All You Can Eat in First Class on Avanti West Coast Train: Fort William - Glasgow - London Euston

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  • Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
  • Part 1:
    Train: ScotRail 1Y44 Mallaig - Glasgow
    From: Fort William, Scotland, United Kingdom
    To: Glasgow Queen Street Railway Station
    Route via: Tulloch, Corrour, Rannoch, Upper Tyndrum, Crianlarich, Ardlui, Helensburgh Upper
    Railway lines used: West Highland Line
    Train operator:ScotRail
    Travel class: Second Class
    Scheduled departure time from Fort William: 11h40
    Scheduled arrival time in Glasgow: 15h34
    Scheduled travel time (Fort William - Glasgow): 3 hours and 54 minutes
    Travel time: late January, 2024
    Ticket bought on: scotrail.co.uk
    Ticket fare: GBP 22.50 (Advance Single)
    Diesel Multiple Unit: British Railways Class 156 “Super Sprinter” (156-450)
    Manufacturer: Metro-Cammell in Washwood Heath, Birmingham
    Part 2:
    Train: Avanti West Coast Trains 1M18
    From: Glasgow Central, Scotland
    To: London Euston, England
    Route via: Lockerbie, Carlisle, Oxenholme Lake District, Lancaster, Preston, Crewe, Rugby, Milton Keynes Central
    Railway lines used: West Coast Main Line
    Train operator: Avanti West Coast Train (FirstGroup, Trenitalia)
    Travel class: First Class
    Service: All You Can Eat
    Meals: Cheese and Red Onion Croque, Beef Ragu with Pasta, Double Choc Pot
    Scheduled departure time from Glasgow: 17h30
    Scheduled arrival time in Glasgow: 22h27
    Scheduled travel time (Glasgow - London): 4 hour and 57 minutes
    Ticket bought on: avantiwestcoast.co.uk
    Ticket fare: GBP 116.00 (Advance Single)
    Electric Multiple Unit: British Railways Class 390 “Pendolino” (390-131)
    Brand Name: City of Liverpool
    Manufacturer: Fiat Ferroviaria in Savigliano, Italy
    00:00 Preview Summary
    02:01 Fort William, Scotland
    04:07 ScotRail Class 156 Super Sprinter
    05:22 West Highland Line
    09:13 Crianlarich
    12:13 Glasgow Queen Street railway station
    13:44 Glasgow Central railway station
    15:54 Avanti West Coast First Class
    19:49 All You Can Eat Beef Ragu
    22:50 London Euston railway station
    Music credit:
    Air by Richard Smithson
    musicvine.com/track/richard-s...

Комментарии • 120

  • @ozbolli
    @ozbolli 19 дней назад +1

    Thank god for someone who doesn’t narrate! Listening to the sound of you travelling is exactly what I like. Keep up the nice work.

  • @jessaravena5139
    @jessaravena5139 Месяц назад +8

    Who doesn’t love an ‘all you can eat’ offering? I for one certainly enjoy the old time buffet!

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +2

      never had the chance to experience the old style of service; but the new service concept isn't bad either.

    • @jessaravena5139
      @jessaravena5139 Месяц назад +1

      @@doc7austin 👍🏾❤️

  • @joshtaylor2594
    @joshtaylor2594 Месяц назад +2

    Just come across this and really enjoyed watching 😊
    Thank you

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      yes, thanks for the feedback !

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Месяц назад +2

    Your photography is brilliant.👋

  • @loftlegacy
    @loftlegacy 27 дней назад +4

    I regularly travel first class on Avanti from Euston to Liverpool and it sometimes seems like a race between crews to throw some food at you then sit off at the back of Coach K chatting (sometimes critical to their employers). The record for food and drink served, with everything cleared away is an hour. All done and relaxing in Coach K by Tamworth!

