Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The lager on there is shite an’all, had to go with cider and scotch.
Where are you on the transport network?
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Books, not bombs
The DBL buys privilege is a guaranteed seat in the lounge as well as access to the club rooms at either end. At £6 for wine and £4 for a beer, it's a bargain in comparison to somewhere like the O2. It's now 22:00 and we are still sitting in Euston as there has been a fatality on the line.
BTW, we do have a window in the cabin.
BTW, we do have a window in the cabin.
T & P
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Prompted by the posts on the previous page I went on their website to both check the differences between the rooms available and the prices.
Certainly seems to be targeting the premium traveller demographic, the cabins at least. FWIW the seats were fairly cheap for this country, though they’d have to be for an overnight journey of up to twelve hours.
I was surprised though at the small increment in price from the bunk bed premium cabin to the double bed top of the range one hash tag is on. It was something like £375 for the non premium bunk bed cabin, £450 for the premium bunk beds, and £50 extra for the double bed one. If you’re going to have to spend nearly £400 for a hostel style cabin that lacks an en-suite, it’d be madness not to stretch another £125 for the top dwelling.
Would love to do it as a one way experience if we were going to the furthest destinations on offer. Glasgow and Edinburgh are a bit of an extravagance given you can be there in four hours. And I myself would certainly ensure I’d go back by the cheapest daytime rail fare available if not a flight, because spending £500 per head for a domestic return trip that’s not even a luxury experience feels a little too extravagant for me.
Certainly seems to be targeting the premium traveller demographic, the cabins at least. FWIW the seats were fairly cheap for this country, though they’d have to be for an overnight journey of up to twelve hours.
I was surprised though at the small increment in price from the bunk bed premium cabin to the double bed top of the range one hash tag is on. It was something like £375 for the non premium bunk bed cabin, £450 for the premium bunk beds, and £50 extra for the double bed one. If you’re going to have to spend nearly £400 for a hostel style cabin that lacks an en-suite, it’d be madness not to stretch another £125 for the top dwelling.
Would love to do it as a one way experience if we were going to the furthest destinations on offer. Glasgow and Edinburgh are a bit of an extravagance given you can be there in four hours. And I myself would certainly ensure I’d go back by the cheapest daytime rail fare available if not a flight, because spending £500 per head for a domestic return trip that’s not even a luxury experience feels a little too extravagant for me.
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Books, not bombs
We have breakfast booked for 7 expecting to arrive at 07.40 in Aberdeen. Breakfast will be free but not special. If you do the sleeper, go as far as possible.
We have just left Euston 22.49.
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I was reading on the official website about your cabin having priority for the dining car. Are all passengers allowed to use it? And is it a proper dining car reminiscent of the golden era of train travel even if not nearly as luxurious, or a standard stock car with the same tables and seats as those found in today’s standard rolling stock cars?
teuchter
je suis teuchter
You're not comparing like for like date wise. There are not many doubles so they sell out a long way in advance. If you find a date when a double is available (likely an unpopular day like a monday), compare it with the cost of the other options on that day. That'll give a better idea of what the differential is normally like.
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I didn’t look at it at great length tbh. I simply looked at random dates in August to Fort William, and I’ve no idea what the average fares might be.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
Fort William is the route to do, get up early and enjoy the views after Glasgow.
I did it in the seated coach from Rannoch to Fort William (only an hour or so) a couple of weeks ago and it was comfy enough, although I’m not sure how comfy it would be all the way from London. It was certainly better than the packed Sprinter I got back south though
I did it in the seated coach from Rannoch to Fort William (only an hour or so) a couple of weeks ago and it was comfy enough, although I’m not sure how comfy it would be all the way from London. It was certainly better than the packed Sprinter I got back south though
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teuchter
je suis teuchter
I've done London to/from fort William in the seats a few times. As a bonus you have to get up & change coaches around 3am.
Last time I did the seats was Inverness to London last year, after which I had some thoughts along the lines of probably never doing that again.
It was more tolerable when I was twenty years younger. However my dad who is nearly 80 still uses them so I guess I am just snowflake generation.
Last time I did the seats was Inverness to London last year, after which I had some thoughts along the lines of probably never doing that again.
It was more tolerable when I was twenty years younger. However my dad who is nearly 80 still uses them so I guess I am just snowflake generation.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Not taking the piss at all. I've been asked the same by a Canadian, when she saw the Crystal Palace mast from the Oxo Tower.
As ridiculous as it seems to us, many foreigners, particularly North Americans, are just aware that England is very close to France, and that you can get a train from London to Paris in a couple of hours. Considered that way, it's not quite as bonkers as it seems.
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Books, not bombs
Yes, all passengers are allowed to use it, if there is room; seated only. Last time we were denied the bar as it was full. This time privilege bought us reserved seats, there were many who were turned away. We are now in our reserved table awaiting breakfast.
Only passengers who've booked beds - otherwise you can order off a separate menu to have stuff brought to your seat. Iirc it's mostly the same in the evenings but you can only have a filled roll or porridge or yoghurt in the morning, not a proper cooked breakfast.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
Genoa?
Serge Forward
Just enjoyin' my coffee.
Bergamo.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Top tip, when in a place that offers free booze, don't get coffee...
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Fair shout. There are a couple of blokes who’ve been tucking into the whisky since about 0830 but I don’t drink and fly and have to drive at the other end. I’m contenting myself with sunning my nuts by the window in the hope I’ll dry-off by flight time at 10.50.
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Looks like you gone on holiday to the 1970s.
