I took the NIght Riviera 3 years ago on an Interrail trip. The sleepers had already been refurbished but the buffet car was still in its FGW interior. It was truly an excellent sleeper product, almost worth the exorbitantly high supplement! Btw: the French "marquise" is called a trainshed in English ;)
I love your videos. I like the written part instead of vocal commentary, it creates a great atmosphere. So thanks for that. Those who are finding it hard to keep up, just pause the video, read the thing.
Night trains have a distinctive feature in it either you love it or u hate it !!!! of course if it's raining with thunder & lighting its it's a sort of out of the world feeling so romantic
I was booked on this train, but was jet lagged so took the day train instead. I am sorry I missed but the day train was fantastic. Very comfortable. Honesty people in the UK who complain about their trains service have no idea how spoilt they are. I spent 3 months total in the UK did not have 1 bad trip. Got caught in 1 up industrial situation. My highlight was the old Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness.
It's great to spend an hour-or-so in the First Class customer lounge at Paddington Station (which used to be Queen Victoria's private Waiting Room) before boarding the Night Riviera Sleeper (or, if you prefer the Cornish version "Koskador Ruyver an Nos") on Platform One, having a few drinks in the Lounge Car and then retiring to bed in your private cabin and waking up when the Attendant brings your breakfast tray somewhere in the middle of Cornwall!
Unlike the Anglo-Scottish "Caledonian Sleeper" you can't get a full evening meal in the Lounge Car of the "Night Riviera" but it certainly sells alcohol and snacks!
I love this night train. You channel is great because you are informative,funny, and don’t talk a lot and that music that many channels play you do not.
Again, as with your other videos, you're a class above :-). I enjoyed this as much as an episode of a sitcom. And you're beginning to revive my faith in public transport - maybe it IS as nice as it used to be. I got too used to rubbish commuter services into and out of big UK cities. Thanks again!
Indeed! The connection between Track Gauge and Loading Gauge is tenuous at best. French Railways use the same Track Gauge as we do in Britain but their Loading Gauge is more generous, so you get more headroom on their Sleeper trains than you do in ours!
@@DaveSuperThomas another example is the Russian gauge which, at 1500mm, are just a little bigger than the standard gauge, but their loading gauge is massive. and really I'm quite impressed by the size. watching a RUclips video of a Russian train still doesn't give you the idea of how large it is
Meanwhile Japan's loading gauge (for non-HSR) ranges from being about the same to being slightly larger than the UK's (2.8-2.95m width) while using a narrower track (Cape) gauge, and their HSR loading gauge (which uses standard track gauge) is a massive 3.4m wide (& that's why the _shinkansen_ has a spacious aisle even with a 2+3 seat layout). On the flip side their rolling stock has a greater tendancy to rock from side-to-side when in motion
Good train. I didn't know, that there are sleepers in UK before I see that:) Here in Russia 7 hrs of a journey is not a long distance:) and we have sleepers at all trains with a distance more than 300 km. Greetings from Moscow
There used to be lots more Sleeper train routes in Great Britain - for example, from London Euston to Holyhead in North Wales, connecting with the ferries to and from Ireland - but competition from budget airlines such as Ryanair has reduced domestic night trains to just two services - the Great Western Railway's "Night Riviera" from London Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall, and the Caledonian Sleeper "Lowlander" and "Highlander" trains which link London Euston with Scotland's major centres of population.
@@Damir_abyi- Pemzance in Cornwall is 305 miles from London but the Great Western Main Line takes a very circuitous route through the West Country to avoid the Granite outcrops of Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. Indeed, between Exeter and Teignmouth the railway line follows the coast so you get wonderful views from the train windows over the beach and out to sea. It's interesting that the writing on the outside of the Sleeper train carriages is bilingual, being written in both English ("Night Riviera Sleeper") and in Cornish ("Koskador Ruvyer an Nos"). Even though nobody living in Cornwall has spoken Cornish as their first language since 1777!
I like the fact the door of your cabin has a lock. Here in the U.S., Amtrak don't provide locks on the doors to keep thieves from stealing your property. The lock is on the inside only to keep people from entering while you sleep. But when you leave to get something to eat, your belongings are for the taking.
Before GWR refurbished its Mark 3 Sleeper coaches and provided a hotel-style Key Card entry system, there was a lock on the inside of the door which could be used during sleeping hours. If you left your cabin to go to the Lounge Car for a drink or a snack, you would set the door to "Lock" and the Steward or Stewardess on duty would unlock the door for you when you returned, with one of their special keys.
That blue light reminds me of US trains back in the 50’s, such as the Super Chief and Union Pacific “City of” sleeper rooms, had a blue “night light” which I found very soothing at bedtime as a child on family train trips from Chicago to LA and back. We’d go once a year and that got me hooked for life on rail travel.
Hello There, this is a truly fantastic video which has been well polished/produced throughout, in particular I love the panoramic views, great and well detailed tour as well as the decent and informative/helpful descriptions of your experiences, the Sleeper Cabin looks lush, it's a shame this doesn't extend to the seating, I am glad you had a good experience throughout. Keep up the good work! Cheers Peter Mc :)
@@Alan_Mac You are thinking of the main (original) train shed, which of course is Brunel. However, some of the 1870s upgrades in particular the work high up at the London end is attributed to Eiffel.
