I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London last year and it was amazing. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left Inverness and didn't wake up until it was time for breakfast. It's tough enough sitting in an airline seat for 7 or 8 hours, I can't imagine what the train would be like, although you can get up and walk around, unlike an airplane
I can remember when you could get the sleeper from Carlisle to London, with pick ups at Lancaster, Preston Wigan NW, Warrington BQ & Crewe. At Crewe it would meet up with the trains from Manchester & Liverpool and proceed down the Trent Valley Line to Northampton where it would stop for a few hours before proceeding to Euston. It would arrive around 6am & you would have to disembark by 6:30 at the latest. The first time I did it they had old fashioned bench style seating that you could stretch out on & were really well padded. Once they turned out the lights at Crewe you could get to sleep. However, on the second occasion, they had replaced these with a cramped sprinter carriage & left the lights on all night. It was no surprise that this service was discontinued at privatisation. Hopefully the better quality services introduced by Caledonia Sleeper & GWR can be expanded back to the North West
Great vlog, G! Never been on the sleeper, but good to know what it's like! Nice to see the lights dim at night to help with sleep! I'd definitely recommend checking out the Highland Mainline through the day, the views are spectacular and I loved it back in the summer!! As you mentioned Fort William, the West Highland Line is on my to do list for next year! Maybe spring or summer time when the days are longer!
Really interesting Video. I'm booked on the 2345 to Glasgow from Euston in Apr on a seat. Cost 33 quid with a veterans railcard for total contrast I'm flying back from Glasgow with BA to lhr for 37 quid. I'm looking forward to it.
With the Haulage for that journey being a 73 & 66 from Inverness as far as Edinburgh where upon combining with the other 2 portions it's Electric onwards to Euston with a Class 92
Brilliant video G, I dunno if i'd even manage to sleep in a train seat for an entire night lol. Sorry to hear you had a nightmare about the knicker monster as well lol.
Brilliant video G. I’ve not done the Caledonian Sleeper which needs to be on the list. Done the Indian-Pacific in Australia on coach for 4 days. Big journey. Love the vlogs for quite sometime on trains I have done. Here’s to many more.
All credit to you for doing that! Not sure I'd be able to handle the day afterwards - I can't even sleep on a plane, let alone a train! But at that price... maybe it is worth it? It's incredible value!
Great vlog G i haven't done the caledonian sleeper if i try to fall asleep in the seat i can't but if i want to stay awake i usually end up falling asleep
Great vlog it cant be easy sleeping sitting up but then again never got much sleep on sleepers on mainland Europe either. Love the scene at 10:27 it would make a very nice picture with the mist.
I have done the Cally Sleeper six times now I think and the biggest sleep I got on it was five hours; I drifted off to sleep around Kinguissie and woke up again as we were flying through Doncaster
I think the most I have ever managed to sleep on an overnight seated journey is about 2 or 3 hours. If you think it's bad trying to sleep in a Caledonian Sleeper seated coach, there used to be an overnight Manchester to Edinburgh service in the 1990s formed of a class 158 unit
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow to London and back a whole 20 years ago (eek!). It was the old train and the seats were broken, the bar/restaurant was closed and we had very little food with us...and I started coming down with the flu about the same time we left Glasgow. There was no amenity kit provided, and they also kept the light on in the coach the whole time... I was so ill that by the time I got to London I could barely even walk. My only souvenirs from that day were some beechams and a bottle of Pepto Bismol...I can't even remember the journey home 😂 After that I always chose the bus to London and honestly found the bus comfier, even if it was more cramped. I've still not had a chance to try the new sleeper but it looks miles better!
Great video, always wondered what the modern sleeper trains were like, my only experience being late seventies Bristol to Penzance which was horrendous!!, thanks.
Rode in the seated coach back in the days of MK2/3s from London to Carlisle after a mammoth journey back from Europe via Harwich. Lived in The Lakes so best way to do it was up to Carlisle and down. I got a reasonable bit of kip but I can't imagine the MK5s are much better.
I done 2 Caledonian Sleeper Journeys in those seats and it is brutal! Think sleep wise for me 2 or 3 hours on and off but a great vlog G and like the mixture of voice over and to camera as well.
