Hi Simon and thanks for the comment. Yes originally I was going to go down to London and then on from Paddington, but i was a bit limited by time in the end and you will see in the later videos of this weekend, I was pretty tired by the end of it! I think the Starcross to Dawlish bit, the Tamar crossing and Lostwithiel area were my favourite bits. Btw, Paddington will feature in the next leg (and the bear himself!).
Thanks Yakkun. Yes I definitely recommend it, like I say, make sure you sit on the side of the train overlooking the sea and you can’t go far wrong. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Cheers Yakkun, many thanks for your support. I was supposed to go to Prague last year (on the train from London). Had everything booked and then of course it all went a bit ‘difficult’! Maybe next year though, I hear it’s a beautiful city.
Hi Mark have done this trip several times from Paddington on HST first class like LNER Azuma first class not worth the extra cost coaches to basic. Enjoyed the trip.
Hi Tony, cheers for the comment and yes I tend to agree, based on my experience anyway. Don’t know if it’s improved much and with LNER it very much depends which service you’re on as to what you’ll get in first class food-wise.
Thanks Olly. Yes, my first time down there and I definitely recommend it if you get the chance. It was so good, I went back a couple of weeks later to do some of the branch lines. Those videos will be coming out probably in a couple of months time. Cheers.
Hey Jamie, thanks very much for the kind words, glad you’re enjoying the content! Hopefully I can get a few more subs soon so I can qualify for a community tab on my channel and get people involved with what I’m doing and keep the engagement going. That’s what motivates me most. Cheers mate 👍
This was quite scenic. Your video reminds me that I have so much more of this country to see. I will also mention that at some points in your video, I thought I was looking at say the countryside in a small Italian town. Lovely.
Hiya Debra. Yes you know I think it’s the same for me and I’ve always lived here on this small island. I can’t wait to be taking long-haul trips again but in the meantime there’s plenty of places to visit and make videos of around here. Interesting comment about Italian villages because I think once you cross over the Tamar into Cornwall the whole atmosphere seems to change - almost like time slows down somehow. I love it!
Love the Dawlish Sea Wall line! Stayed in Dawlish Warren in 2020 & 2021 and would do so again this year but the price of the flat has shot up to a ridiculous level! We're going to Exmouth instead! The Marine Tavern in Dawlish is a great place to watch the trains with a pint (Avocet Ale's my favourite!) on the roof patio, overlooking the line!
Full fat Coke Mark? Tut tut.... That lemon cake sounds lovely though. Good music. Great train (my compadre might disagree 😂) and I like the colours too... Another let's make a trip masterpiece 😍🙏🏻
Praise indeed coming from the Lord of European Rail Adventure! I am honoured! Yes I think it’s these or the HSTs down here and I still love the HST’s tbh. Anyway, it was only the one Coke 🤷♂️
Great pictures and good music - what a route! Like you I prefer curtains. The problem with blinds is that they are usually shared between two seats whereas a curtain can be drawn across your section of the window. Curtains need a rail at the bottom to stop them flapping about when the train twists and turns.
Hi Roland, thanks for the comment - esp about the music which is one of the things I enjoy the most about putting these videos together. Yes the blinds thing, I just have a problem with blinds if you watch some of my other videos I normally end up breaking them or getting them stuck somehow 😂🙄curtains are old-fashioned but better imo! Cheers, Mark
Stunning route between Exeter and Newton Abbot and even better walking the footpath between Dawlish Warren ams Teignmouth, watching a steam train excursion charge by. I agree with others, these IET trains are worse rhan their replacement, the iconic HST which was comfortable, quiet and if choosing first class, then worth it, but not now.
Excellent video Mark! Travelling by train is an excellent way of seeing the scenery around the country. This trip is definitely a standout, even between Manchester and Sheffield which I did recently, the scenery on that route was great. I definitely can't wait to take more train journeys soon!
