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« on: September 08, 2024, 10:59:35 »

From the Daily Mail

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The buffet car on GWR (Great Western Railway) services is available on journeys lasting longer than 50 minutes from Monday to Friday except for bank holidays and does not operate during 'exceptionally busy periods' at other times of the year.
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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2024, 15:16:33 »

No idea where they got that wording from.   The latter part of the sentence applies to the Pullman.   The opening part has been used in the past to describe the complimentary service of drinks and snacks in first class.
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2024, 15:34:31 »


The third and fourth words from grahame tell you everything!
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2024, 20:16:31 »

I also love the advice about a faulty power socket. Apparently if something isn't working and you ask the person in charge if it can be fixed, they just might be able to fix it.  What would we do without the Daily Mail?
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« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2024, 20:22:32 »

I'd run out of toilet paper, for a start.  Roll Eyes

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« Reply #5 on: September 08, 2024, 20:35:21 »

And the suggestion "that you can pay £37 for an upgrade from Cornwall to LOndon & stay in the restaurant car for the whole trip" may be the subject of a staff memo in the morning Undecided
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« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2024, 20:57:51 »

And the suggestion "that you can pay £37 for an upgrade from Cornwall to LOndon & stay in the restaurant car for the whole trip" may be the subject of a staff memo in the morning Undecided

Considering the Pullman is only available on services to/from Plymouth or Swansea, I suspect somebody 'chancing their arm' in Cornwall may be in for a nasty shock.
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« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2024, 23:29:20 »

And this parallel universe from the Daily Mirror

https://www.mirror.co.uk/travel/beautiful-train-journey-england-seaside-33623882

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The Poppy Line, located between Sheringham and Holt in North Norfolk, has been crowned England's most scenic train journey and is packed with stunning countryside and villages

Nice, but I suspect there are more scenic lines in England.  I have not been to *that* Holt - if anyone has, cam they confirm or deny the story?
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2024, 07:26:18 »

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« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2024, 15:26:26 »

The North Norfolk is nice enough (going there again next month) and an enjoyable experience in an interesting area, but not a patch even on some other heritage lines scenery-wise, never mind any number of National Rail routes.  No definitive source for the claim that I can see, other than referencing a Daily Express online article from last year which mentioned the self-proclaimed "premier heritage railway" of East Anglia, a fairly modest claim I think I'd agree with.  Full marks to the NNR press person for getting the publicity!
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« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2024, 18:20:17 »

Holt is nice enough, and the first part out of Sheringham past the golf course is a bit different, but there are prettier parts of Norfolk, some not far away (the coast around Cley, the Glaven Valley and Blakeney, for example). It's also a shame that the line that ran from Burnham Market to Holkham and Holt was closed after floods in the early 1950s and lifted - that would have made a great scenic heritage railway, especially where it ran through Holkham Marshes.

But the Dartmouth Steam Railway, West Somerset, Swanage and many more in the north need not worry about losing out to the NNR in the scenic railway stakes.
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