Quality filming and photography on this video G - thank you! I went up to Tyndrum on the sleeper from London in the summer, and I think you beat me on sleep. (Even though I had a classic cabin). :o)
I've been to Inverness but not done the Cally Sleeper. Always enjoy your videos, full of ideas for my bucket list. Think you had a bargain price for that ticket. Looking forward to seeing what VLog you created from Crewe!
amazing stuff the Sleeper train looks amazing & wouldnt mind trying it out one day & i said to myself & a few of my work friends after i went to Scotland earlier this year that if i was to go further North of Scotland id prob do it on the sleeper train as i live down South & the journey to Scotland was quite long when i did it earlier this year & it would be even longer if i travel to somewhere like Aberdeen or Inveerness during the day but anyway brilliant vlog as always
THE KNICKER MONSTER'S BACK FOR REVENGE!!!! Now personally I'll save up for a room but I am use to sleeping on coaches. So Either way is fine for me. But I too hate snoring!!!! Also I love that song
My first thought seeing the video title was 'no' - so well done for getting a couple of hours! It'd be good if they had reclining seats in these overnight services like on US trains :)
Thanks for the video G,definitely will do this sitting up,because I get too excited 😊 when I do these journeys, love the stops and see the locomotives on the way.This side of the UK I did the Aberdeen to London night rider in the 80s!!🙂🚆🚆🚆🚆🇬🇧💚
Sooner you than me G. I use the sleeper 3-4 times a year from London to Inverness and used to go back on the Highland Chieftain. However, since the end of the HST I now fly back as the new trains are (IMO) hideously uncomfortable.
Many's a time I've walked those platforms at Inverness to get the Aberdeen train after a day in the city. The sleeper is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad it has survived down the years to still be running today, but I'm not sure I could've got some kip in that seat - I find I'm unable to sleep sitting up in a moving vehicle. Coach trips with my father usually resulted in me being extremely jealous of the fact that he was out like a light a few minutes after departure!
I go to sleep every day on the 16:30 from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow QS but I can never get to sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper! I use the Sleeper a couple of times a year on a seat and love it even though I rarely get more than a couple of hours sleep…..
I hope to go on this adventure next year,don't think i would sleep either but i am a light sleeper. excellent video and your friendly commentary! Thank you Ms. G👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You're brave to sample this experience, G, as unlike the downgraded Mk III First Class seating coaches these coaches replaced, I don't get the impression that any effort has been made to provide seats that are particularly suited for falling asleep in. Really, they need more padding and greater recline to facilitate this. In fact, I think I'd go as far as suggest that for the taller, bigger folks among us, they're not even particularly suited for sitting in, as they're far too close together for one thing. There was a time I might have considered a seat on the sleeper, but not any more as these seats are positively uncomfortable - and if you don't meet the standard dimensions or sit in the precise position its designed for, you're completely stuffed...! It's such a pity the pod-type accommodation originally planned for these trains wasn't proceeded with, as I suspect it may have made all the difference.
Would love to know what class 66 and 73 you had out of Inverness. Great video. I recently travelled from Euston-Stirling. I was still awake at Carlisle but nodded off and woke up in Edinburgh 😂 After that,I was too excited for sleep especially with the class 73 and 66 added to the front of my train.
Done this journey for my YT many times. Depending where you sit it can be "bearable" sometimes it can be cramped. But I am 6ft 3 🤣 although for the price to travel it's really not bad
Going straight through Wigan station ? Surprised you didn't pull the communication cord in advance. Oh forgot, no longer a thing 🙂 Was once on a train where someone pulled it because he'd missed his stop & wanted to get off. Days of "slam-door" coaches. Surprised you could sleep through all the stop-start stuff going through Scotland. I guess there were the odd period of an hour or so, but just having at the back of your mind that you're going to be woken again in just 45-60 minutes is a killer for me & I just lie awake worrying how many minutes to the next stop. A lot depends just how drop-dead tired you are I guess
Changing seat at Edinburgh at 3am is a pain and the seats are sooo uncomfortable - did the journey in Oct this year and I had 1A as well for some of the journey, it depends where you travel from - I came from Ft William via Glasgow and then Edinburgh - I think I got about an hours sleep after Edinburgh
Ive never traveled on that service before and dont think id be able to sleep unless it was very Quiet, but was good video - is there not a ontrain lounge for you to access to have food ?
