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Sleeper train journeys
Athame57:
Why not test the water for free? You can try it out on line! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiyBxoL0Nw
Laverda Dave:
--- Quote from: Athame57 on November 03, 2023, 04:48:07 PM ---Why not test the water for free? You can try it out on line! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHiyBxoL0Nw
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I should have looked at this last night when I couldn't get to sleep 🙄
K2-K6:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 03, 2023, 08:14:52 AM ---The train bunks always look comfy on Poirot & Bond films but reality might well be different. Mmmmm might be better to stay in a Hotel.🤔🤔🤔
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I'd be afraid of murder, there's a lot of it about if those film series are to be believed :D :D
Interestingly Ted, I've travelled east coast line and west coast up and down country for work in past years, and fascinating journeys they are too. All the better for daylight travel in my view.
Not travelled on scenic routes around Scotland , but they too look great from an interest point of view. Thinking travel there would be a good trip regardless of sleeper logistics, worthwhile getting something arranged to see it I feel.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Many years ago I delivered a Smart ForTwo car to an address near the infamous Saddleworth Moor.
I was given a lift to a nearby station where I could catch a train back to Derby via Manchester Piccadily.
It turned out that the rail line was iirc the Saddleworth Moor Mountain Train - after about 20 minutes this two carriaged train appeared that was straight out of a Museum it was an all wooden type construction so I alighted the train that had about six passengers who clearly all knew one another they had been out food shopping.
This Tanspennine train was doing a steady 20-25 mph - it came to the end of the line at what seemed like the middle of nowhere before returning from whence it came. At this point my memory is a tad faded but I think it was a split level unmanned station where I walked down to the main line where at least half a dozen express trains wizzed past without stopping. I was the only person on this platform with no sign of a timetable that made sense. After about an hour and a half a BR staff member appeared who assured me the next train would stop here.
We both boarded the train and I was on my way back to Derby. That short journey on the Transpennine Train has stuck in my memory as very scenic / bleak. On returning to work I got the "What took you so long" remark.
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: K2-K6 on November 04, 2023, 10:58:04 AM ---
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on November 03, 2023, 08:14:52 AM ---The train bunks always look comfy on Poirot & Bond films but reality might well be different. Mmmmm might be better to stay in a Hotel.🤔🤔🤔
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I'd be afraid of murder, there's a lot of it about if those film series are to be believed :D :D
Interestingly Ted, I've travelled east coast line and west coast up and down country for work in past years, and fascinating journeys they are too. All the better for daylight travel in my view.
Not travelled on scenic routes around Scotland , but they too look great from an interest point of view. Thinking travel there would be a good trip regardless of sleeper logistics, worthwhile getting something arranged to see it I feel.
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Most of the rail routes are spectacular. The East Coast line up to Edinburgh, crossing the Forth Rail Bridge, through Fife and over the Tay Rail Bridge to Dundee and Aberdeen is beautiful on a sunny day. The Glennfinnan Viaduct is a must see as well. 🚂
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