Cheers Connor. Yes I’m looking for some new routes now I think Manchester - Sheffield (maybe further) could be one for me with TPE(?) but also I was planning to do Newcastle - Carlisle which I had to postpone but could be one for the near future. Watch this space!
@@LetsMakeaTrip I travelled with EMR between MAN/SHF & they used an old noisy diesel with no first class (to my knowledge at least). So it's awfully rickety & not the most comfortable but the views help take the pain away haha. Newcastle to Carlisle would be good, I've been through Carlisle a few times for football and a steam train journey, some very nice views up that way!
I certainly did! They were lovely too. If you follow me on a Twitter David, I’ll post-up a picture of them 😊 and I tell you what, Penzance is a really nice place but has lots of fat seagulls. I had to guard those chips with my life!
@@davidbishop8228 Oh dear, yes saw one attack a packet of crisps at Bristol Temple Meads - a Walkers 'grab bag' as well it was and I tell you what, they know what they're doing! Quite clever really.
Hey Tim, I thought you might choose somewhere like Georgemas! I’ve never been but I reckon it would be awesome going up there in the winter. Might be time to take another flight up to Inverness. Do you know if there any scheduled flights to/from Wick anymore?
Yes it feels a bit cut off without a PSO atm but at least it’s got the train. It’s not like it’s Durness or anywhere round there I guess (lovely though it is)!
Cheers Dan! I think toc's are starting to realise they need to up their game again! Actually, I must try their pullman service at some point (probably Swansea - Paddington) - it's supposed to be pretty good?
Re station names, although it hasn’t got a train station, Barkway in Herts should be joined to the network with a station called Barkway Parkway. A missed opportunity I feel.
Hi Steve, yes I went back a couple of weeks later and did some branch lines (inc the Looe Valley). Video of that should be out next month! Cheers, Mark
GWR h@vent provided sandwiches in First for many years, In 2004 I think on a Friday afternoon they gave you a glass of wine but they even charged £2 or £3 for some porridge on a breakfast service in First.
Hi John, fancy charging for porridge 🙄. I tell you what, I find myself harking back to the days of even two years ago when talking about catering (or lack of it) on trains atm. One of my favourite memories was travelling from Holyhead to Chester with Virgin on a very stormy day and I was the only one in First. Nice free glass of wine to go with sandwiches etc on this service. Well, the train got held in Bangor after a tree fell on the line and after an hour, the lovely crew brought out the rest of the (1L) bottle and said I might as well get stuck in! Needless to say, I did and I quickly forgot about the delay!
@@LetsMakeaTrip my favourite First journeys was the 0930 ish Virgin Trains West Coast from Edinburgh Waverley to Euston. Breakfast, toast/cereal pastries, tea/coffee/ juice served on departure and bar and nibbles after Carlisle and each departure station and a snack around Birmingham. The other was the 0900 Kings Cross to Edinburgh. Again full breakfast on departure and bar after each station, Catering and alcohol back on these routes. My FGW experience was a 0735 to Gloucester from Paddington. A unique situation where first class was cheaper than standard but I could have got a near identical porridge for 99p from the McDonalds at Paddington platform 1 where the train left from. 🤷♂️
@@realman6ft6 John, you should try the ‘Gerald of Wales’ from Holyhead to Cardiff (or vice versa). The breakfasts on there were amazing and I believe the same chef is going to be working on the new service. You get the breakfast on the way down to Cardiff and a three course meal on the way back in first class. The food used to be available over the counter to passengers in standard class too and I don’t see why that would change. I’ll do a review on it at some point when I know it’s back up and running the full service. Watch this space!
