Day 5<\/p>\n
Arrived in London Euston at 05:32 (see Day 4 for train details)
\nThis allows 30 minutes to walk to London Marylebone<\/p>\n
06:45 London Marylebone – Wrexham General
\nOperated by Wrexham and Shropshire
\nReservation Coach A Seat 16F
\nI was unable to find this seat on boarding, the numbers did not match the coach layout, however there are 24 seats and was able to select any
\nSeat used Coach A Seat 07F
\nOrders for breakfast were taken shortly after boarding
\nThe service was extremely personalised
\nA large pot of tea was offered, the cups were large in size and very stable on the table
\nThe breakfast options selected were for apple juice, no cereal, full breakfast, and white toast
\nThe full breakfast was extremely large, with three rashers of bacon, two sausages, scramble egg, a slice of black pudding, and has brown
\nThe journey itself has the feeling of “not being in a hurry”, as the train rarely exceeded about 75mph, however this results in a very smooth and bump free ride
\nThe seats in First Class are showing moderate signs of wear and tear, with the reclining functions not working, some fixtures broken, damaged, or even missing
\nHowever, the coaches are due to be refurbished shortly
\nThe locomotive was 67015
\nThis service arrived in Wrexham General at 10:44<\/p>\n
11:04 Wrexham General – Chester
\nOperated by Arriva Trains Wales
\nNo seat reservation
\nThis service was operated by 158822
\nThe air conditioning on this service did not appear to be functioning correctly
\nThis service arrived in Chester at 11:21<\/p>\n
12:35 Chester – London Euston
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach E Seat 20
\nIt was not known what direction the train would operate in when making the above seat reservation
\nSeat used Coach E Seat 40
\nThis service was operated by SuperVoyager 221102
\nThe hostess left the train at Crewe, the Train Manager provided the at-seat service to First Class passengers
\nThere was a choice of pork or egg sandwich, I selected the pork, an apple, and orange juice
\nThe Train Manager advised that if we wanted more items that we make our way to the shop which was in Coach D
\nThe train was diverted to the slow line between Tamworth and Nuneaton
\nThis service arrived in London Euston at 14:58, 20 minutes late<\/p>\n
16:30 London Euston – Glasgow Central
\nOperated by Virgin Trains
\nReservation Coach G Seat 01
\nThis service was operated by 390047
\nOrders for evening meal were taken shortly after departure (menu P2)
\nI selected the British beef cannelloni and Chocolate dessert pot
\nThis was followed by a drinks trolley, where I selected orange juice
\nThe meals were served between 17:00 and 17:30
\nA second round of the drinks trolley followed, where I selected Cusquena beer
\nShortly after departure from Preston another rounds of drinks was offered where I selected cans of Cola
\nThis was followed by the offer of food, but this was lmited to Pork sandwiches
\nThis service arrived in Glasgow Central at 20:40<\/p>\n
20:48 Glasgow Central – Edinburgh Waverley
\nNo seat reservation
\nCoach A Seat 32 was used
\nOperated by Cross Country
\nThis train was operated by 221134
\nThe train was unable to proceed beyond Brunstane due to a point failure and had to reverse back to Haymarket
\nThis service arrived in Edinburgh Waverley at 22:32, 30 minutes late<\/p>\n
23:40 Edinburgh Waverley – London Euston (sleeper)
\nOperated by First ScotRail
\nSupplement \u00a343.00
\nReservation Coach B Berth 11
\nThe hot breakfast was selected
\nThis was served as the train passed Milton Keynes at 05:30, as I had asked for it, consisting of an all day breakfast panini, strawberry yoghurt, orange juice, and a pot of tea
\nThe locomotive was 90035, replaced by 90036 between Carstairs and London Euston
\nThis service arrived in London Euston at 06:15, 22 minutes early<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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