East Midlands trains first class

[ichabod05]

Hi there,

Travelling on a first class ticket from Nottingham to London tomorrow (Sunday 16th) early am - just wondering what my food/drink situation will be. The website seems a bit vague and as it's a 2.5 hour journey I want to be prepared! Can
Anyone shed some light? I've done a search but only pulled up a thread from 2011 so just want to know if it's changed.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Silver Cobra]

My only experience of travelling in first class with EMT on a Sunday was when I travelled from Sheffield to St Pancras at around 1pm on an ALR last August. The complimentary offer for first class on that journey was a hot drink (tea for definite, but I think coffee was available as well), a bottle of water and a small pack of biscuits. I had to visit the buffet in order to collect my complimentary provisions.

The EMT website mentions that a complimentary breakfast offer is only available on selected services on Saturdays during the weekend, so I imagine you'll be offered the same as I was. The train manager should inform you of what is on offer, as they explained the complimentary offer to every passenger in first class while checking tickets during my journey.

 

[howittpie]

As said it is tea or coffee water and biscuits that has to be collected from the buffet counter. There is no at seat service on a Sunday.

 

[ichabod05]

Ah great, thank you. Broadly what I expected so I'll be getting a little something before the off to tide me over.

Thanks for the quick reply. You're a very helpful bunch on this site!

 

[yorksrob]

Indeed, but if you've got a HST, it will be extremely comfortable.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Indeed, but if you've got a HST, it will be extremely comfortable.

It may be nice to see an EMT hst trundle up when in EMT territory, but when you're expecting a VTEC Hst and an EMT Hst comes up instead, theres nothing worse!!! I think anyway.

 

[yorksrob]

It may be nice to see an EMT hst trundle up when in EMT territory, but when you're expecting a VTEC Hst and an EMT Hst comes up instead, theres nothing worse!!! I think anyway.

Presumably you get whatever constitutes VTEC's first class offering, only with much more comfortable seating.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Presumably you get whatever constitutes VTEC's first class offering, only with much more comfortable seating.

The exEMT set seats are low back and weird, plus not leather!!!

 

[yorksrob]

The exEMT set seats are low back and weird, plus not leather!!!

They're like a comfortable armchair which you can settle back into

And this leather seat business is a bit of a modern fad. I far prefer a nice, traditional moquette to sliding around on leather.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Fair enough

Are the VTEC sets not comfortable then? I'm traveling in one for the first time on Sat

 

[yorksrob]

Fair enough

Are the VTEC sets not comfortable then? I'm traveling in one for the first time on Sat

Not as comfortable in my opinion - but others disagree.

I always think the lower back seats give a more open and airey layout.

 

[Chrism20]

They're like a comfortable armchair which you can settle back into

And this leather seat business is a bit of a modern fad. I far prefer a nice, traditional moquette to sliding around on leather.

I'm almost tempted to see if there is a cheap 1st to Nottingham available for when I'm in London next month.

The old HST 1st class seats were the best, you sank into them and they were really comfy.

Also not a fan of the leather, particularly in weather like what we are having just now. If the AC isn't tiptop it gets a bit warm after a while.

 

[yorksrob]

I'm almost tempted to see if there is a cheap 1st to Nottingham available for when I'm in London next month.

The old HST 1st class seats were the best, you sank into them and they were really comfy.

Also not a fan of the leather, particularly in weather like what we are having just now. If the AC isn't tiptop it gets a bit warm after a while.

Indeed. Make sure you book the right one though - they alternate them with 222's.

 

[TT-ONR-NRN]

Indeed. Make sure you book the right one though - they alternate them with 222's.

222s have leather seats, I'd go for those!

 

[JonathanH]

222s have leather seats, I'd go for those!

Quite the worst of the leather so far used in British trains - seems like they went for the cheapest option when they did the 222s.

I'm not sure what was wrong with the moquette previously fitted.

 

[Segedunum]

222s have leather seats, I'd go for those!

I'm fairly sure that the HSTs also have leather seats, along with a fair whack of more space.

 

[Iskra]

I'm fairly sure that the HSTs also have leather seats, along with a fair whack of more space.

No they don't, they are low, cushioned affairs. Comfortable at first, but less so as the journey goes on. On the 222's in 1st I find I slide out of the leather seats, so you don't have that issue on EMT HST's.

As for EMT first class, it's great on a midweek breakfast service, otherwise just light refreshments. The last Sunday I travelled on, it was a bank holiday so there were no refreshments at all.

 

[Segedunum]

No they don't, they are low, cushioned affairs. Comfortable at first, but less so as the journey goes on. On the 222's in 1st I find I slide out of the leather seats, so you don't have that issue on EMT HST's.

As for EMT first class, it's great on a midweek breakfast service, otherwise just light refreshments. The last Sunday I travelled on, it was a bank holiday so there were no refreshments at all.

I stand corrected, I can just remember the leather cushion on the back of the seat from when it was with VTEC and hadn't been done up yet.

Still, it was decent enough from Newcastle to Edinburgh.

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