I'm guessing they don't offer a wake up service, like they know what station you are getting off and they go wakey wakey it's your station 😅 Atleast you got to try something 😊 Do you get to keep the fave mask or do you give it back?
I'm hopping to try Caledonian Sleeper either in a chair or in a bed in 2025 just to get my experiences of what it's like to be on a train overnight, I hear complaints and how awful them chairs are at night from other passengers.
Funny you should mention S Club 7 guess what track came on randomly on Spotify as I was parking my car today after a day filming in Glasgow yes Reach by S Club 7
Those seats aren't ideal for sleeping plus with the Inverness one you have people getting on to Falkirk so you can't hope to fall asleep until after the joining up point of Edinburgh when they shunt the Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William together and put the electric locomotive on it .
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Inverness to London last year and it was amazing. I fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left Inverness and didn't wake up until it was time for breakfast. It's tough enough sitting in an airline seat for 7 or 8 hours, I can't imagine what the train would be like, although you can get up and walk around, unlike an airplane
If you freeze frame that image at 10:26 you could make a poster. Honestly. What a shot.
What can I say other than fantastic as ever. Thank You.
I can remember when you could get the sleeper from Carlisle to London, with pick ups at Lancaster, Preston Wigan NW, Warrington BQ & Crewe. At Crewe it would meet up with the trains from Manchester & Liverpool and proceed down the Trent Valley Line to Northampton where it would stop for a few hours before proceeding to Euston. It would arrive around 6am & you would have to disembark by 6:30 at the latest. The first time I did it they had old fashioned bench style seating that you could stretch out on & were really well padded. Once they turned out the lights at Crewe you could get to sleep. However, on the second occasion, they had replaced these with a cramped sprinter carriage & left the lights on all night. It was no surprise that this service was discontinued at privatisation. Hopefully the better quality services introduced by Caledonia Sleeper & GWR can be expanded back to the North West
Used to use the Liverpool one after midweek footy games, and lived in Northampton until I moved back to Liverpool
Great vlog, G! Never been on the sleeper, but good to know what it's like! Nice to see the lights dim at night to help with sleep!
I'd definitely recommend checking out the Highland Mainline through the day, the views are spectacular and I loved it back in the summer!!
As you mentioned Fort William, the West Highland Line is on my to do list for next year! Maybe spring or summer time when the days are longer!
Think a trip to Fort William is on my list as well haha, but yes it's just so scenic up in Scotland!
Really interesting Video. I'm booked on the 2345 to Glasgow from Euston in Apr on a seat. Cost 33 quid with a veterans railcard for total contrast I'm flying back from Glasgow with BA to lhr for 37 quid. I'm looking forward to it.
Great video as usual G! Still no number two at Crewe! 🤣
Haha nah didn't even need a morning one lol! 🤣
With the Haulage for that journey being a 73 & 66 from Inverness as far as Edinburgh where upon combining with the other 2 portions it's Electric onwards to Euston with a Class 92
LOVE the dream sequence at 8:05 "Irn Brobies"
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 🖖.
Honestly, these Train Operators should be paying you! If you're not out and about before, have a Happy Christmas. Keep safe and Keep warm, G. Cheers!
Brilliant video G, I dunno if i'd even manage to sleep in a train seat for an entire night lol. Sorry to hear you had a nightmare about the knicker monster as well lol.
Haha cheers Reuben 😄
Brilliant video G. I’ve not done the Caledonian Sleeper which needs to be on the list. Done the Indian-Pacific in Australia on coach for 4 days. Big journey. Love the vlogs for quite sometime on trains I have done. Here’s to many more.