Agree, some of the best views in the uk from the train and they go on for miles along that part of the line. Estuary or river, not sure where one becomes another tbh? Quite happy to stand corrected either way 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Lol. True ! Hard to tell ,but some people seem to know very well as I do remember when I was a kid ,a few men told me that I loved the sceneries as it was estuaries as it's the most beautiful part of the ocean where rivers met !! I was told the same by American men here after I moved here ,too !! Lol. I kind of guess it ,I guess ! Or just agree with others when they point it out as " estuary " ! Lol. I wish I can point it out right all the time !! Like I KNOW !! Lol. I loved that sceneries in this so much ,so thank you !! 😍I also love the picturesque sceneries of Welsh highland train !!! 😃😍I hope you'll feature that ,too someday !?? I am already looking forward to watch your next vlog !! Thank you so much for your replies !! 👍👍🚈💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
@@spark_6710 I don’t live too far away from Wales so there’s always one or two trips to plan around there. I have been on the WHR a few years back and yes, it’s a beautiful line! Cheers again pal 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip Oh wow !! Very nice !! I am so jealous of you ~!! 😩 I'd love to go there someday soon ! I'm currently planning our trip ( me & mom ) to Wales ( S.Wales &W.Wales, Mid Wales ) and England & possibly Italy & Hungary & a day trip to Austria !!! I originally included North Wales & Scotland & Ireland ...very sadly impossible ( financially ,physically as for our medical issues ) !! So...I am really hoping someday soon ,I could go to travell all over the Wales including North ! I've been to ,but I did not have much time to spend there !! I'd love to go.all over the U.K.then ! Then, Scandinavian countries & Eastern Europe ( Poland ,Germany ,Russia ,etc.). I'd love to travel to Lisbon,Portugal as well ! Lol. My dreams ...! Lol I envy you & Brits as you can go anywhere pretty much in a short haul trip ! Even going to Paris by driving or riding on a bus !! Yes ! If you can do a vlog on Welsh Highland train trip ,that'll be FABULOUS !!! 😍👍👍Lol. Thank you very much for your reply & letting me know of the possibility !! 😀🚈💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Hi Simon, on certain trains the Pullman service is back on which is an additional charge but you’re able to book in advance online if you have a first class ticket. Details on their website, I think it’s £25 / £30 2 or 3 courses. I would be interested to see what it’s like - might try it myself sometime 👍
Hi Alex, thanks for the comment and the info. Yes my first time on the Riviera line - really enjoyed it. You’ve got some great scenery down there. Have a sub from me (one closer to the magic 1k) and I look forward to watching your channel. Cheers, Mark
@@LetsMakeaTrip when the first class host comes around can you ask for something and he will get it or it is it limited? bc I am going first class on Friday from Cardiff central to Swansea.
I think they’re a nice smooth ride and the seats in First were definitely plusher (as you would expect). If you go down there again, have a look at the prices for First as there wasn’t that much difference in cost really. Overall pretty good. Still prefer the HSTs though 😉
@@LetsMakeaTrip I prefer HSTs too and going to penzance just makes a day less because its a full day we are only there for a week so we go around Devon I been on a XC HST from Tiverton to Plymouth and back to Exeter on the Devon rover ticket all over Devon
I compare this with Avanti WC, LNER, TfW (Gerald) and that is about as fair as I can be. I don’t think GWR are as comfortable or offer a comparable food/drink service to the others (not at the time anyway). They do offer the Pullman dining of course but you have to pay significantly more for that.
I can’t believe you think 1st class seating is plush. Compared to the older but much better HST it succeeded it’s basic and rather spartan. The HST seat was a tastefully done leather with soft padding. The 800 series seating is back to cloth with hardly any padding. The HST seat had a decent partly reclined seat with further a recline button giving a decent recline. The 800 seating is much more upright and hurts a lot of people’s backs The HST seat had a socket and USB socket for each seat. The 800 seat looked as if there was just one shared between two seats. You didn’t show any further sockets. The lighting is appaling. No mood at all compared with other companies stock. Other than that, not much else was different. Although many passengers say they do find the underfloor engines louder than the HST which don’t have any underneath. The ride was better as a result. I personally found some bits and pieces were nightly and tartly already. Definitely a retrograde step overall
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Have taken this journey on several occasions usually starting in Paddington but the part you are on is my favourite bit of the whole trip
Hi Simon and thanks for the comment. Yes originally I was going to go down to London and then on from Paddington, but i was a bit limited by time in the end and you will see in the later videos of this weekend, I was pretty tired by the end of it! I think the Starcross to Dawlish bit, the Tamar crossing and Lostwithiel area were my favourite bits. Btw, Paddington will feature in the next leg (and the bear himself!).