The train drivers at the front end of the "Night Riviera" are highly professional and try their very best, through gentle acceleration and braking, to ensure that their sleeping passengers get the smoothest possible ride.
And also on arrival at Truro, and at London Paddington station at the start or the finish of their journey on the "Night Riviera" Sleeper train. But you have to book a "slot" for using the showers at Penzance/Pensans as there are only three cubicles and they can get quite busy!
@@EdWeeks999 - When you board the "Night Riviera" Sleeper at Paddington, let the Attendant know that you require a shower on arrival at Penzance/Pensans and (s)he will radio ahead to let the lounge staff in West Cornwall know! The Sleeper Lounge at Penzance, with its comfy sofas and free refreshments, is open from 08.00 until 09.45
Super video. Un des 2 trains de nuit de GB au charme tellement britannique. Un jour, je souhaite me faire le Caledonian Sleeper. Le Night Riviera est aussi très intéressant à faire. Un peu l'équivalent des Trains bleus qui nous emmenaient sur la Cote d'Azur. Merci pour cette video.
Great Western Railway has refurbished the cabins on its forty year-old Mark 3 Sleeper carriages to a very high standard. The ride is smooth and quiet. My only gripe is that the Lounge Car just sells drinks and snacks as opposed to offering a full meals service, like the Anglo-Scottish Caledonian Sleeper trains.
Done this twice now and had a great experience both times. Lounge at Pad is great and showers at Penzance are good too. Love the old stock, wish the Highland sleeper had done a refurbished instead of the new Spanish mk 6's as the are lacking in many ways!
It's interesting to compare and contrast the refurbished Mark 3's used by GWR for the "Night Riviera" with the new (and expensive!) Mark 5's used by Serco Group plc for their "Lowlander" and "Highlander" Caledonian Sleeper trains! In my humble opinion the GWR Sleepers win hands down over their CS counterparts.
At Paddington before you travel you have access to the lounge as well included in your ticket. Also the station has showers which are also included in your ticket but are separate from the lounge. In penzance when you arrive you can also use the lounge and the showers are located in the lounge in Penzance. At Paddington the lounge is located next to platform 1 and is why the sleeper always goes from 1. You should’ve checked it out! It’s good that they include showers at the main stations as after a long day I always need a shower before bed!
I took this service home in March 2020 as the pandemic took hold to avoid having ro stay in a risky London hotel ,and it was excellent,much smoother and quieter than rhe old service, heloful steward, very relaxing waiting room with all possible needs met, really good breakfast area and a while lot cheaper than a London hotel too. Would definitely do it again.
Nice video mate! I love your trip reports so much! If you want a better sleeper I’d highly recommend the Calidonian sleeper Which goes from London Euston to: Inverness, Fort William, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. All of which are in Scotland and the route I would highly recommend is the Fort William leg as it is very scenic. Brilliant trip reports keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see more! 👍😀
The Cabins on the "Night Riviera" (Or, in Cornish, "Koskador Ruvyer an Nos") are always scrupulously clean and beautifully presented. The Sleeper carriages are, literally, hotels on wheels!
I prefer travelling from London to Cornwall on the GWR "Night Riviera" Sleeper train to travelling from London to Scotland on Serco Group plc's "Caledonian Sleeper".
Good video and I'm pleased that a Frenchman was served well by an English train - after all, we did invent hem but they haven't always done their best ! Those cabins do look wonderful. It's a shame I can't think of a reason to try them out. I love Cornwall very much but my annual "pilgrimages" are done by car from Carmarthenshire and not train from London. As for the MkIII carriages, the older designers took more care to consider passenger convenience and comfort. Personally, my favourites were the MkI corridor/compartment stock. There has never been any improvement in considering passenger convenience and comfort as when they designed those. You can keep air conditioning as far as I'm concerned, give me an opening window and heat under the seat which you can control yourself. Noisy fellow passengers aren't such an irritation when they're in a separate compartment and you can never be jostled by people moving along a corridor when the compartment door is shut. I could go on but you gat the picture.
ive been on this sleeper once,i booked it 1 day before and I got the disabled cabin,which was lucky cus my great grandad,my nan and grandad were going on it soon,untold My mum went with them without me knowing
Another great video. I laughed at the blind. Sleeper passengers can use the First Class lounge at Paddington. It only has tea, coffee, soft drinks and maybe fruit, crisps and biscuits if that but it is where Queen Victoria used to wait for her trains.
You mention the narrow gauge in the UK. Difference here is that the track gauge (4 foot 8 1/2 in imperial) is the same as most of Europe but the loading gauge (the maximum dimensions of engines and carriages) is way tighter than on the continent. That's because the UK started the development of trains very early and saved money by making cuttings and tunnels comparatively narrow. By contrast, New Zealand (chez moi) has a narrow track gauge (3 foot 6) but our loading gauge is slightly wider/ higher than in the UK.