Someone who sees a Caledonian sleeper ride as the best thing ever is a fellow traveller for me. You are a true train traveller.
great vid as ever g
Have you ever done a video showing all the souvenirs you have??😂 another great video! Love how the lights dimmed in the carriage during the journey
I've not done a video on that haha 😂
Entertaining as always G . Stay safe.
All credit to you for doing that! Not sure I'd be able to handle the day afterwards - I can't even sleep on a plane, let alone a train!
But at that price... maybe it is worth it? It's incredible value!
Haha yeah I fell asleep when I went to make the next vlog 🤣
Great vlog G i haven't done the caledonian sleeper if i try to fall asleep in the seat i can't but if i want to stay awake i usually end up falling asleep
Haha maybe ill try that next time 🤣
@@GLovesTrains usually works 😄
Great vlog it cant be easy sleeping sitting up but then again never got much sleep on sleepers on mainland Europe either. Love the scene at 10:27 it would make a very nice picture with the mist.
I have done the Cally Sleeper six times now I think and the biggest sleep I got on it was five hours; I drifted off to sleep around Kinguissie and woke up again as we were flying through Doncaster
5 hours thats a lot!!
Fantastic blog G lovely ride thats one relaxing journey thanks for sharing with us 🤗
I think the most I have ever managed to sleep on an overnight seated journey is about 2 or 3 hours.
If you think it's bad trying to sleep in a Caledonian Sleeper seated coach, there used to be an overnight Manchester to Edinburgh service in the 1990s formed of a class 158 unit
Haha that would be an interesting experience 🤣
Thanks for the video G, really interesting. What a bargain price too!
Lovely video, nicely presented G.
I did the Caledonian Sleeper from Glasgow to London and back a whole 20 years ago (eek!). It was the old train and the seats were broken, the bar/restaurant was closed and we had very little food with us...and I started coming down with the flu about the same time we left Glasgow. There was no amenity kit provided, and they also kept the light on in the coach the whole time... I was so ill that by the time I got to London I could barely even walk. My only souvenirs from that day were some beechams and a bottle of Pepto Bismol...I can't even remember the journey home 😂 After that I always chose the bus to London and honestly found the bus comfier, even if it was more cramped. I've still not had a chance to try the new sleeper but it looks miles better!
Another great vlog keep it up G😄😄❤❤🌈🌈🌈
Great video, always wondered what the modern sleeper trains were like, my only experience being late seventies Bristol to Penzance which was horrendous!!, thanks.
Keep up the good work
Rode in the seated coach back in the days of MK2/3s from London to Carlisle after a mammoth journey back from Europe via Harwich. Lived in The Lakes so best way to do it was up to Carlisle and down.
I got a reasonable bit of kip but I can't imagine the MK5s are much better.
the caledonian seater
Another great video G - I’ve never used a seat on the Caledonian sleeper however have done on the Night Riviera sleeper - never again 😬
I done 2 Caledonian Sleeper Journeys in those seats and it is brutal! Think sleep wise for me 2 or 3 hours on and off but a great vlog G and like the mixture of voice over and to camera as well.
Wow 3 hours is a good amount! Thanks Cy 😀
@GLovesTrains so you stunk out the seating carriage so everyone else had to stink it.
That's foul and not nice
@GLovesTrains I can't stand people that make others suffer theier smells.
It's not nice, considerate and is highly entitled
Quality filming and photography on this video G - thank you! I went up to Tyndrum on the sleeper from London in the summer, and I think you beat me on sleep. (Even though I had a classic cabin). :o)
I've been to Inverness but not done the Cally Sleeper. Always enjoy your videos, full of ideas for my bucket list. Think you had a bargain price for that ticket. Looking forward to seeing what VLog you created from Crewe!
amazing stuff the Sleeper train looks amazing & wouldnt mind trying it out one day & i said to myself & a few of my work friends after i went to Scotland earlier this year that if i was to go further North of Scotland id prob do it on the sleeper train as i live down South & the journey to Scotland was quite long when i did it earlier this year & it would be even longer if i travel to somewhere like Aberdeen or Inveerness during the day but anyway brilliant vlog as always
Brilliant video
Great watch thanks 👍
Great Video G I Enjoyed it Great Place Scotland😊
THE KNICKER MONSTER'S BACK FOR REVENGE!!!!
