Entertainment class

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[matt473]

http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=4483

Maybe the trial Volo carriage a few years ago was a success then. Safe to say this will no doubt increase the passenger experience and hopefully encourage more people onto the railways

[plymothian]

at an extra ^3.95 per time + headphone charge.

[Phil]

I am not in the slightest bit surprised at this. I'm convinced that whether or not the "trial" was deemed to be a success, this was always going to happen. As I've pointed out on here before, this was always the hidden agenda in the refurbishment which gave us the high backed seats in the first place. Those seats had little or anything to do with elfin safety: it was always about giving the TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company) the ability to install "in flight entertainment" in the seat-backs at some future date and thus create a whole new income stream.

[devon_metro]

Looks quite good, particularly lucrative with bored children and families i'd imagine.

[inspector_blakey]

Good heavens no, families won't possibly travel unless trains are full of tables...!

[clevedonian]

seems like a good idea to me, and free use until February apparently!

[thetrout]

I wonder if they'll fit this into First Class... ^3.95 Would be excellent value when on one of my 5 1/2 hour trips down to Cornwall...

Although, IIRC^▸ (if I recall/remember/read correctly) there's only one seat that it could possibly be fitted to... and thats the one on it's own in Coach F... and not all HST^▸ (High Speed Train)'s have a Coach F

[super tm]

I love the sense of irony

'The picture quality and content is first class'

No it isnt its standard class 

[JayMac]

I love the sense of irony

'The picture quality and content is first class'

No it isnt its standard class 

Not sure that the content is first class either - if my experience of it on the Night Riviera is anything to go by. Yes, it was free, but old episodes of 'Friends' and 'Only Fools and Horses' weren't really worth the extra for Volo equipped single berths for me and my mate.

[johoare]

Maybe they need the same sort of programming that Virgin Atlantic use (newer Films, and games, as well as the program repeats)... I'd pay the extra if I was travelling a long way on a train..

[Mookiemoo]

Where is my reply!

I did a long one and it submitted!

[grahame]

Where is my reply!

I did a long one and it submitted!

Dunno - it is just possible that the odd article was lost yesterday when we had a database error - but I've checked on the timing of the problem and of this thread, and the issue had been fixed before this thread was even started ...

[Mookiemoo]

Where is my reply!

I did a long one and it submitted!

Dunno - it is just possible that the odd article was lost yesterday when we had a database error - but I've checked on the timing of the problem and of this thread, and the issue had been fixed before this thread was even started ...

I know!

It was literally about four minutes before I noticed it missing that I sent it!

[inspector_blakey]

It may have been erroneously routed via Feltham and Staines, thereby falling through the hole in that collapsed bridge... 

[Umberleigh]

Sounded great until I scrolled down to read that they are charging for it.

Virtually every person over the age of 6 now has a laptop. Why pay ^3.95 when I can download my favourite tv programmes from  the last week for free and watch them during my journey? Not to mention DVDs - I can rent the latest Hollywood Blockbuster for ^3.95 and simply post it back when done with.

On my frequent Exeter - Padd journeys half the carriage is watching something or other on their laptops (using the thoughtfully provided power sockets!)