Très chouette vidéo ! Si tu veux tester de nouvelles relations en train de nuit, les ÖBB vont lancer très bientôt un Nightjet entre Bruxelles et Vienne :)
Thanks for sharing. Great trip. Sorry about the wheel flat! Also most stations outside London close at night. For example you cant get between Glasgow and Edinburgh after 2345, the party train. And thats pretty good for the UK. In Germany the trains really do run all night, almost everywhere, which is amazing.
@@DaveSuperThomas for sure. But they also need maintaining in Germany and Japan and somehow they run trains all night. Not sure how, I suspect they started from a higher baseline.
From memory the last train from London Waterloo to Basingstoke is the 01.05. Back in the 80s used to be 02.00. Useful for me since I live near Basingstoke station and could drink in London and then walk home. Not so good when I awoke in Winchester Station and had to pay £ 20 to get back to Basingstoke though haha.
I enjoyed this video thanks, and will consider this option next time I go to Cornwall as it seems much better than the awful reviews the new daytime GWR trains are getting. I live in Glasgow and am sorry to say I no longer use the Caledonian Kipper as it is incredibly expensive. Occasionally I treat myself to a 1st Class All-line Rover, which is how I end up going to Penzance and back by train. However, the modern rolling stock on more routes makes these trips less of a "treat" now.
I'm not convinced! Have you seen what GWR has done to the Night Riviera's two Seated Coaches? Before refurbishment they contained 48 comfortable, reclining seats in a 2 + I (First Class) layout across the aisle. Because the Seated Coaches are sometimes used as "crowd-busters" on day trains, and are often used by commuters who want an early arrival at stations in Cornwall, GWR has changed the layout to 2+2 across the aisle and packed as many seats as possible into each carriage!
GWR has refurbished the Sleeper cabins to a very high standard, making as much as possible of what is a very tight space. The beds are comfortable and there's always plenty of (very) hot and cold running water for the wash basin. The new Key Card access system is much better than the bad old days, when you had to lock your cabin door before heading off to the Lounge Car for a drink (or two) and then find a Steward(ess) with a key to let you back in!
@@littletraveller5428 - Did they enjoy it? Most children (of all ages) get so excited by the prospect of sleeping on a moving train that they end up being unable to sleep at all!
The United States is so large that planes beat trains almost every time for long-distance travel. The Great Western Railway's "Night Riviera" Sleeper train - or, if you prefer the Cornish language version "Koskador Ruvyer an Nos" - exists mainly to provide passengers travelling to the sub-tropical Isles of Scilly with a connection into the ferry from Penzance to St. Mary's. Normal seated day trains take about six hours to cover the 305 miles between London and West Cornwall. In order to provide passengers with a quality sleeping experience I believe that the "Night Riviera" stops for an hour in the middle of the night at Exeter. The railway line through Cornwall is so sinuous that trains can't go very fast through the "Royal Duchy".
You can have two interconnecting berths if you book by phone. The interconnecting doors lock open so you can have a double suite. Downside of the revamp of these trains is they have no en-suites, so older passengers like me, who are up a few times in the night avoid this sleeper. The slam doors wake you up in the night when the guard gets out to dispatch. The new Caledonian sleepers have en-suites and double beds. A lost opportunity by GWR.
+ Rangala Jnanee I take it that you are thankful also for the mad rush for tickets, thankful for the dirt and filth in trains , thankful for shitty bathrooms in trains, in India.
it's the loading gauge that gives you space, not the track gauge and if you're thinking that Britain runs on narrow gauge then that's wrong, they use standard gauge
@@yevodee4024 I disagree with you. In South India, trains are beautifully maintained, they go through paint job every year and immediate response on dirty compartments. North Indian trains may look just like you described, but please don't judge the whole Indian railways to be filthy.
Although I don't think he is British so for people who don't do well with foreign accents they wouldn't be able to understand- however I would appreciate commentary.
No. Not at all. Just pause the video if you can't read fast enough, it's not T.V. I like the no commentary and so do many others who are frequent viewers of this channel. It creates a great atmosphere and not hearing any human voices is heavenly in train videos.
I travelled on the lunchtime train to Plymouth in June this year, then onwards to Penzance by normal 2nd class train. I treated myself to lunch in the Pullman dining car, complete with a bottle of wine. The costs were about £100 return using my senior rail card and the meal and booze about £85. Daytime trains only go as far as Plymouth. Penzance is a bit of a scruffy place, so doing the return to Plymouth is probably the best decision. Definitely worth giving it a whirl.
Daytime trains only go as far as Plymouth? According to the GWR timetable which I'm looking at as I type these words, there is an hourly, regular-interval, direct train service from London Paddington all the way through to Penzance between 08.04 in the morning (arrives 13.08) and 19.04 in the evening (arrives 00.34 next morning),
Indeed! Far from crossing the centre of Dartmoor, the Great Western Main Line from London to Penzance actually follows the south Devon coast all the way from Dawlish to Teignmouth!
Never been on the GWR Night Riviera. Would like to try it out and book few days in Cornwall. I also haven’t been on the Class 800 & Class 802. But I have been on the Class 387 to Slough and Reading.
Those locomotives are loud! Just like when I walk through Chicago's grand union station and the genesis or charger locomotives are running. The great hall there is still being used as a waiting area for trains. I've been in it, and its awesome! There should be some new equipment for amtrak's midwest trains arriving soon from siemens in california. Should be pretty cool!
