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[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

South Manchester - Skipton in a GERMAN vw golf TDI. 58 miles each way, cruise control 80% of the time, comfortable, quiet and costing £14 return in diesel.

German engineering for you. Mind you they are British roads

Tea and biscuits on the way as standard

[Pogle]

Monday morning i get smoked salmon and scrambled egg, coffee, orange juice and toast - if I want it. All in a (mostly) quiet zone.
Friday afternoon, I get a complementary drink in the 1st class lounge, V&T, drinks and eats on the train sometimes a cooked meal - depending on the time of the train.
All in fairly empty carriages, with lots of room and really nice staff who are lovely.

And thanks to Virgin Traveller - it’s all free for 12 months

[stek]

HS1 has a domestic limit of 225kmh - used it to commute to London and once took a sat nav with me to confirm the speed - problem is always the 5 min wait at StP to get onto the right platform - ditto on the return journey at Ashford - so frustrating to pay a premium just to sit outside a station

Saint Petersburg? wow!

[Troll]

HS1 has a domestic limit of 225kmh - used it to commute to London and once took a sat nav with me to confirm the speed - problem is always the 5 min wait at StP to get onto the right platform - ditto on the return journey at Ashford - so frustrating to pay a premium just to sit outside a station

[doodab]

On one project a few years ago I used to get the train to Chester from London once a fortnight. I found that sitting in the quiet carriage free of distraction and sans internet I was exceptionally productive, I wrote pretty much all of the core code for what eventually became a product sold (by the software house I was working for, not me sadly) to about 20 customers on those trains.

I always used to buy my ticket on the morning of travel. It was about £160, and this was nearly 10 years ago.

[d000hg]

I take it you booked only a couple of days before. Careful planning means I can often do that for under £30....

About two weeks ahead. They book up quick it seems, there were cheaper tickets but not the times we needed to travel.

The train was crazy. Only stopped at 4 stations, 3 1st class carriages and virtually empty. A world apart from XC "first class" trains which have a bout 4 carriages in total and you get free coffee in a paper cup.

It's the old GNER stock I think - the big comfy chairs? Always used to love it when I worked in Newcastle and happened to get one of these down to Durham.

[darmstadt]

That German trains have a sign that tells you how fast you are going.

Impressive.

And glass topped coffee tables

[eek]

I travelled from London to Durham in under 3 hours, arrived spot on time after being served a 2 course dinner including a passable cheese board, as well as drinks and snacks, all complimentary, for £40.

So what?

I take it you booked only a couple of days before. Careful planning means I can often do that for under £30....

[MicrosoftBob]

I travelled from London to Durham in under 3 hours, arrived spot on time after being served a 2 course dinner including a passable cheese board, as well as drinks and snacks, all complimentary, for £40.

So what?

Vote UKIP!

[TheFaQQer]

Exactly what is the story here.....

That German trains have a sign that tells you how fast you are going.

Impressive.

[TheFaQQer]

200km/h = 125 mph

That's the speed that Intercity 125 used to do in 1976. You used to get free food and drinks on those, IIRC.

That's also the same speed that the Virgin Pendolino does, providing free drinks and food in first class.

So, Germany is as good as Virgin Rail seems to be the story here. That takes some doing.

[The Spartan]

Don't they have a ContractorDE forum?

[d000hg]

The train arrived on time and cost €67 from Hanover to Munich.

I travelled from London to Durham in under 3 hours, arrived spot on time after being served a 2 course dinner including a passable cheese board, as well as drinks and snacks, all complimentary, for £40.

So what?

[scooterscot]

East coast will hit 200km/h and provides free beer and cider in first class.

Exactly what is the story here.....

The train arrived on time and cost €67 from Hanover to Munich.

[minestrone]

East coast will hit 200km/h and provides free beer and cider in first class.

Exactly what is the story here.....

I think he got drunk at some office function and they stuck the dullard on the fastest train they could find.