Well done Steve marsh another great video
Wow! What a scenic trip. Loved it! Would love to take this route one day.
Thanks Yakkun. Yes I definitely recommend it, like I say, make sure you sit on the side of the train overlooking the sea and you can’t go far wrong. Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip Thanks a lot for the advice. Keep up the great work. Love your videos. Cheers from Prague.
Cheers Yakkun, many thanks for your support. I was supposed to go to Prague last year (on the train from London). Had everything booked and then of course it all went a bit ‘difficult’! Maybe next year though, I hear it’s a beautiful city.
Hi Mark have done this trip several times from Paddington on HST first class like LNER Azuma first class not worth the extra cost coaches to basic.
Enjoyed the trip.
Hi Tony, cheers for the comment and yes I tend to agree, based on my experience anyway. Don’t know if it’s improved much and with LNER it very much depends which service you’re on as to what you’ll get in first class food-wise.
Certainly a very scenic Journey! You should incorporate a trip over to the Scilla Isles in the future.
Yeh, actually I did look at the price of a flight and it’s not cheap! Might be good fun to do the Scillonian in the winter!
Rlly good analysis and footage!
Cheers mate, thanks for watching 😊👍
Been on my to do list for ages. Lovely line and video
Thanks Olly. Yes, my first time down there and I definitely recommend it if you get the chance. It was so good, I went back a couple of weeks later to do some of the branch lines. Those videos will be coming out probably in a couple of months time. Cheers.
I really enjoy your videos. They are very well done. I don’t doubt you will get many more subscribers. Cheers!
Hey Jamie, thanks very much for the kind words, glad you’re enjoying the content! Hopefully I can get a few more subs soon so I can qualify for a community tab on my channel and get people involved with what I’m doing and keep the engagement going. That’s what motivates me most. Cheers mate 👍
I agree 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
A new video of yours always makes my day ! Thanks !
That’s such a nice comment, thank you 😊
This was quite scenic. Your video reminds me that I have so much more of this country to see. I will also mention that at some points in your video, I thought I was looking at say the countryside in a small Italian town. Lovely.
Hiya Debra. Yes you know I think it’s the same for me and I’ve always lived here on this small island. I can’t wait to be taking long-haul trips again but in the meantime there’s plenty of places to visit and make videos of around here. Interesting comment about Italian villages because I think once you cross over the Tamar into Cornwall the whole atmosphere seems to change - almost like time slows down somehow. I love it!
Love the Dawlish Sea Wall line! Stayed in Dawlish Warren in 2020 & 2021 and would do so again this year but the price of the flat has shot up to a ridiculous level! We're going to Exmouth instead!
The Marine Tavern in Dawlish is a great place to watch the trains with a pint (Avocet Ale's my favourite!) on the roof patio, overlooking the line!
I been thinking of a a wee trip myself down there myself.
Full fat Coke Mark? Tut tut.... That lemon cake sounds lovely though. Good music. Great train (my compadre might disagree 😂) and I like the colours too... Another let's make a trip masterpiece 😍🙏🏻
Praise indeed coming from the Lord of European Rail Adventure! I am honoured! Yes I think it’s these or the HSTs down here and I still love the HST’s tbh. Anyway, it was only the one Coke 🤷♂️
Great pictures and good music - what a route! Like you I prefer curtains. The problem with blinds is that they are usually shared between two seats whereas a curtain can be drawn across your section of the window. Curtains need a rail at the bottom to stop them flapping about when the train twists and turns.