I recently travelled on the Caledonian Sleeper. I think GWR does it better. Top bunk seemed to be fixed. Cabin lights could not be turned off. Wheels were noisy. Toilets blocked too easily.
Two different Train Operating Companies, two different Sleeper train products! Unlike Serco Group plc's "Caledonian Sleeper" train, the GWR's "Night Riviera" uses refurbished British Rail Mark 3 carriages and is a Standard Class-only product, where you simply pay a variable supplement depending whether you have single or shared use of a twin-berth cabin. What I like about the Caledonian Sleepers is that you can enjoy a three-course hot meal in the Lounge Car (for around £20) whilst on the "Night Riviera" it's just drinks and snacks - more like a pub on wheels than a restaurant!
I would like this as well. Only problem is how spread out our beautiful country is. Makes train travel hard to be fit for purpose. Usually cheaper to fly I'd say. I do love train travel though and hopefully we make it faster and a much more appealing option.
@Gerry S.S in US people are scatter not concentrated at one place like in asian countries and by the u people have boeing to look after ur transportation need. And if u build ur railway also the rider ship will be less it will be less profitable
Vidéo très intéressante à regarder ! En effet en Angleterre les wagons MK3 sont ^populaires^ Je crois même qu’ils sont utilisés pour les HST… Mais ils n’ont pas la même configuration bien sur 🙃
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Vilroy&bosch ceramic sink. that's impressive
When a video has been up for almost a year and it has barely any dislikes thats how you know it's quality ❤
I took the NIght Riviera 3 years ago on an Interrail trip. The sleepers had already been refurbished but the buffet car was still in its FGW interior. It was truly an excellent sleeper product, almost worth the exorbitantly high supplement!
Btw: the French "marquise" is called a trainshed in English ;)
I love your videos. Straight and to the point. You show everything and it doesn’t take an hour! Very very enjoyable. Thank you!
I love your videos. I like the written part instead of vocal commentary, it creates a great atmosphere. So thanks for that. Those who are finding it hard to keep up, just pause the video, read the thing.
Night trains have a distinctive feature in it either you love it or u hate it !!!! of course if it's raining with thunder & lighting its it's a sort of out of the world feeling so romantic
I love this train I live near to the railway this train travels on in Cornwall every morning I wait to see this train pass by then i can start my day
I forgot the card inside my solo sleeper compartment on a NightJet service in the middle of the night. Yes. I was in trouble hahaha
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I was booked on this train, but was jet lagged so took the day train instead. I am sorry I missed but the day train was fantastic. Very comfortable. Honesty people in the UK who complain about their trains service have no idea how spoilt they are. I spent 3 months total in the UK did not have 1 bad trip. Got caught in 1 up industrial situation. My highlight was the old Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness.
This journey is on my UK rail bucket list. Thanks for sharing.
It's great to spend an hour-or-so in the First Class customer lounge at Paddington Station (which used to be Queen Victoria's private Waiting Room) before boarding the Night Riviera Sleeper (or, if you prefer the Cornish version "Koskador Ruyver an Nos") on Platform One, having a few drinks in the Lounge Car and then retiring to bed in your private cabin and waking up when the Attendant brings your breakfast tray somewhere in the middle of Cornwall!
Unlike the Anglo-Scottish "Caledonian Sleeper" you can't get a full evening meal in the Lounge Car of the "Night Riviera" but it certainly sells alcohol and snacks!
I love this night train. You channel is great because you are informative,funny, and don’t talk a lot and that music that many channels play you do not.
Again, as with your other videos, you're a class above :-). I enjoyed this as much as an episode of a sitcom. And you're beginning to revive my faith in public transport - maybe it IS as nice as it used to be. I got too used to rubbish commuter services into and out of big UK cities. Thanks again!
2:38 the UK runs on standard 1435 gauge, it's the loading gauge that is small
Indeed! The connection between Track Gauge and Loading Gauge is tenuous at best. French Railways use the same Track Gauge as we do in Britain but their Loading Gauge is more generous, so you get more headroom on their Sleeper trains than you do in ours!
@@DaveSuperThomas another example is the Russian gauge which, at 1500mm, are just a little bigger than the standard gauge, but their loading gauge is massive. and really I'm quite impressed by the size. watching a RUclips video of a Russian train still doesn't give you the idea of how large it is
@tony mush For exactly the same reasons, the Spanish deliberately chose a slightly larger gauge to the French!
@tony mush - The new High Speed railway lines being built in Spain use the Standard (1435mm) Gauge just like the rest of western Europe!
