Its also not the horror story that the above poster's stating.
The other alternatives book in advance and go in the daytime, East Coast (my preference) or West Coast (not my prefernce but still fine anyways). Most of these trains empty out a bit at Newcastle/Carlisle, and i always enjoy grabbing a cuppa and enjoying an hour of Northumbria coastline/Scottish Lowlands.
Oh yeah, and I know there's a few vintage train lovers here. The coaching stock is all Mk2's from the 80s, pulled by a class 90 from London, then double-headed class 73s into the highlands nowadays. To none-railway romantics, this = real train,with a loco and 15 coaches behind it
I've used the sleeper to/from Scotland twice in recent years, once on the Highland, once on the Lowland. My experiences are pretty reasonable
Overall I've found I sleep just as well in the seated bit than getting a bed. But, thats just me, we'll all be different here. I'm 6ft 5, the beds aren't really built with people my size in mind. But then again, nor are buses or planes.
If you're on the Highland, you WILL be woken up by the shuntaround they do when they split/join the train up at Edinburgh, however, nodding off in some anyplace bit of England and waking up to see the scenery is a lovely shock to the system.
As for the Glasgow sleeper, most of the train when I travelled was full of exiled Celtic fans returning south from a big European game. I don't think it mattered whether you had a bunk or were seated, singing was more of priority than sleeping. I suppose I could have managed a few hours otherwise.
The restaurant car thingy. Its OK, nothing really to write home about. Its also not the horror story that the above poster's stating.
The other alternatives book in advance and go in the daytime, East Coast (my preference) or West Coast (not my prefernce but still fine anyways). Most of these trains empty out a bit at Newcastle/Carlisle, and i always enjoy grabbing a cuppa and enjoying an hour of Northumbria coastline/Scottish Lowlands.
Oh yeah, and I know there's a few vintage train lovers here. The coaching stock is all Mk2's from the 80s, pulled by a class 90 from London, then double-headed class 73s into the highlands nowadays. To none-railway romantics, this = real train,with a loco and 15 coaches behind it
miss direct
misfungled
Nice to have some positive replies! I am five foot nothing so should have plenty of room
I really wanted to get an overnight train in Thailand earlier this year but my friend put me off and insisted we got the day train. The good thing about day trains is seeing the scenery but the windows were so filthy you couldn't see anything.
I really wanted to get an overnight train in Thailand earlier this year but my friend put me off and insisted we got the day train. The good thing about day trains is seeing the scenery but the windows were so filthy you couldn't see anything.
craigxcraig
Prefers 'cxc'
Whilst I don't think this is doable on the sleeper - do look up 'split-ticketing' re much cheaper tickets. We now only use this at work and we're saving loads of money.
Miss-Shelf
I'll meet you further on up the road
I got an Inverness -euston sleeper a few years ago. Sharing with a stranger took the shine off the cabin excitement for me. But the scenery and whisky in the bar were nice
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