First class rail travel
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Anyone know the difference between first and standard class rail travel? Do you get free drinks or anything?
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I booked a ticket from London to LIverpool last year and for only £5 extra I could get a first class ticket.
A guy came round with a trolley containing water, orange juice,, tea/coffee and crisps which were free.
Anything else I think you had to go to the Buffet car and pay :mad:
On a lot of trains, first class seats are bigger - they only have 3 seats across each carriage rather than 4.
And evil looks from the standard class passengers all forced to stand.
On larger trains with restaurant cars (rare these days though) you usually also get a free meal. Most companies have now axed the restaurant car though, but they will now serve meals at your seat in First Class usually instead.
Other train services provide you with a newspaper from their lounges and some sort of beverage on the train.
Some train services have larger tables and reclining seats and WiFi.
It all depends on the company and the rolling stock available.
The single largest thing you really pay for with 1st is the right to not sit with all the poor people
The only other constant thing I've noticed is the little white handkerchiefs they put on the head rest.
Personally I would never bother its mostly aimed at business people who can claim it as an expense. That money goes into the coffers and overall it means slightly cheaper prices can be offered in std.
Just another business tax really.
I occasionally use the First Class carriage from Cambridge to London if I need be sure of a seat, table and some quiet to prepare for a meeting. As long as you travel off peak the price difference isn't that bad - but you don't get any freebies at all.
Do you usually pay for for that in standard then ?
No, but he has to do it for himself!!! :-)
Well I suppose even strap hanging in the rush hour leaves one hand free
Correct, as I observed when I 'innocently' (ie whilst pissed) boarded a first class carriage a few years ago on my way home from a night out in Cardiff. Incidentally, no-one came round to check whether or not there were any second-class interlopers.
No, but if you're lucky you'll get some random pervert rubbing himself against your backside while standing in the crowded gangway
On a crowded tube, you can just improvise with the nearest thing available, so no hands needed at all.
So, first class, but without the seat.
bad luck.
On Virgin West Coast London to Glasgow you get Breakfast Lunch or Tea snacks included.
You get access to the Lounge in Euston Station to wait for your train too.
And there are hardly ever any noisy kids!!!
It was also a much more pleasant experience; far higher standard of people in first class.
Yes, sir, please take a seat.
Wilma, our on-board morbidly obese frau, scarred with Rosacea, who is the result of some drunken grope-fest between siblings, will be a long to jerk you off shortly.
These companies will happily see "standard" class passengers crushed into their five coaches, and let just one passenger who paid for a first class ticket occupy their carriage all to themselves?
How is that fair?
I'll generally pay for the upgrade if it means getting more leg room (i'm very tall) and getting free wifi.
Im the same, book my train ticket, to get me to manchester airport from glasgow
£40 all in second class, and on the day of my travel, upgrade to first class