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I was served fish and chips on Fridays in 1st a few times back in late Spring which was pleasant enough.

I was given a 4 section London Northwestern one in the Travel Centre at Lime St recently. I’m not using it though

I do generally enjoy the experience of travelling on Virgin Trains for all of the positive reasons mentioned throughout this thread. Yes, aspects of the experience are irritating but the good generally outweighs the bad. True, I only tend to travel when I can sit in 1st class these days so maybe...

Plus, I’m pretty sure that the 0945 from Wolverhampton is a Voyager so, not such an extensive breakfast offer

On the one occasion I’ve boarded this train at Carlisle I was told that the hot meal was no longer available

Yes, the Wolverhampton Lounge is now closed. There were notices up last week in there proclaiming “Great News” in that the lounge would be available to all customers from the 11th but I was on platform 4 yesterday afternoon and it was in darkness. Personally, I’m sad it’s no longer a First Class...

I have changed trains several times at Coventry station in the past two weeks and there’s been only one day when I found the lounge to be open. There’s a sign on the door saying that it’s shut because the intercom is not working.

How about buying them from the GWR site and having them posted to you?

I've made the journey between Chester and Llandudno Junction twice during the past fortnight in 1st on the mid-morning trains and each time I've been offered the full range of breakfast items. Mind you, how you are dressed might affect the attitude of the 1st class host. On the one journey, an...

I came across something new to me this morning upon boarding the 07.37 train from Glasgow Central to Euston on day 3 of an All Line Rover. No reservation was held by me as I intend to travel only as far as Carlisle. A member of the 1st class staff was going along and writing down all the...

I've had a few freebie upgrades from time to time plus a short cab ride, by driver invitation, in a nearly new train about 10 years ago which I better not elaborate on. However the best free thing that happened was in 2007. When on a Eurostar journey to Paris, a French guy opposite me started...

I've not sampled the new menu but I travelled on the 07.55 from Inverness as far as Edinburgh this morning and I can honestly say it was the worst breakfast I've ever had on a train. Now, I'm not criticising the crew who did work hard throughout the journey but one told a passenger that they...

Oh yes, she had a really nice accent and tone which helped make her announcements clear and, even, enjoyable to listen to. By the way, after leaving that job, she became, for a time, a Train Manager for Virgin Trains.

Were passengers able to stay in their beds during the night at Crewe?

I tried one of the sausage rolls earlier today. Perfectly acceptable as sausage rolls go. Normal sized, nice and warm, served with a small pot of some sort of sweet tasting sauce.

I went on 3 VTWC trains yesterday and each one was given the cheese and biscuits snack box. I think I prefer that to the 'new' offering. By the way, this morning I see there's a new menu for the weekday offering.

I travelled on a non-stop RER service from CDG to Gare du Nord earlier this year. Not exactly a scenic service but no problem except in trying to disembark. Despite about 3/4 people including myself at the doors ready to get off, people just barged on regardless as we tried to get off

Just had a quick view of the loco seemingly full of life at the NRM, seen from southbound train entering York station

I was travelling on the green set yesterday when it stopped on the bridge. It was already about 10 minutes late when it came to a stand less than halfway across. We were given regular updates of what the driver was doing. He had to walk to the rear power car and then back to the front. It took...

Yes, scheduled to use the east coast route during the Watford blockade