Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

Mookiemoo

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Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« on: February 06, 2008, 15:28:02 »

Just looked at national rail at the feasibility of doing WOS^» to BAsingstoke tomorrow - All the WOS to RDG^‡ trains show FGW^▸ services but instead of saying buffet service available it says restaurant for first class passengers......

Maybe I've slept too much on these trains and missed something but......


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Ptolemy

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Re: Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2008, 15:42:40 »

Oh dear, what have you done to deserve being sent to Basingstoke, Mookiemoo? Grin

I do the Reading - Basingstoke leg of that run on a fairly regular basis and as mentioned elsewhere, am fortunate enough to travel First Class thanks to my employer. I've yet to see a buffet car on that service let alone a restaurant.

And don't get me onto the subject of the delightfully old fashioned tea shop and newsagent (run by a train enthusiast, judging by all the memorabilia and photographs in the window) which was located on the Reading platform at Basingstoke until a few months ago - it got swept away by "improvements" which saw instead an anodyne, characterless and expensive cafe bar installed in its place. Grrr!


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swlines

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Re: Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2008, 17:22:28 »

Travel on XC^▸ and you get a "retail services manager" or whatever they're called this week in the buffet! Wink


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devon_metro

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Re: Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« Reply #3 on: February 06, 2008, 17:42:24 »

They were once called 'blokes'


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Btline

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Re: Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2008, 16:18:54 »

Quote from: devon_metro on February 06, 2008, 17:42:24

They were once called 'blokes'

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devon_metro

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Re: Restaurant for first class passengers.......??????????????

« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2008, 17:02:30 »

Not officially I might add!

"I'm the bloke in the shop"


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