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Used the 08:31 Amsterdam service from London on Monday last week in Standard Premier. Was very impressed, and found it very convenient. Check in at St Pancras was very straight forward. The only issue was a 15 minute hold at Rotterdam due to someone pulling an emergency handle. Standard Premier...

It was about 3 quarters full as far as Brussels in Standard Premier, the majority got off in Brussels then surprisingly, it really filled up between Brussels and Amsterdam with a new set of passengers. Around 10 of us in my coach were doing the whole journey. There was a change of crew at...

I'm in Amsterdam right now having used the Eurostar end to end yesterday. It cost us £35 each (although I then bought an upgrade to Standard Premier) which I think is very cheap. Yes, it is almost 4 hours long, but that's not bad for the distance. It was so convenient though. Straight from train...

AP's can go down if Virgin have one of their sales, or as what happened to me when I booked the Highland Chieftain with VTEC, there is a sudden change of operator and the new company start setting their own lower advance fares. (Still can't believe how unlucky I was!) However, I wouldn't gamble...

Yes, they are all on advance tickets. Got some great prices too. Except for the Highland Chieftain which could have been even cheaper. Booked it under VTEC but would have been significantly cheaper if I waited for LNER to take over. I've already sounded off about that in its own thread though...

I'd say Llandeilo. Had a mini break there last Autumn. Delightful little town with a lengthy but beautiful walk up to the local castle. Even though we did it in the height of storm Brian. Was quite an experience!

It's a big year for my family this year. My mother-in-law turned 70 in June, my wife turns 40 this month and I turn 40 in October. I love travelling by anything that crosses land. I've always enjoyed a long car journey, can get the benefits out of a coach journey if I'm in the right mood but my...

I'm booked on the 14:40 travelling from Glasgow Central to Euston (1st advance ticket) in October. According to the timetable, it's a hot meal from Preston onwards. I think this is the same for the 15:40 with the 16:40 being the first train with a hot meal served before Preston. I've been on the...

Everything went well so I can't report back what happens if we had got stranded. However, there are worse places to be stuck. My goodness, what a place Corrour is. Everyone should go at least once. Our morning train to Mallaig was 10 minutes late and with the Passenger Information Display on...

This is something I've been wanting to do for a while. Wonder if it needs to be done before the franchise changes?

Notice there's a few Pullman services being unavailable over the next couple of weeks to Plymouth. I have advanced first class tickets on the 18:03 Plymouth to Paddington on a Friday in mid October as part of my 40th birthday present. So whatever the problems have been at the moment (I can only...

Not sure it's been mentioned but we stayed in the Corrour signal box last week. It's an amazing place. Really comfortable and the breakfast is fantastic. We sat on the platform until midnight watching the sunset and the stags roaming about. Just magical. Woke up early enough to wave at the...

Was on the 13:43 Euston to Wolverhampton (train carrying on to Glasgow) yesterday. Was having a chat to the train manager who was also getting off at Wolverhampton. She told me that judging by her radio, we got through just in time before it all kicked off. Not sure how the rest of the journey...

Already done. Sent them a tweet too. Always vowed I'd never complain using social media as I think it can be a bit toxic so pleased I can do something positive with it.

Had the most amazing journey on the sleeper from Fort William to Euston last night (First time on the Fort William sleeper, only done the Inverness one before).The staff were absolutely amazing, both at Fort William station and on the train itself. Some of the best railway staff I've...

Well we're off to Corrour by train tomorrow from Wolverhampton to stay in the old signal box overnight before pressing on to Mallaig on Tuesday. I'll let you know what happens if it all goes wrong!

I got a reply from LNER. As I expected really, they explained this is the nature of Advanced tickets and that they can choose to lower prices nearer the date of travel if there are still unsold seats. Still seems unfair to me but I'll just have to swallow this one. Leaves me a bit confused for...

So it turns out I was wrong to book the Highland Chieftain early! When I booked the tickets a month ago, I paid £152 for two in first class using our Two Together Railcard. Just checked the same journey on the 15th October now it's LNER, it's now £118! I should have gambled and waited after...

Didn't know they were putting a lounge in at Penzance. Could be handy while we're waiting for the hire car. Although the Mount Haven hotel sent me a lovely email sayng that if we're on the sleeper, they'll do their best to check us in early. Going back to my original post, am very glad I booked...

Thanks for the replies. Sadly splitting was no good for this date. However, I've gone ahead and booked it as it is in my budget as it stands and looking at how high it could go, it may not stay that way! We already have a Two Together Railcard. This is all part of my 40th birthday adventure...