LordRaven wrote:jra wrote:LordRaven wrote:jra wrote:LordRaven wrote:
Did you forget anything?
Just let the old drug-addled fool get on with it.
Oh and I forgot to wish you a happy birthday, old bean.
Thanks jra
I had a good time over quite a few days.
I am having a rest of booze today with my liver and kidneys drying out on the radiator.
I am doing so because I have a trip to Hereford on GWR to go a brother's birthday next weekend.
That will be a session.
Have a good time. You were asking me about trains. Let me know how it went on Great Wanker Railway in the Snug.
Great Western Railways was awful last time I went up to Hereford, there was standing room only most of the way to Newport and the toilets were totally disgusting.
Then the cattle truck I then changed to in Newport was tiny and that too had a lack of seating, I had to change trains too.
All in all it was pretty shit
LordRaven wrote:Dean wrote:You don’t have those problems in first class...
Fuck paying that, it really isn't worth it. And besides Dean I didn't bother to pre-book, I just went to Paddington, bought a ticket and got onboard.
Now that was a mistake but I like travelling in the main and there was still some lovely countryside to gaze at.
I have been London to York stuck in the buffet car all the way once before because our train broke down at the station and using our tickets for that we were instructed onto the next one.
Having bought drinks in a supermarket we just stood at the bar and drank those.
Usually, you can book as little as a day in advance and then you'll get a reserved seat.
When I went to Devon recently the class 802 wasn't particularly busy, but I had a reserved seat. I had an open return and for the way back the Cross Country (Penzance - Dundee) class 43 train I used was almost full even at Totnes despite having at least 7 carriages. Anyway, the electronic seat reservation system had failed so you couldn't tell where the seats were reserved from/to. I choose a seat at random but thankfully didn't have to relinquish it until Bristol Temple Meads so I only had to stand about 10 minutes until Bristol Parkway. The class 800 to Paddington was very lightly loaded.
You'll be pleased to know that Transport For Wales will be replacing all their rolling stock in the next few years with many brand new trains. No doubt there will be cascading of trains from other TOCs, but one thing is for sure all the Pacers (class 142/143) will need to go as they don't meet DDA requirements. Few people will miss them.
You can get some very good deals in first-class particularly if you book in advance and some TOCs do 'Weekend FIrst' where you can upgrade a standard ticket to first-class for say £10/15 on a particular journey.
Also, see.
https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/trave ... n-tickets/Stooo. Please feel free to move any of these train posts to the train thread in the Snug if you deem it necessary.