    • @grangetowncardiff6935
      @grangetowncardiff6935 18 дней назад

      Yep. That'll be a London Crew! If you do Avanti to Manc, you might get a Manc crew, and they will be great. But then you can't to Liverpool (Euston to Liverpool). But at least on our route( Euston -Manc) we haven't had our wheels nicked! Ha Ha! Good comment though, and I agree entirely.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  18 дней назад

      @grangetowncardiff6935 i think the cabin crew (for service) changed mid-way in lancaster

    • @loftlegacy
      @loftlegacy 17 дней назад

      @@doc7austin when I’m doing Glasgow to Euston/Birmingham, Preston is usually the crew changeover point.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Месяц назад +1

    I rode this train in 2018. Although the scenery is breathaking at times the mountain rail lines through the Canadian Rockies (Canada), Colorado Rockies (USA), Swiss Alps, Norway's Flam Railway and India's Western Ghats are just as awesome and most of those trains are far more comfortable than the Scottish shuttle....but if the seats are tooo comfortble I'd fall asleep and miss the beautiful scenery. Thanks for sharing.

  • @netrhyda8761
    @netrhyda8761 Месяц назад +2

    Very interesting!

  • @T_Dubbs
    @T_Dubbs Месяц назад +1

    Wow, Fort William and Canary Wharf are quite the contrast! Great video.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      haahah; but I like both places a lot

  • @artfuldodger4850
    @artfuldodger4850 Месяц назад +3

    If you missed your connection through no fault of your own , you would be accommodated on the next available service, but not necessarily with a reserved seat.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      oki; good to know for next time

  • @pnwlion9337
    @pnwlion9337 Месяц назад

    Love the way you have presented this is great. Amazing scenery and a real feel for your time on each train. Avanti have really messed up the fare structure on their services. Virgin Trains used to do a much fairer, better job. Your fare from Glasgow to London wasn’t actually that bad though. Great find. Thank you for sharing

  • @bernardrenard6760
    @bernardrenard6760 Месяц назад

    Good video... Thanks

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei Месяц назад

    You force me to spend considerable amount of time looking for class 193 131 🙂 You are usually so complete with all your descriptiosn that I would never question you. Figured it was some type of conversion from 390 to 193 that was not documented anywyere and you were the one who broke the news and were first to ride on it 🙂

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei Месяц назад +1

    on the DMU sound: one hs to expect the "bus" sound of a diesel engine under every carriage. But what I dislike is the high picthed sound from rubbing of the gangway plates where cars are joined (whcih I assume is what we heard on the Fort Willams to Glansgow train all the tim). Our commuter ttrains in Montréal designed for 30-45 minute runs have more comfortable seats than those DMUs , but the later being single deck lager "cabin" since higher ceiling.

  • @Gus0898uk
    @Gus0898uk Месяц назад +1

    From the header I thought that AWC were now running to FTW with their Pendolino's. :)

  • @piotrgamer1236
    @piotrgamer1236 Месяц назад +1

    I am going on a 5 hour ride on the polish high speed train to krakow, it is a 600km ride at mostly 200kmph max, then on the return i am going to take a night train leaving at 23:41 pm
    and im back home at 8am

  • @travelandlivinginfrance5165
    @travelandlivinginfrance5165 Месяц назад +1

    ScotRail is owned and operated by the Scottish government, Abellio was the last franchisee

  • @RC-pj1pr
    @RC-pj1pr Месяц назад +1

    7:40 Likely you are buying an advance ticket for a specific service offered (eg, the 10:24 service), but any unit/loco could be assigned to that route at any time. So they print the service time on the ticket, but not the train number as this can vary.

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 19 дней назад

      He doesn’t mean the engine number. I think he means that train services are numbered like flight numbers.

  • @kendorman6567
    @kendorman6567 Месяц назад +1

    I always enjoy your content. Wanted to ask what phone application do you use that shows your location and speed ?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +2

      the app is called compass 55

  • @suncoolclose
    @suncoolclose 29 дней назад +2

    200kmh is first permitted after Carstairs heading south with various slow downs and speed ups along the entire route.