Now personally I'll save up for a room but I am use to sleeping on coaches. So Either way is fine for me. But I too hate snoring!!!!
Also I love that song
Haha! REACH!! 😍
You've inspired me!
My first thought seeing the video title was 'no' - so well done for getting a couple of hours! It'd be good if they had reclining seats in these overnight services like on US trains :)
I was hoping you would do another video like this G I've always wanted to go on one but I'm to anxious to
Did the Euston to Aberdeen sleeper a few times back in the 90s with varying degrees of success.
Being 6’ 4” in a sleeper bed wasn’t easy.
Seats seem much nicer than the Night Riveria - insanity being next to the door though, too much noise during the night.
Something about the ambience of a foggy Crewe in the middle of the night haha.
Thanks for the video G,definitely will do this sitting up,because I get too excited 😊 when I do these journeys, love the stops and see the locomotives on the way.This side of the UK I did the Aberdeen to London night rider in the 80s!!🙂🚆🚆🚆🚆🇬🇧💚
Sooner you than me G. I use the sleeper 3-4 times a year from London to Inverness and used to go back on the Highland Chieftain. However, since the end of the HST I now fly back as the new trains are (IMO) hideously uncomfortable.
Many's a time I've walked those platforms at Inverness to get the Aberdeen train after a day in the city. The sleeper is a wonderful thing, and I'm glad it has survived down the years to still be running today, but I'm not sure I could've got some kip in that seat - I find I'm unable to sleep sitting up in a moving vehicle. Coach trips with my father usually resulted in me being extremely jealous of the fact that he was out like a light a few minutes after departure!
I go to sleep every day on the 16:30 from Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow QS but I can never get to sleep on the Caledonian Sleeper! I use the Sleeper a couple of times a year on a seat and love it even though I rarely get more than a couple of hours sleep…..
G I like the cover on this one - much simpler and takes me right into the content. Much enjoyed the video! Thanks!!!🤣
Haha glad you like it 😄
@@GLovesTrains I never would have gotten any sleep on that thing!!! You did well!!!🤪
Great vlog as always G and the food looked great & do you like iron brew 1901 and trust the knicker monster to put in an appearance
Great blog as usual,looks a good service,menu seemed a bit pricey
Great vlog love a sleeper train 🚂
Thanks!
Intro walking passed The Kitchen , used to be an amazing place to eat. It and the Mustard Seed great places to eat in "snekie"
I can never understand why the sleeper doesn't go via the West Midlands. After all it is a significant conurbation of many millions of people.
Ig u would head to Crewe and go from there
@@georgedowns4034 Catching it at midnight, or leaving it at -5:00am? No thanks. I now go to Euston to catch it northbound but fly back to Heathrow.
I hope to go on this adventure next year,don't think i would sleep either but i am a light sleeper.
excellent video and your friendly commentary!
Thank you Ms. G👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Hope you get to try it!
You're brave to sample this experience, G, as unlike the downgraded Mk III First Class seating coaches these coaches replaced, I don't get the impression that any effort has been made to provide seats that are particularly suited for falling asleep in. Really, they need more padding and greater recline to facilitate this. In fact, I think I'd go as far as suggest that for the taller, bigger folks among us, they're not even particularly suited for sitting in, as they're far too close together for one thing. There was a time I might have considered a seat on the sleeper, but not any more as these seats are positively uncomfortable - and if you don't meet the standard dimensions or sit in the precise position its designed for, you're completely stuffed...! It's such a pity the pod-type accommodation originally planned for these trains wasn't proceeded with, as I suspect it may have made all the difference.
Hi G, loved the Irn Broobies😂 Get vlog by the way.
Haha thanks 😄
I’ll stick to the overnight NatEx coaches than that 😂 at least the seats on their coaches recline and I can get a bit of kip on them too 💤
Would love to know what class 66 and 73 you had out of Inverness.
Great video.
I recently travelled from Euston-Stirling.
I was still awake at Carlisle but nodded off and woke up in Edinburgh 😂
After that,I was too excited for sleep especially with the class 73 and 66 added to the front of my train.