Meanwhile Japan's loading gauge (for non-HSR) ranges from being about the same to being slightly larger than the UK's (2.8-2.95m width) while using a narrower track (Cape) gauge, and their HSR loading gauge (which uses standard track gauge) is a massive 3.4m wide (& that's why the _shinkansen_ has a spacious aisle even with a 2+3 seat layout). On the flip side their rolling stock has a greater tendancy to rock from side-to-side when in motion
Good train. I didn't know, that there are sleepers in UK before I see that:) Here in Russia 7 hrs of a journey is not a long distance:) and we have sleepers at all trains with a distance more than 300 km. Greetings from Moscow
There used to be lots more Sleeper train routes in Great Britain - for example, from London Euston to Holyhead in North Wales, connecting with the ferries to and from Ireland - but competition from budget airlines such as Ryanair has reduced domestic night trains to just two services - the Great Western Railway's "Night Riviera" from London Paddington to Penzance in Cornwall, and the Caledonian Sleeper "Lowlander" and "Highlander" trains which link London Euston with Scotland's major centres of population.
@@DaveSuperThomas thanks for Your comment. For me ir was very interesting information about UK railways.
@@Damir_abyi- Pemzance in Cornwall is 305 miles from London but the Great Western Main Line takes a very circuitous route through the West Country to avoid the Granite outcrops of Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor. Indeed, between Exeter and Teignmouth the railway line follows the coast so you get wonderful views from the train windows over the beach and out to sea. It's interesting that the writing on the outside of the Sleeper train carriages is bilingual, being written in both English ("Night Riviera Sleeper") and in Cornish ("Koskador Ruvyer an Nos"). Even though nobody living in Cornwall has spoken Cornish as their first language since 1777!
@@DaveSuperThomas The Cornish language has seen quite a resurgence in the last 20 years. You’d be surprised.
*This is so me....I just love a long train journey un disturbed*
If I was in one of these I'd feel obliged to have a fight with James Bond.
Haha yeah!
Yea or see Peter Usitnov in the dining car
I like the fact the door of your cabin has a lock. Here in the U.S., Amtrak don't provide locks on the doors to keep thieves from stealing your property. The lock is on the inside only to keep people from entering while you sleep. But when you leave to get something to eat, your belongings are for the taking.
Before GWR refurbished its Mark 3 Sleeper coaches and provided a hotel-style Key Card entry system, there was a lock on the inside of the door which could be used during sleeping hours. If you left your cabin to go to the Lounge Car for a drink or a snack, you would set the door to "Lock" and the Steward or Stewardess on duty would unlock the door for you when you returned, with one of their special keys.
That blue light reminds me of US trains back in the 50’s, such as the Super Chief and Union Pacific “City of” sleeper rooms, had a blue “night light” which I found very soothing at bedtime as a child on family train trips from Chicago to LA and back. We’d go once a year and that got me hooked for life on rail travel.
Hello There, this is a truly fantastic video which has been well polished/produced throughout, in particular I love the panoramic views, great and well detailed tour as well as the decent and informative/helpful descriptions of your experiences, the Sleeper Cabin looks lush, it's a shame this doesn't extend to the seating, I am glad you had a good experience throughout. Keep up the good work! Cheers Peter Mc :)
I haven't had the pleasure of a trip on the refurbished sleeper carriages; very determined to do it now! Glad you had a nice trip :D
Finally 😁 I really wanted to see a video of this train!
Great video as always
Some of the metal work you described as beautiful @ Paddington was done by Gustave Eiffel.
Jeeze no. IK Brunel!
@@Alan_Mac You are thinking of the main (original) train shed, which of course is Brunel. However, some of the 1870s upgrades in particular the work high up at the London end is attributed to Eiffel.
Nice video 👍 - Made me feel all cosy and ready for bed.
Had to play a bit of ‘Nightrain’ by Guns and Roses first though!
That looks absolutly amazing.
Enjoyed a nice and quite journey in sleeper coach through your awesome video.
Sooo quiet and smooth ride, what a soundproof cabin. Hope i can try someday..
The train drivers at the front end of the "Night Riviera" are highly professional and try their very best, through gentle acceleration and braking, to ensure that their sleeping passengers get the smoothest possible ride.
I remember 1973 traveling from London to Scotland on a sleeper cant remember which one,but was great.
rekkof1 me to but the other way, were they bigger cabins or were we slimmer then ???LOL
@@slicedpage smaller i think
0:53 Damn that makes me appreciate London’s rail service much more 😯 we are quite lucky honestly...
Sleeper passengers have free access to the showers in the GWR Lounge at Penzance Station on arrival if they want to
And also on arrival at Truro, and at London Paddington station at the start or the finish of their journey on the "Night Riviera" Sleeper train. But you have to book a "slot" for using the showers at Penzance/Pensans as there are only three cubicles and they can get quite busy!
DaveSuperThomas thanks for that tip.
@@EdWeeks999 - When you board the "Night Riviera" Sleeper at Paddington, let the Attendant know that you require a shower on arrival at Penzance/Pensans and (s)he will radio ahead to let the lounge staff in West Cornwall know! The Sleeper Lounge at Penzance, with its comfy sofas and free refreshments, is open from 08.00 until 09.45
@@DaveSuperThomas thanks. I'll have to do this journey soon. Cally is silly prices now & didn't think much of the food or service on the old coaches.
Good information.
Thank you for the film! When I finally get to the UK I plan to take the night train from Paddington.
Super video. Un des 2 trains de nuit de GB au charme tellement britannique. Un jour, je souhaite me faire le Caledonian Sleeper. Le Night Riviera est aussi très intéressant à faire. Un peu l'équivalent des Trains bleus qui nous emmenaient sur la Cote d'Azur. Merci pour cette video.
