Crosscountry's policy on taking consuming own alcohol

[Kryten2340]

Hi

I'm going on a lads weekend to Glasgow at the end of the month, travelling direct to Glasgow Central with Crosscountry and wondering what their policy is on consuming your own alcohol. Some have said it's ok, some have said it's not so I'm unsure.

I'm not the type to get rowdy and as it will be early afternoon I'll be travelling it will only be a couple of bottles.

Also does Crosscounty have Wifi these days and if so what does it cost?

Cheers

 

[Get-Pulled-Off]

Unless there is a specific ban due a sporting fixture you will be fine so long as you show due consideration to your fellow passengers.

 

[SS4]

You are allowed to consume alcohol on the train (assuming you're of legal drinking age) unless specifically prohibited (ie: for a sporting fixture) or you drink to excess.


I don't think XC have wifi yet but I stand to be corrected!

 

[route:oxford]

Just be aware of any particular events that may result in the prohibition of drink.

Not sure about nowadays, but there were often limitations on Friday evening services from Glasgow to Aberdeen*. Keep the Oil Rig workers sober for their return to work.



*Obviously not operated by XC...

 

[4SRKT]

It's hard to imagine spending much time on a Voyager without needing to drink alcohol TBH.

 

[Kryten2340]

It's hard to imagine spending much time on a Voyager without needing to drink alcohol TBH.

Hehe are the Voyagers that bad? Never been on the XC route since I travelled from Newcastle to Bristol and back in the same day about 5 years ago. 10 hours with no wifi. Wasn't fun.

Last time I travelled to Glasgow was GNER to Edinburgh and Scotrail to Queen Street.

 

[Darandio]

Just to clarify the question about wi-fi, no, XC don't have it installed.

They are supposed to, but that is for another thread..........

 

[gazthomas]

They should just hand out "loan" 3g dongles...

Why kit out a train so expensively...

 

[Lampshade]

They should just hand out "loan" 3g dongles...

Why kit out a train so expensively...

Try getting a signal on a Voyager...

And why kit it out? Because things like wifi are expected by passengers now, especially on long distance services, this is 2011.

 

[SS4]

Try getting a signal on a Voyager...

And why kit it out? Because things like wifi are expected by passengers now, especially on long distance services, this is 2011.

Passengers also expect perfect signal and internet of much the same speed they get at home neither of which they'll get due to high load and patchy signal

 

[dvboy]

I've got wifi on an XC service back in 2009.

It was an HST loaned from NXEC for the Manchester-Newquay Summer Saturday service.

 

[MCR247]

As a matter of fact Wi-fi is gradually being rolled out of XC voyagers...

 

[SteamPower]

As a matter of fact Wi-fi is gradually being rolled out of XC voyagers...

Correct. I was traveling back from Sheffield to Derby recently on a Voyager that had WiFi installed and was free to use. I believe there are currently two units in existence with WiFi installed but don't quote me on it.

 

[222007]

You can definately take your own alcohol on our trains. As for wifi we currently have 1 voyager with wifi fitted

 

[HugePilchard]

Hehe are the Voyagers that bad?

They're alright.

Just a shame about the lack of wifi. And the fact that the carriages smell of toilet. And that if you're in the window seat with someone sitting next to you in the aisle seat, they're really cramped. And that they're really noisy. And vibratey (I don't care if that's not a real word). And they've got so few bins for a long distance service that rubbish often starts to pile up in the vestibules. And there's a huge number of places for people to stick gum.

But apart from that, they're alright.

 

[Kryten2340]

You can definately take your own alcohol on our trains. As for wifi we currently have 1 voyager with wifi fitted

I don't suppose do you know if the 11:36 Saturday AM (29th Oct) from Newcastle to Glasgow is the one with wifi do you?

 

[cuccir]

I've had plenty of perfectly pleasant journeys on voyagers, often over mid to long distances - as others have noted, they do seem to react badly to being overcrowded; worse than an hst anyway. But there is nothing inherently wrong with them....<edit> particularly if you're travelling Newcastle to Glasgow, which is not usually a particularly busy stretch

 

[Train Pilchard]

I've got blotto travelling from Glasgow to Newcastle on XC, EC and Scotrail many times. We were once complemented on the size of our carry out by a Geordie XC employee!

 

[142094]

Even on 'dry' trains where there is an alcohol ban, it is hardly ever enforced. Been to away football matches around this area before and BTP have come on, checked to see the obvious bottles/cans on people then left the train. Cue rustling in bags and jackets for a few cans for the journey.

 

[Mutant Lemming]

This has me wondering of some of the anomalies of alcohol bans. I previously mentioned that I believe you can drink on an FCC train at Farringdon but not on the platform as it's an LU station but is it the opposite with Merseyrail at Chester (i.e. you can drink on the platform at Chester but not on a Merseyrail train)?

 

[MCR247]

I don't suppose do you know if the 11:36 Saturday AM (29th Oct) from Newcastle to Glasgow is the one with wifi do you?

Its impossible to tell until like the day before