I assume the seats can recline? I think that would help aid sleeping.
G I think that was a very reasonable price for that journey
Awesome vlog G, I remember seeing your Caledonian Sleeper video, 2 years ago as well. BTW, what time are you coming to the States?
Never done a sleeper train, would love to do this one although it would be far better going from London to Inverness
Good video G get some sleep on the trains
nice video ,i hate snoring as well ,lol😁
Cracking video that food looks yummy 🤤. It a sine you never got much sleep ❤
No one can sleep after Iron Brew? While lovely, not the best nighttime drink
Done this journey for my YT many times. Depending where you sit it can be "bearable" sometimes it can be cramped. But I am 6ft 3 🤣 although for the price to travel it's really not bad
У тебя очень приятная улыбка) улыбайся ещё чаще❤
Just watched this whist having my brek - very good well produced !! Hope you don't mind me saying, but you sound a bit of a Stokie ?
5:33 HA. 😂
Going straight through Wigan station ? Surprised you didn't pull the communication cord in advance. Oh forgot, no longer a thing 🙂 Was once on a train where someone pulled it because he'd missed his stop & wanted to get off. Days of "slam-door" coaches. Surprised you could sleep through all the stop-start stuff going through Scotland. I guess there were the odd period of an hour or so, but just having at the back of your mind that you're going to be woken again in just 45-60 minutes is a killer for me & I just lie awake worrying how many minutes to the next stop. A lot depends just how drop-dead tired you are I guess
Changing seat at Edinburgh at 3am is a pain and the seats are sooo uncomfortable - did the journey in Oct this year and I had 1A as well for some of the journey, it depends where you travel from - I came from Ft William via Glasgow and then Edinburgh - I think I got about an hours sleep after Edinburgh
I always try get Seats 13C and 13B as i get the larger tabe and can prop myself up for sleeping
Ive never traveled on that service before and dont think id be able to sleep unless it was very Quiet, but was good video - is there not a ontrain lounge for you to access to have food ?
Last time I did that it was the current rolling stock, but they were very new and still people walking through checking things were working
Hard to sleep in those seats.
The down side of the sleeper to London is it ends up in Euston - dump of the south...
Nothing wrong with an S Club party, though 5am might be a little awkward 😊
Aint no party like an s club partayy
I'm guessing they don't offer a wake up service, like they know what station you are getting off and they go wakey wakey it's your station 😅
Atleast you got to try something 😊
Do you get to keep the fave mask or do you give it back?
Haha na no wakey wakies 🤣 and yea I kept the mask 😄
@GLovesTrains they should offer that though don't you think 😅
Another thing to the collection 😄
Aye!
Wow your alarm times are the same as mine.
Great Vid About Can You Get Any Sleep In A Caledonian Sleeper Seat GLove
I'm hopping to try Caledonian Sleeper either in a chair or in a bed in 2025 just to get my experiences of what it's like to be on a train overnight, I hear complaints and how awful them chairs are at night from other passengers.
Funny you should mention S Club 7 guess what track came on randomly on Spotify as I was parking my car today after a day filming in Glasgow yes Reach by S Club 7
Haha best song!
Coach H? Should have been G lol!
10 cans of Heineken would help.
Those seats aren't ideal for sleeping plus with the Inverness one you have people getting on to Falkirk so you can't hope to fall asleep until after the joining up point of Edinburgh when they shunt the Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William together and put the electric locomotive on it .
G back - if you think this is fun… your next challenge is to do the overnight trip from Orkney to Aberdeen
Noise and ride quality was better in the old ones. So many bad reviews of the new trains along with the cost makes it not worth the price.
Trains station 🚆
why so many thumbs down?
Can claim Delay/Repay as you were over 15mins late ?
Caledonian Sleeper only pay from 30 minute delays upwards.
I'm sorry you didn't get much sleep 😥
Did you try counting sheep 🐑
Couldn't see out the window 😂
@ you count sheep in your head 🙈
😋
Caledonian Sleeper
I like your videos G but calling it the 'cali' sleeper is a step too far 😡
My most favourite train in the UK,