Thanks for the video. I am a train lover and used to travel at UK in train.
Having taken the Night Riviera from Penzance to London back in 2016, it's very interesting to see what the changes that have been implemented.
You have convinced me! Definately put in my bucket list!
Great Western Railway has refurbished the cabins on its forty year-old Mark 3 Sleeper carriages to a very high standard. The ride is smooth and quiet. My only gripe is that the Lounge Car just sells drinks and snacks as opposed to offering a full meals service, like the Anglo-Scottish Caledonian Sleeper trains.
Done this twice now and had a great experience both times. Lounge at Pad is great and showers at Penzance are good too. Love the old stock, wish the Highland sleeper had done a refurbished instead of the new Spanish mk 6's as the are lacking in many ways!
It's interesting to compare and contrast the refurbished Mark 3's used by GWR for the "Night Riviera" with the new (and expensive!) Mark 5's used by Serco Group plc for their "Lowlander" and "Highlander" Caledonian Sleeper trains! In my humble opinion the GWR Sleepers win hands down over their CS counterparts.
@@DaveSuperThomas I agree. The new Caledonian Sleeper is inferior.
At Paddington before you travel you have access to the lounge as well included in your ticket. Also the station has showers which are also included in your ticket but are separate from the lounge. In penzance when you arrive you can also use the lounge and the showers are located in the lounge in Penzance. At Paddington the lounge is located next to platform 1 and is why the sleeper always goes from 1. You should’ve checked it out!
It’s good that they include showers at the main stations as after a long day I always need a shower before bed!
I’ve been in the Rivera before, about 2 years ago, for my birthday. And I’m going on the Caledonian sleeper soon!
Please let us know what you think of the new Mark 5 carriages on the Caledonian Sleeper trains!
What did you think? I was not very impressed with Caledonian Sleeper. I had a better night's rest on the Megabus Sleeper!
Great video again! You mentioned that it leaves very late in order to not arrive too early - even then it stops in Exeter for an hour or two!
I took this service home in March 2020 as the pandemic took hold to avoid having ro stay in a risky London hotel ,and it was excellent,much smoother and quieter than rhe old service, heloful steward, very relaxing waiting room with all possible needs met, really good breakfast area and a while lot cheaper than a London hotel too. Would definitely do it again.
What a really good-looking train! That increased my will of traveling in these Mark 3 coaches!
Right :)
I’m late to this vid but as a watch compared to your new vids your English has gotten a lot better
"Just" 70 pounds as well!! Looks great, what a service
Nice video mate! I love your trip reports so much! If you want a better sleeper I’d highly recommend the Calidonian sleeper Which goes from London Euston to: Inverness, Fort William, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Edinburgh. All of which are in Scotland and the route I would highly recommend is the Fort William leg as it is very scenic. Brilliant trip reports keep up the good work and I can’t wait to see more! 👍😀
Wow that bedding looks immaculate
The Cabins on the "Night Riviera" (Or, in Cornish, "Koskador Ruvyer an Nos") are always scrupulously clean and beautifully presented. The Sleeper carriages are, literally, hotels on wheels!
Amazing review! I loved it.
Me, too!
Enjoyed. I love GWR.
Have traveled to London a couple of times on this. Nice
I prefer travelling from London to Cornwall on the GWR "Night Riviera" Sleeper train to travelling from London to Scotland on Serco Group plc's "Caledonian Sleeper".
Good video and I'm pleased that a Frenchman was served well by an English train - after all, we did invent hem but they haven't always done their best ! Those cabins do look wonderful. It's a shame I can't think of a reason to try them out. I love Cornwall very much but my annual "pilgrimages" are done by car from Carmarthenshire and not train from London. As for the MkIII carriages, the older designers took more care to consider passenger convenience and comfort. Personally, my favourites were the MkI corridor/compartment stock. There has never been any improvement in considering passenger convenience and comfort as when they designed those. You can keep air conditioning as far as I'm concerned, give me an opening window and heat under the seat which you can control yourself. Noisy fellow passengers aren't such an irritation when they're in a separate compartment and you can never be jostled by people moving along a corridor when the compartment door is shut. I could go on but you gat the picture.
Once again, a beautiful video account. Paddington station, London, reminds me of that famous story by Agatha Christie, "4:50 from Paddington"
ive been on this sleeper once,i booked it 1 day before and I got the disabled cabin,which was lucky cus my great grandad,my nan and grandad were going on it soon,untold My mum went with them without me knowing
Definately one for my bucket list.
Another great video. I laughed at the blind. Sleeper passengers can use the First Class lounge at Paddington. It only has tea, coffee, soft drinks and maybe fruit, crisps and biscuits if that but it is where Queen Victoria used to wait for her trains.
Plus work stations with 240 Volt 3-Pin power sockets and free, high-speed wireless internet access. And free showers. From 21:00 hours every evening.
Very quiet at sleep time. Nice.