Hi Roland, thanks for the comment - esp about the music which is one of the things I enjoy the most about putting these videos together. Yes the blinds thing, I just have a problem with blinds if you watch some of my other videos I normally end up breaking them or getting them stuck somehow 😂🙄curtains are old-fashioned but better imo! Cheers, Mark
Stunning route between Exeter and Newton Abbot and even better walking the footpath between Dawlish Warren ams Teignmouth, watching a steam train excursion charge by.
I agree with others, these IET trains are worse rhan their replacement, the iconic HST which was comfortable, quiet and if choosing first class, then worth it, but not now.
Excellent video Mark! Travelling by train is an excellent way of seeing the scenery around the country. This trip is definitely a standout, even between Manchester and Sheffield which I did recently, the scenery on that route was great. I definitely can't wait to take more train journeys soon!
Cheers Connor. Yes I’m looking for some new routes now I think Manchester - Sheffield (maybe further) could be one for me with TPE(?) but also I was planning to do Newcastle - Carlisle which I had to postpone but could be one for the near future. Watch this space!
@@LetsMakeaTrip I travelled with EMR between MAN/SHF & they used an old noisy diesel with no first class (to my knowledge at least). So it's awfully rickety & not the most comfortable but the views help take the pain away haha. Newcastle to Carlisle would be good, I've been through Carlisle a few times for football and a steam train journey, some very nice views up that way!
@@thehonestflyer last time I looked, it was only about £4 o/w Newcastle - Carlisle. Seemed very cheap to me that 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip That's excellent value, might even look into that myself!
Good video yet again. Some Fantastic views. I hope you got your Fish and Chips overlooking the sea in Penzance. Roll on part three on the sleeper.
I certainly did! They were lovely too. If you follow me on a Twitter David, I’ll post-up a picture of them 😊 and I tell you what, Penzance is a really nice place but has lots of fat seagulls. I had to guard those chips with my life!
You have to watch the seagulls they eat my ice cream in St. Ives two years ago. Sorry Mark iam not on twitter ill have to get on it.
@@davidbishop8228 Oh dear, yes saw one attack a packet of crisps at Bristol Temple Meads - a Walkers 'grab bag' as well it was and I tell you what, they know what they're doing! Quite clever really.
Excellent footage ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks Derisley, appreciate the comment 👍
Great stuff! Stunning views. I reckon my favourite station name is Georgemas Junction. Starcross is pretty good too.
Hey Tim, I thought you might choose somewhere like Georgemas! I’ve never been but I reckon it would be awesome going up there in the winter. Might be time to take another flight up to Inverness. Do you know if there any scheduled flights to/from Wick anymore?
@@LetsMakeaTrip sadly at this time there are no flights from Wick. However, there are efforts to get a PSO in place so we shall see.
Yes it feels a bit cut off without a PSO atm but at least it’s got the train. It’s not like it’s Durness or anywhere round there I guess (lovely though it is)!
Just gotta say they’ve returned sandwiches now! On that route. Great video man
Cheers Dan! I think toc's are starting to realise they need to up their game again! Actually, I must try their pullman service at some point (probably Swansea - Paddington) - it's supposed to be pretty good?
So far, (I am an American who next year is studying in the UK) I think Durham station is really pretty!
The whole of Durham is nice imho. Enjoy your studies.
Re station names, although it hasn’t got a train station, Barkway in Herts should be joined to the network with a station called Barkway Parkway. A missed opportunity I feel.
Lol, yep that would have been an excellent name 😂
Cornwall is so beautiful
I’ve got a few videos from Cornwall coming up Em, starting from today. And the weather for all of them was amazing!
@@LetsMakeaTrip Great! That is in stark contrast to the week-long deluge that soaked my last visit
@@CreativeEm yeh, makes a massive difference for me the weather. But it’s just so unpredictable over here most of the time.
