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However the 2 serving areas, one for premium fare payers and one for standard could be applied if you had a train make up similar to an HST and refurbished the buffet car K (or provided similar) - obviously more for the long distance services over4 hrs rather than short hops like Bristol/London

1st trip on an IET yesterday, the 10:57 Paddington Penzance 10car 2x5 - 1C79. Rammed through to Cornwall, my first class reserved seat was ‘K48 in standard’ so something amiss in the booking engine maybe? Fortunately there were a few spare seats in the other car. Day before train up - 07:59 -...

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Living in Penzance most journeys are a minimum of 5hrs so a buffet every time, the trolley just doesn’t cut it. If I have to use XC, I travel as far as I can on GWR (or have done prior to the IETs) often changing at Newton Abbott for an XC HST connection. If using XC I always prepare a travel...

1st trip on an IET yesterday, the 10:57 Paddington Penzance 10car 2x5 - 1C79 - Failed between Racecourse & Newbury due to a ‘Technical Fault in the lead set’ but eventually 'fixed by the driver' so 20L at Newbury and increasing thereafter. Rammed through to Cornwall, my first class reserved...

Looking good for 40+ yrs

Surely most of the traffic to & from Paignton is the residents going home & back from Birmingham? So more of a need from XC rather than GWR

Very Rare but possibly Rynarts & Astran + I think a South London removal company did a few trips More latterly a number of hauliers ran to the Chinese Border at Almaty to tranship onto Chinese wagons Nowadays its a train all the way from China to the UK

Thanks Paul I'll live with the heritage buffet I'm sure

So will the Up from PZ on Monday have a buffet? I like to have a couple of Tributes before going off to bed after Plymouth

As far east as Pakistan, but mainly Saudi + Qatar & Beirut / Happy days Used to park up in Damascus beside the Hejaz railway near the main station

Big Gains for Flybe Newquay/Gatwick I predict

Quite some years ago as a truck driver running through Austria to the Middle East I would often stop at Graz Station at night & use the Baths on the platform AIUI Originally built for Orient Express passengers, but on a cold winters night a BIG hot bath & fluffy towels was a real treat for just...

Will be interesting to see what the new Labour Govt - or dread to think a Boris Govt - will do to improve things :rolleyes: :p :rolleyes:

Bristol to London fair enough - basically a quick commuter run BUT for those of us in Cornwall its 2 hrs to Plymouth & another 3hrs to London - High speed commuter stock is taking the Fiss on a 5hr run Especially as Newquay/Gatwick can be as little as £30 with Flybe

Six more Cities than us in Cornwall But we might have 2 HST GTIs soon - One running already & so so much better than a 150 or a pacer :lol:

I live in Penzance - 5+hrs to London on a GWR HST - I never ever heard of anyone complaining about the comfort of GWR HSTs on this run In fact so far - most would prefer to keep the HSTs (with Buffet rather than trolley) and let Scotland have the IETs Scotland is lucky to get the HSTs - they...

Off Topic, but glad to hear a pal on the train prep team got promoted to dispatcher & now on Driver Training That's how companies should work & value their staff

They could make a profit from the speed cameras with ANPR

Personally, between September & April during the rugby season about 8/10 times + many more friends that I know of who travel between Plymouth & PZ to London (+ places within 2hrs of Llandun)