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    Wales to Paddington trains much slower

    This thread has reminded me, I booked South Wales to London for early 27 Dec and the train is timetabled to arrive Marylebone not Paddington. Is PAD closed and will it be a HST service all the way into Marylebone? I have been travelling from South Wales to London for 30 years and never...
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    East Coast Seating Question

    On the link below there is a Mallard, HST Main and a further HST B train. Does the B refer to the East Midlands set or something else? http://www.eastcoast.co.uk/on-board-our-trains/in-your-coach/finding-your-seat/ Thanks in advance for any clarification you can give. djkenrob
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    'SkyFall' EC 91007

    http://www.scotsman.com/news/skyfall-train-to-take-passengers-to-london-1-2795398 http://twitter.com/theshowbiz411/status/302711681430212609/photo/1 I must say I like it, only sorry I missed it going through York today. djkenrob
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    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    Have to say, on the 18:00 ex KGX tonight to York had an excellent crew. The hot option (trout) was not available as returned to RG as not up to standard but replaced with hot pie, potatoes and green beans which was very good. Cheese also in good portions with 4 pieces on the plate. Sorry, no...
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    London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

    Williamn, I have done both, the Via Rail trip you have described and our miserable East Coast offering. They are worlds apart, stay in Canada if you can and enjoy proper service and value for money. By the way, you may know this already but the Renaissance Cars that route uses were the...
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    East Coast have introduced a seat reservations map (like XC)

    On the HST's J11 and J13 are now individual seats as are 55,57,63 and 65 in both coaches L and M meaning the new electronic maps are correct. The last pdf's issued by East Coast are no longer 100% accurate (unless anyone has newer versions).

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