You should definitely take a trip on the Looe Valley branch line
Hi Steve, yes I went back a couple of weeks later and did some branch lines (inc the Looe Valley). Video of that should be out next month! Cheers, Mark
GWR h@vent provided sandwiches in First for many years, In 2004 I think on a Friday afternoon they gave you a glass of wine but they even charged £2 or £3 for some porridge on a breakfast service in First.
Hi John, fancy charging for porridge 🙄. I tell you what, I find myself harking back to the days of even two years ago when talking about catering (or lack of it) on trains atm. One of my favourite memories was travelling from Holyhead to Chester with Virgin on a very stormy day and I was the only one in First. Nice free glass of wine to go with sandwiches etc on this service. Well, the train got held in Bangor after a tree fell on the line and after an hour, the lovely crew brought out the rest of the (1L) bottle and said I might as well get stuck in! Needless to say, I did and I quickly forgot about the delay!
@@LetsMakeaTrip my favourite First journeys was the 0930 ish Virgin Trains West Coast from Edinburgh Waverley to Euston. Breakfast, toast/cereal pastries, tea/coffee/ juice served on departure and bar and nibbles after Carlisle and each departure station and a snack around Birmingham. The other was the 0900 Kings Cross to Edinburgh. Again full breakfast on departure and bar after each station, Catering and alcohol back on these routes. My FGW experience was a 0735 to Gloucester from Paddington. A unique situation where first class was cheaper than standard but I could have got a near identical porridge for 99p from the McDonalds at Paddington platform 1 where the train left from. 🤷♂️
@@realman6ft6 John, you should try the ‘Gerald of Wales’ from Holyhead to Cardiff (or vice versa). The breakfasts on there were amazing and I believe the same chef is going to be working on the new service. You get the breakfast on the way down to Cardiff and a three course meal on the way back in first class. The food used to be available over the counter to passengers in standard class too and I don’t see why that would change. I’ll do a review on it at some point when I know it’s back up and running the full service. Watch this space!
The views are amazing !! I love estuary !!! You said river ? X ..? On the way to Starcross. Very beautiful 😍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
Agree, some of the best views in the uk from the train and they go on for miles along that part of the line. Estuary or river, not sure where one becomes another tbh? Quite happy to stand corrected either way 👍
@@LetsMakeaTrip Lol. True ! Hard to tell ,but some people seem to know very well as I do remember when I was a kid ,a few men told me that I loved the sceneries as it was estuaries as it's the most beautiful part of the ocean where rivers met !! I was told the same by American men here after I moved here ,too !! Lol. I kind of guess it ,I guess ! Or just agree with others when they point it out as " estuary " ! Lol. I wish I can point it out right all the time !! Like I KNOW !! Lol. I loved that sceneries in this so much ,so thank you !! 😍I also love the picturesque sceneries of Welsh highland train !!! 😃😍I hope you'll feature that ,too someday !?? I am already looking forward to watch your next vlog !! Thank you so much for your replies !! 👍👍🚈💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
@@spark_6710 I don’t live too far away from Wales so there’s always one or two trips to plan around there. I have been on the WHR a few years back and yes, it’s a beautiful line! Cheers again pal 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip Oh wow !! Very nice !! I am so jealous of you ~!! 😩 I'd love to go there someday soon ! I'm currently planning our trip ( me & mom ) to Wales ( S.Wales &W.Wales, Mid Wales ) and England & possibly Italy & Hungary & a day trip to Austria !!! I originally included North Wales & Scotland & Ireland ...very sadly impossible ( financially ,physically as for our medical issues ) !! So...I am really hoping someday soon ,I could go to travell all over the Wales including North ! I've been to ,but I did not have much time to spend there !! I'd love to go.all over the U.K.then ! Then, Scandinavian countries & Eastern Europe ( Poland ,Germany ,Russia ,etc.). I'd love to travel to Lisbon,Portugal as well ! Lol. My dreams ...! Lol I envy you & Brits as you can go anywhere pretty much in a short haul trip ! Even going to Paris by driving or riding on a bus !! Yes ! If you can do a vlog on Welsh Highland train trip ,that'll be FABULOUS !!! 😍👍👍Lol. Thank you very much for your reply & letting me know of the possibility !! 😀🚈💜🥁🐉🎤🎶💞
@@spark_6710 when are you heading over here Spark?
