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Maybe we could have cook it yourself in 1st Class driving car & the mixed 1st & 3rd in the 2nd car turned into:- Standard should be correctly named as 4th or premium 5th & 1st correctly named as Premium 3rd or steerage plus

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Living in Penzance I would say the Most Depressing Stretch of Lines are East of Reading & North of Cheltenham

Saw one recently on the Piraeus to Athens Airport train - homed in on me but the Greeks around me who saw I was a visitor chased him off

Seats for ??

Cardiff to Penzance must be in with a shout - 5h 40m

The Turks used to call their BMC lorries 'Brumagens', I always thought it was a Turkish variant but seeing your post they must have got it first hand from Brummie engineers/salesmen

Back in the 70s, European truck drivers used to park up in Damascus not far from the Central station on the Hejaz Line (Narrow Gauge) to visit the local agent. Quite often we would get blocked into the parking area and to get out would staddle the track & drive along it until the nearest level...

There are suggestions that GWR might have some more once the Direct Award is extended - confirmation due shortly And they could argue preference until Scotrail learn how to run them without breaking them

This is the Great Western Service from Penzance to London Paddington, the next station is Snerth

GWR staff always had them on low setting so no reason to have full blast on Scotrail once staff are familiar

Surely it's a heritage operation for Heritage users Mk1s or older would be fine

Must be very safe Tory seats on that line

Reading between the lines here, I see people talking about what commuters want. Surely that is a for another thread or discussion, the comfort issue is much more important for those travelling for 3-7hrs on a train rather than those standing up for 20 minutes. It may be 25yrs plus since I...

Maybe - but ask Intercity Passengers the same question after 5hrs on the train and the answer would be totally different to that of commuters, many of whom don't even sit on a train

When I Travel from Penzance to catch Easyjet, the Rail part is between 5/7 hrs depending on whether I use Bristol or Gatwick The 1st class IET offering is so minimal I now take my own supplies With Easyjet I'm normally able to grab a Ham/Cheese Toasty (other offerings available) and a G&T within...

My last regular MK1 ride was a weekly commute from Bristol to catch the Southampton/Cowes Ferry in 80/81. Mainly 33 hauled compartment stock & I remember them as very comfortable A lot of the stock was re-upholstered with the armrests sown in - but it didn't take long for the regulars to unpick...

The sad thing about our railways now is that Voyagers are now seen as more comfortable than an IET

If only we could have your HSTs back in Cornwall reformed to 8 cars with buffet & running the London services instead of the IETs - Swap you our IETs for your HST's ??

We love our new GTI HSTs in Cornwall Quite sad that you can't enjoy what we have - if our trains work - why is it your's don't That is the question you should be asking