  • @jonhigginson4096
    @jonhigginson4096 Месяц назад

    I rode from Piccadilly to Crewe on Monday with a TFW Swansea service, the MKIV stock was so plush and comfortable I would have been pleased to stay on until Swansea. I have seen Carmarthen services formed of four 153 dog boxes which I really wouldn’t fancy for 5-6 hours.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      tfw swansea - which rail type is operating this service ?

    • @KempSimon
      @KempSimon Месяц назад

      @@doc7austin - Class 67 Diesel locomotives and Driving Van Trailers in push/pull mode sandwiching four ex-LNER Mark 4 carriages including a First Class restaurant car offering a full meals service,

  • @chrismoon3123
    @chrismoon3123 Месяц назад

    A anti has the best first class offering there breakfast is awsome

    • @Jnthnpg
      @Jnthnpg 4 дня назад

      It’s not even close to LNER 😅

  • @ianwalker2250
    @ianwalker2250 Месяц назад +1

    In the event that you had Advanced tickets for both legs of your journey and the train on your first leg was late, leading to you missing the train of the second leg, the Train Operators will usually validate the ticket for your second leg for a later service if one is available. You would need to enquire of the ticket office at the station where your second leg started or of the train manager of the train on your first leg because there are a lot of ifs and buts involved. Of course, if you had missed the train of the first leg because you didn't get out of bed then the situation would be different.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      actually i went to avanti ticketing desk in glasgow to ask if I could use an earlier train with the advance ticket -> a big NO

  • @flyingchilders
    @flyingchilders Месяц назад

    What you called Gare Loch was actually Loch Long

  • @jfmezei
    @jfmezei Месяц назад

    Did you feel the tilting on the Pendolios? Do you know if it was active or did they give it on ot because more trouble than it is worth?
    The pendolinos sold to Amtrak under tha "Avelia Liberty" brand are being delayed in part because of the tilting system unable to prove it can work safely. But the pendolinos used by Virgin/Avanti are based on detecting curves as opposed predicting ones, and this has the challenge starting to bank before you feel entering a curve , hence knowing when banking kicks in. (this was the case of LRC trains Canada when banking was enabled for a short time after introduction).

    • @jabberwockytdi8901
      @jabberwockytdi8901 Месяц назад +2

      The tilt is active, you feel it more sitting on window seat and in particular on the inside that " drops" into the curve . The quality of the control is influenced by the curve and cant transition, the better the track condition and transitions into the curve the smoother the tilt transition feels.

  • @highlandersixtysix
    @highlandersixtysix Месяц назад +3

    Unfortunately the only train washing facilities for the stock operating between Fort William or Oban and Glasgow is in Glasgow, the scheduling for the diagrams on this route are such that keeping windows clean presents a real challenge during the winter months but I would agree that on a scenic line such as this they should make greater effort, perhaps the Scottish Government, who now operate ScotRail via a holding company owned by the Scottish Government, should consider a train washing plant at Fort William (it would also benefit the Caledonian Sleeper) - the Class 156 is also very old stock (built between 1987-89) and not at all comfortable on lengthy journeys such as this line.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      the super sprinter is not comfortable at all for such long journeys

    • @ScotchRusty
      @ScotchRusty Месяц назад +2

      The 156’s sound great up close… unfortunately it ends there. As you say these units have been running since the late 80’s. A testament to that Cummins diesel engine… I remember being on this route 22 years ago on a 156. Not sure what would even succeed these other than a GBRF class 66 pulling a few passenger carriages…. Not the most efficient way to pull passengers twice a day in each direction…. Might be seeing these 156’s for a while…. Genuinely don’t know how I feel about that tbh…. ?

    • @highlandersixtysix
      @highlandersixtysix Месяц назад +2

      @@ScotchRusty My understanding is that 158’s will be moved onto the route in a couple of years, yet more old & tired stock, but more comfortable seating and air con.