Very good very nice journey... Beautiful train
You mention the narrow gauge in the UK. Difference here is that the track gauge (4 foot 8 1/2 in imperial) is the same as most of Europe but the loading gauge (the maximum dimensions of engines and carriages) is way tighter than on the continent. That's because the UK started the development of trains very early and saved money by making cuttings and tunnels comparatively narrow. By contrast, New Zealand (chez moi) has a narrow track gauge (3 foot 6) but our loading gauge is slightly wider/ higher than in the UK.
Nice train,nice channel. I subscribed!!!
Très chouette vidéo ! Si tu veux tester de nouvelles relations en train de nuit, les ÖBB vont lancer très bientôt un Nightjet entre Bruxelles et Vienne :)
Thanks for sharing. Great trip. Sorry about the wheel flat!
Also most stations outside London close at night. For example you cant get between Glasgow and Edinburgh after 2345, the party train. And thats pretty good for the UK. In Germany the trains really do run all night, almost everywhere, which is amazing.
That's because the track and signals have to be maintained, which is usually done at night to avoid disruption to commuter services.
@@DaveSuperThomas for sure. But they also need maintaining in Germany and Japan and somehow they run trains all night. Not sure how, I suspect they started from a higher baseline.
From memory the last train from London Waterloo to Basingstoke is the 01.05. Back in the 80s used to be 02.00.
Useful for me since I live near Basingstoke station and could drink in London and then walk home. Not so good when I awoke in Winchester Station and had to pay £ 20 to get back to Basingstoke though haha.
Nice to know about the Night Riviera
Nice video! After corona virus come to Finland and go to Kolari in night train. It's very nice trip.
Hello Thibault. Greetings from Penzance..the end of your journey. It rains a lot here. Hope it wasn't too bad for you...
Nice bro would love to ride in Riviera someday. 👍
I enjoyed this video thanks, and will consider this option next time I go to Cornwall as it seems much better than the awful reviews the new daytime GWR trains are getting. I live in Glasgow and am sorry to say I no longer use the Caledonian Kipper as it is incredibly expensive. Occasionally I treat myself to a 1st Class All-line Rover, which is how I end up going to Penzance and back by train. However, the modern rolling stock on more routes makes these trips less of a "treat" now.
Impressive space utilisation.
Essentially, that's very nice.
Very luxurious
Another great trip thibault at 70 quid definitely more than reasonable price considering how expensive normal GWR services are
Super Video
The train is so modern.
Super video
Le train et très moderne
I think the blind is supposed to be pulled all the way down in order to activate the 'pull up'.
Excellent video and report. If only all the rail companies were like this the UK would be a much more civilized and happy nation
I'm not convinced! Have you seen what GWR has done to the Night Riviera's two Seated Coaches? Before refurbishment they contained 48 comfortable, reclining seats in a 2 + I (First Class) layout across the aisle. Because the Seated Coaches are sometimes used as "crowd-busters" on day trains, and are often used by commuters who want an early arrival at stations in Cornwall, GWR has changed the layout to 2+2 across the aisle and packed as many seats as possible into each carriage!
Have you figured out what the blue lights in your videos are heh heh. Love your videos, thumbs up 👍
Beautiful video !!! 🔝👍🏻👍🏻
I am from India.... London railway super.
Oooohhh yeah nice. This is absolutely on my list. Although the distance is a bit short for an overnight service when I'm honest.
You are my train favorite trip reporter ever😍😍
The Night Riviera always departs from Track 1. If you are in a sleeper you have access to the 1st class lounge on Track 1.
Would love to travel on this, cabin looks so cosy.
GWR has refurbished the Sleeper cabins to a very high standard, making as much as possible of what is a very tight space. The beds are comfortable and there's always plenty of (very) hot and cold running water for the wash basin. The new Key Card access system is much better than the bad old days, when you had to lock your cabin door before heading off to the Lounge Car for a drink (or two) and then find a Steward(ess) with a key to let you back in!
We’re on this tomorrow with the kids and hopefully they will enjoy it
@@DaveSuperThomas Dave, you are very knowledgeable. It is a pleasure to read your comments.
@@barbaralcharles - It's very kind of you to say so! Your graceful compliment is much appreciated!
@@littletraveller5428 - Did they enjoy it? Most children (of all ages) get so excited by the prospect of sleeping on a moving train that they end up being unable to sleep at all!
I don’t even care about the sleeper coach and what not. I just love the smooth movements of the gimbal.
0:55 getting howarah station big clock area vibe 😍
Nice and beautiful train dear friend
That’s a great ride and I would love it if we had that here in America where we could really use it
The United States is so large that planes beat trains almost every time for long-distance travel. The Great Western Railway's "Night Riviera" Sleeper train - or, if you prefer the Cornish language version "Koskador Ruvyer an Nos" - exists mainly to provide passengers travelling to the sub-tropical Isles of Scilly with a connection into the ferry from Penzance to St. Mary's. Normal seated day trains take about six hours to cover the 305 miles between London and West Cornwall. In order to provide passengers with a quality sleeping experience I believe that the "Night Riviera" stops for an hour in the middle of the night at Exeter. The railway line through Cornwall is so sinuous that trains can't go very fast through the "Royal Duchy".
Wonderful reporting.