What a stunning stretch of railway. Is it possible to get a full meal in GWR First Class?
Hi Simon, on certain trains the Pullman service is back on which is an additional charge but you’re able to book in advance online if you have a first class ticket. Details on their website, I think it’s £25 / £30 2 or 3 courses. I would be interested to see what it’s like - might try it myself sometime 👍
Before covid did they give you a hot meal included with your ticket?
Good video I live in Exeter and do most of my train videos there, starcross dawlish Warren and dawlish teignmouth is the riviera line
Hi Alex, thanks for the comment and the info. Yes my first time on the Riviera line - really enjoyed it. You’ve got some great scenery down there. Have a sub from me (one closer to the magic 1k) and I look forward to watching your channel. Cheers, Mark
My favourite station is dawish
I can see why, it’s beautiful down there. Next time I’m down that way I think I’ll try and get off at Dawlish and have a look around. Cheers.
@@LetsMakeaTrip Try to go to Newton Abbott
You can't rely on the trolleys for sandwiches. I had to get off at Plymouth to eat.
Yes it seemed a bit sparse when I was on it. I’d like to think it may have improved but not so sure tbh!
@@LetsMakeaTrip LNER is better.
@@Listenerandlearner870 if you get the right train!
@@LetsMakeaTrip last time the train was short formed and everyone was crammed together but coming back from Leeds was fine.
Is the first class seats a bit better than standard class? (excluding the cushion
I’ve heard the standard seats are a bit hard so yes there is more comfort in first but the overall offering isn’t that great tbh.
@@LetsMakeaTrip when the first class host comes around can you ask for something and he will get it or it is it limited? bc I am going first class on Friday from Cardiff central to Swansea.
@@superiet629 You can ask but in my experience, they only have biscuits, snacks, maybe a cake and some non-alcoholic drinks on their cart.
i like IETS i dont think there hard seats lovely views tho i have been to penzance from dawlish and back we just had chips then went back in the HST
I think they’re a nice smooth ride and the seats in First were definitely plusher (as you would expect). If you go down there again, have a look at the prices for First as there wasn’t that much difference in cost really. Overall pretty good. Still prefer the HSTs though 😉
@@LetsMakeaTrip I prefer HSTs too and going to penzance just makes a day less because its a full day we are only there for a week so we go around Devon I been on a XC HST from Tiverton to Plymouth and back to Exeter on the Devon rover ticket all over Devon
My favourite station name is Earley because every time I stop there the service I am on is running behind schedule. Ironic isn't it
Haha, brilliant. The most optimistic station name in the U.K!
To be fair, you didn't pay much for a First class ticket, and on a very new comfortable train.
I compare this with Avanti WC, LNER, TfW (Gerald) and that is about as fair as I can be. I don’t think GWR are as comfortable or offer a comparable food/drink service to the others (not at the time anyway). They do offer the Pullman dining of course but you have to pay significantly more for that.
I can’t believe you think 1st class seating is plush. Compared to the older but much better HST it succeeded it’s basic and rather spartan. The HST seat was a tastefully done leather with soft padding. The 800 series seating is back to cloth with hardly any padding. The HST seat had a decent partly reclined seat with further a recline button giving a decent recline. The 800 seating is much more upright and hurts a lot of people’s backs
The HST seat had a socket and USB socket for each seat. The 800 seat looked as if there was just one shared between two seats. You didn’t show any further sockets. The lighting is appaling. No mood at all compared with other companies stock. Other than that, not much else was different. Although many passengers say they do find the underfloor engines louder than the HST which don’t have any underneath. The ride was better as a result. I personally found some bits and pieces were nightly and tartly already. Definitely a retrograde step overall
Thanks for leaving your opinions Andrew.