    • @ScotchRusty
      @ScotchRusty Месяц назад +2

      @@highlandersixtysix Ahhhh *… that actually makes sense. The 170 Turbostars popped into my head when writing the first comment and the thought just didn’t sit well! Would be good to see 158’s on the route soon.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Месяц назад +1

    Do the harsh bright lights in Avanti coach stay lit during the entire run to London?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      yes; but this is normal for most high-speed trainsets

  • @mayleelim5515
    @mayleelim5515 5 дней назад

    Error in description:
    ‘ Scheduled arrival time in Glasgow: 22h27 ‘
    Should be London not Glasgow

  • @butterdori
    @butterdori Месяц назад +1

    Can I ask what app you are using to track GPS? (19:00)

  • @6yjjk
    @6yjjk Месяц назад +2

    Euston, iconic? Ha!

  • @buzzukfiftythree
    @buzzukfiftythree Месяц назад +1

    Enjoyable video, many thanks. I do wish Scotrail would put better rolling stock on the West Highland line services. I’m sure if the facilities were better and the ride smooth, a lot more people would use it. The sprinters are really noisy. The Scotrail HSTs would be an improvement. Don’t get me started on UK rail fare structures - ludicrous!

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      yes; i hope the super sprinter diesel multiple units will be replaced soon, esp. on longer routes

    • @barrieshepherd7694
      @barrieshepherd7694 12 дней назад +1

      West Highland line is constrained by passing and station loop lengths. Also special radio signalling equipment has to be fitted to the train.

  • @wernerleitgeb3804
    @wernerleitgeb3804 Месяц назад +1

    Which tracking app is this on your smartphone please ?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      the app is -> Compass 55

  • @darrenheggs1679
    @darrenheggs1679 22 дня назад +4

    Can we have miles and feet. As well as kilometres and metres.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  22 дня назад

      i am only familiar with the metric system

    • @xr6lad
      @xr6lad 19 дней назад

      That old fashioned?

  • @somegingerplanenerd
    @somegingerplanenerd Месяц назад

    The train numbers you mentioned throughout (in the subtitles regarding advance tickets or when describing the trains you are boarding) are not used in the passenger timetables - unlike in Europe where every train has a number, train operating companies don’t use the headcode (such as 1Y24) in public facing settings… that’s because they’re not train numbers like in Europe, hence why they won’t appear on your tickets. A 10:20 service on one day from place A to B for example might have a different headcode for the same route at the same time on the next day!

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      ok, I understood; but what happens if the timetable has to be adjusted due to planned engineering work ? Do the customer-facing information change then, as well ?

    • @clairestafford9372
      @clairestafford9372 Месяц назад +2

      It's not only that the headcodes aren't used, but there maybe more than one train with a given headcode in a given day, IIRC 1M18 is also one of the soutbound Caledonian sleeper trains. Trains are always referenced as the to

  • @frananmar1
    @frananmar1 Месяц назад +1

    Whats the "All you can eat " like from Fort William ?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      i was not hungry between fort william and glasgow

    • @ethical1_
      @ethical1_ Месяц назад

      There is no first class on the 156s

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      i know; it is class-less; but the glasgow-london segment has 3 classes of service

  • @rail_away
    @rail_away Месяц назад +1

    Nice video! If it was Switzerland, the Fort William-Glasgow anyway would probably have panorama cars.. 😏🤷‍♂️

    • @rail_away
      @rail_away Месяц назад

      On your ticket question, as long as you leave the minimum connection time for the station(s) in question you’d be covered on your second Advance ticket if there was a delay on the first. 😊

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      scotrail should have just cleaned the windows from the outside :-(

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      what is the minimum connection time in glasgow central ?