You can have two interconnecting berths if you book by phone. The interconnecting doors lock open so you can have a double suite. Downside of the revamp of these trains is they have no en-suites, so older passengers like me, who are up a few times in the night avoid this sleeper. The slam doors wake you up in the night when the guard gets out to dispatch. The new Caledonian sleepers have en-suites and double beds. A lost opportunity by GWR.
Nice bro,I live train journeys and I am from India
India runs on broad guage, thankful we have more spacious compared to narrow guages.
And thankful we have more thieves also.
+ Rangala Jnanee
I take it that you are thankful also for the mad rush for tickets, thankful for the dirt and filth in trains , thankful for shitty bathrooms in trains, in India.
it's the loading gauge that gives you space, not the track gauge and if you're thinking that Britain runs on narrow gauge then that's wrong, they use standard gauge
@@yevodee4024 oh really? As if u have travelled on Indian train? Come n travel we will sponsor.
@@yevodee4024 I disagree with you. In South India, trains are beautifully maintained, they go through paint job every year and immediate response on dirty compartments. North Indian trains may look just like you described, but please don't judge the whole Indian railways to be filthy.
Nice video. No showers on the train, but otherwise very nice. I have done the trip during the day, and it was terrific.
There are free showers available to "Night Riviera" passengers at Paddington, Penzance or Truro, either before or after their overnight train journey.
Lovely video. Wish you would speak the commentary, so that we could focus completely on the great visuals.
Yes I too agree. Because we do have to pause and read the info sometimes or else, we miss it while watching the video.
@@harshadanafde6986 plus the text goes off too quickly as well
Although I don't think he is British so for people who don't do well with foreign accents they wouldn't be able to understand- however I would appreciate commentary.
No. Not at all. Just pause the video if you can't read fast enough, it's not T.V. I like the no commentary and so do many others who are frequent viewers of this channel. It creates a great atmosphere and not hearing any human voices is heavenly in train videos.
I love your vids, truly inspiring please start selling T shirts with a “Toilets Time” logo on them.. 😂
Yes, it would definitely be an attention getter!
Nice sleepy trip
I travelled on the lunchtime train to Plymouth in June this year, then onwards to Penzance by normal 2nd class train. I treated myself to lunch in the Pullman dining car, complete with a bottle of wine. The costs were about £100 return using my senior rail card and the meal and booze about £85. Daytime trains only go as far as Plymouth. Penzance is a bit of a scruffy place, so doing the return to Plymouth is probably the best decision. Definitely worth giving it a whirl.
Daytime trains only go as far as Plymouth? According to the GWR timetable which I'm looking at as I type these words, there is an hourly, regular-interval, direct train service from London Paddington all the way through to Penzance between 08.04 in the morning (arrives 13.08) and 19.04 in the evening (arrives 00.34 next morning),
The map at the start is confusing, the train actually runs through Exeter and Plymouth not across the moors.
Indeed! Far from crossing the centre of Dartmoor, the Great Western Main Line from London to Penzance actually follows the south Devon coast all the way from Dawlish to Teignmouth!
Never been on the GWR Night Riviera. Would like to try it out and book few days in Cornwall. I also haven’t been on the Class 800 & Class 802. But I have been on the Class 387 to Slough and Reading.
Breakfast was INCLUDED, it wasn’t FREE. It was free everyone on the train would be able to get it as well as people that pop on the train at a stop.
Just booked to take my ten year old son on it in August 👍
Hope we will see these types of coaches in India very soon.
Those locomotives are loud! Just like when I walk through Chicago's grand union station and the genesis or charger locomotives are running. The great hall there is still being used as a waiting area for trains. I've been in it, and its awesome! There should be some new equipment for amtrak's midwest trains arriving soon from siemens in california. Should be pretty cool!
The 57s use EMD645 engines.
I recently travelled on the Caledonian Sleeper. I think GWR does it better. Top bunk seemed to be fixed. Cabin lights could not be turned off. Wheels were noisy. Toilets blocked too easily.
Two different Train Operating Companies, two different Sleeper train products! Unlike Serco Group plc's "Caledonian Sleeper" train, the GWR's "Night Riviera" uses refurbished British Rail Mark 3 carriages and is a Standard Class-only product, where you simply pay a variable supplement depending whether you have single or shared use of a twin-berth cabin. What I like about the Caledonian Sleepers is that you can enjoy a three-course hot meal in the Lounge Car (for around £20) whilst on the "Night Riviera" it's just drinks and snacks - more like a pub on wheels than a restaurant!
Only If amtrak in the US was as good as this. We need to subsidize rail.
True... I'm pretty sure it will be one day
I would like this as well. Only problem is how spread out our beautiful country is. Makes train travel hard to be fit for purpose. Usually cheaper to fly I'd say. I do love train travel though and hopefully we make it faster and a much more appealing option.
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@Gerry S.S in US people are scatter not concentrated at one place like in asian countries and by the u people have boeing to look after ur transportation need.
And if u build ur railway also the rider ship will be less it will be less profitable
Vidéo très intéressante à regarder ! En effet en Angleterre les wagons MK3 sont ^populaires^
Je crois même qu’ils sont utilisés pour les HST…
Mais ils n’ont pas la même configuration bien sur 🙃
Beautiful Journey