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« Reply #1905 on: Yesterday at 08:37:04 »
Frequent flyer website Head For Points which sometimes covers other modes of transport has today posted a review of a journey on the Night Riviera:

https://www.headforpoints.com/2025/04/12/review-gwr-night-riviera-sleeper-from-paddington-to-devon-cornwall/
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« Reply #1906 on: Yesterday at 10:13:17 »
It's useful to read reviews from people who for the most part would not be reviewing rail services. They've also tackled the Caledonian Sleeper: https://www.headforpoints.com/2024/01/29/review-caledonan-sleeper-train-club-room/

I've travelled on neither since they've been renewed, but at least from the photos, in terms of restful ambience and design quality, GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) wins this hands down.

(The Caledonian sleeper, travelling in 2015 and 2018, treated us to an unpowered lounge car on a winter run to Fort William, and then in 2018 to Inverness, the cabin blind was permanently jammed shut. The previous trip was some time earlier on the Anglo-Scottish West Country sleeper - both directions - and that was just fine... must have slept well as we left Waverley and climbed Arthurs Seat then came down for breakfast...)

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« Reply #1907 on: Yesterday at 12:22:02 »
....and GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) are far cheaper - even given the additional distance the Cally sleeper gives you. GWR simply charge you a berth fee on top of your travel ticket
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« Reply #1908 on: Yesterday at 18:40:32 »
Caley Sleeper also have berth only fees if a valid travel ticket is already held. But, yes, they are more expensive than GWR▸ (Great Western Railway)'s.
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« Reply #1909 on: Yesterday at 21:12:50 »
CS marketed the new trains as an 'Experience', GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) continued to market theirs as travel. Now thinking of the winter conversation in a cafe in West Cornwall, young person of limited means booking a Sunday night seat on a short horizon and then managed to land a cabin, which was going to help considerably with the Monday morning arrival at work.

The review makes things sound as though the sleeper is habitually run with a provision that leaves it capacity-constrained.

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