    • @rail_away
      @rail_away Месяц назад

      @@doc7austin it’s 30 mins I believe from GLQ-GLC. The journey planners are loaded with this baked in so can always use that for the end to end journey.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      hmmmm; do you believe the avanti conductor is going to accept that; basically i would have missed my avanti train on an advance ticket

  • @christopherbentley5216
    @christopherbentley5216 19 дней назад +2

    Is is worth paying first class,when you have the same seating in premium standard .is the food worth the extra money?

    • @etho_653
      @etho_653 19 дней назад +2

      you pay for the experience, with standard premium you get the seating, and remember there is a shop on board so you can still get sandwich / drinks, but if you want ot just relax in the seat and not have to worry about walking anywhere, do it. its worth it for the experience, even if your just going from new street to euston or something.

    • @11Daniel2k
      @11Daniel2k 2 дня назад

      @@etho_653 i suppose to people who would not usually travel first class that would be the case, however as a first class only travelor myself, the main difference is lack of annoying people and obviously the food, its a different type of person who travels first class, never any loud people or phone calls.

  • @pietrovecchio8497
    @pietrovecchio8497 19 дней назад

    gtazie perchè avete risvegliato la importanza del treno

  • @kevinellis8869
    @kevinellis8869 Месяц назад +3

    The advance tickets usually have the departure time of the service on them. Given that they are two separate tickets for two separate trains I'm not sure the 2nd ticket would be honoured. In my experience this only works if the ticket itself covers covers more than one train and in event of a missed connection then the TOC is obligated to allow you to complete the journey at no extra cost.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      well, that would have been my thought as well

    • @bradwhiteuk
      @bradwhiteuk Месяц назад +1

      That is correct. This is the risk inherent in buying multiple tickets, or indeed, any split-ticketing exercise. It's always wise to allow yourself some wiggle-room at major connections if possible.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      so I assume there is no official in place whether two seperate advance tickets will allow free onward travel if the second train was missed

  • @ringo7561
    @ringo7561 Месяц назад

    So you could have ordered those four courses all over again, since it was all you can eat? Also, does it include beer 🍺 😅?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +2

      yes; alcoholic drinks (incl. beer) is included in the first class fare, as well; however, the service staff may slow-walk you - so (e.g.) that it takes an hour or more before the food is delivered to your seat

    • @ringo7561
      @ringo7561 Месяц назад

      @doc7austin wow, that's a great deal. I would just order 2 beers at a time if they slow walked me. Is this the only train in Europe that offers all you can eat and drink? Great video as always 👍. Thanks for posting

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      @ringo7561 yes; avanti is not too bad

  • @neilmacdonald9501
    @neilmacdonald9501 Месяц назад +1

    you're back! how much worse was it than your previous visit? 😁

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      what do you mean?

    • @neilmacdonald9501
      @neilmacdonald9501 Месяц назад +1

      @@doc7austin in my opinion the scotrail network has gotten worse recently. The change is noticeable from as little as 3 years ago.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      @neilmacdonald9501 filthy super sprinter train

  • @LavendelNorthlight
    @LavendelNorthlight Месяц назад +1

    Pity is was dark already. Would have loved to se the landscape….

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      there is another daylight london-glasgow video on my channel - from 2017 with virgin trains

    • @LavendelNorthlight
      @LavendelNorthlight Месяц назад +1

      @@doc7austin oh cool. Will take a look. Love your travel/train video‘s.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      @LavendelNorthlight thank you for feedback

  • @cliffwoodbury5319
    @cliffwoodbury5319 Месяц назад

    the worlds most scenic railline?! That part of Scotland is supposed to be a temperate rain forest.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      wikipedia talks about that the west highland line is supposed to be the worlds most scenic railway.

    • @jabberwockytdi8901
      @jabberwockytdi8901 Месяц назад +1

      There is some of it left you have to go look in the valleys on the coast, but alot of the country the west highland travels through is sheep/deer country or modern forestry, still pretty spectacular scenery. Rain forest would not be the right term for most of the old native pine , mountain ash etc. open woodland with understory plants that used to be the norm away from the coast and can still be found in remote glens.

  • @davidmatthews7876
    @davidmatthews7876 Месяц назад +1

    Why do you want the train number on the ticket?

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      to know which train i can take

    • @davidmatthews7876
      @davidmatthews7876 Месяц назад +2

      @@doc7austin the ticket states time, date, departure station and destination. ,

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      good point

    • @davidmatthews7876
      @davidmatthews7876 Месяц назад +2

      Anyway, it was a good video, I enjoyed watching it! 😊

  • @gemmarie7683
    @gemmarie7683 27 дней назад +4

    The All you can eat claim you make is misleading. I have used Avanti first class many times, and it is not advertised as this. They serve food and drinks periodically throughout the journey, and it is definitely not all you can eat. It is unfair to say the staff are "slow" at bringing things out. In my experience, they work hard to serve the 1st class passengers
    .

  • @jabberwockytdi8901
    @jabberwockytdi8901 Месяц назад +2

    Was a great service untill Trenitalia ruined it, RIP Virgin West Coast

    • @LuperSoop69
      @LuperSoop69 Месяц назад

      mainly first owns AWC, trenitalia only owns like 30%

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      @LuperSoop69 and the TOC appears to change quite often on that route

  • @martinquinn9007
    @martinquinn9007 Месяц назад +1

    Eqs there wny passangers on rhat train

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      when i am travelling, the trains are always empty

  • @sellier-bellot22
    @sellier-bellot22 Месяц назад +1

    🥸

  • @AlokKumar-ws3by
    @AlokKumar-ws3by Месяц назад +1

    A FADAK 5 STAR TRAIN PLEASE MAKE THE VIDEO

  • @Demun1649
    @Demun1649 Месяц назад +1

    Hitachi just can't seem to build good-looking trains. And why are they never the latest technology? Always 10-15 years out of date on entering service.

  • @kenwilliams3560
    @kenwilliams3560 Месяц назад

    Class 193 😅

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      yes, I have noticed that error too late

  • @adamandrews8406
    @adamandrews8406 Месяц назад +2

    A wonderful video ruined by incorrect subtitles when describing distances and heights.
    A METER is what you use to calculate how much gas/electricity you consume.
    A METRE is what you use to describe distance travelled or height of a bridge etc.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      hahaha, meter vs. metre )

    • @ginge1394
      @ginge1394 Месяц назад

      UNless you are outside of the UK and then its METER for both.

    • @adamandrews8406
      @adamandrews8406 Месяц назад +1

      @@ginge1394 WRONG. Have you ever been abroad?
      Hopefully you would have noticed all of Europe, Australia and even most of Canada, Middle East and South America use the METRE as a measurement of distance/length.
      Regrettably is seems dyslexic Americans cannot comprehend the difference.
      Just check out the Olympics in a couple of months time.
      There will NOT be a METER in sight.

  • @samtrak1204
    @samtrak1204 Месяц назад +3

    Caledonian sleeper and this train need a car wash.

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад +1

      yes; i fully agree with you; the scottish government (or whoever is responsible for scotrail and caledonian sleeper) should exert some pressure on the operators to better clean the trainsets

  • @baronarikov1223
    @baronarikov1223 Месяц назад

    Comeback to siberia lad

  • @robyoungquist5803
    @robyoungquist5803 Месяц назад +1

    So yes, the Fort William/Glasgow portion was scenic BUT there is no excuse for dirty windows! 😡. I’d prefer to travel the route in summertime green rather than winter brown. 🫤. Did the seats get uncomfortable mid way through? I wonder 🤔. The Glasgow/London portion looked ok but alas it was dark outside. Nice that you were served at your seat food throughout. 😉👍🏻😋

    • @doc7austin
      @doc7austin  Месяц назад

      as the scotrail train was pretty empty, i could survive