(09 Dec 2014, 7:22 pm)Dan wrote First Class on a weekend isn't worth it - you definitely ought to find the time to do it on a weekday!
Of course, I dare say, the trains are busier on a weekend compared to weekdays (obviously excluding peak times). Like I said earlier, I'll have to look into the T&Cs to see when the expiry date is and if it's after the Easter holidays.
(09 Dec 2014, 7:22 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote When I went down to London with East Coast in October, I had a Class 43 HST on the 08:38 from Durham, so that would be the 08:20ish from Newcastle. From what I've seen, it's always a HST.
One thing I would definitely look into, Adam, is using the Flying Scotsman service. You know the one that starts at Edinburgh at like 05:40, gets to Newcastle for bang on 07:00 and arrives into King's Cross for about 10:00? Get on that.
I imagine it'll be a worthwhile experience. I'd absolutely love to do that! (Hintedy hint hint!)
You're not going to give up with the hints are you haha
(Something completely unrelated but I know it'll make you happy.... My driver on the X25 this morning may have been the one and only Pat Armstrong. What does she look like again?)Anyway, yeah, I know the Flying Scotsman. 05:40 from EDB, non-stop to NCL leaving at 07:04 and then non-stop to KGX arriving at 09:40ish I think. Never used that particular service before but there's a first for everything. Suppose it gives me more time in the Capital I do get it. Only problem though is that it won't allow me to follow Andreos' suggestion of timing the trains so that I get a breakfast and a brunch/lunch out of it.
(09 Dec 2014, 7:26 pm)aureolin wrote I love the Flying Scotsman service. I'll always aim to get that one, as it makes a massive amount of difference when it's non-stop.
I suppose a non-stop service will make the journey seem a heck of a lot quicker. 2 and a half hours is still a large amount of time to keep yourself occupied for.
(09 Dec 2014, 7:30 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote Indeed. Never been on it, but it's just one of those things I aim to do, maybe when I've got some spare cash at Uni!
Just checked a few things, and a whole set can carry about 500 people, and I remember in All Aboard: East Coast Trains hearing the narrator say about 100 get on at Edinburgh and the same at Newcastle, before going non-stop to King's Cross. Should make a pretty nice journey.
@Adam, I imagine the Flying Scotsman service won't be a HST. What with a Class 91 + Mk4 Set being in a special livery for it, and apparently being allocated to it!
Spare cash whilst at uni?! What planet are you on
It all goes on other stuff *cough* PARTYING *cough*. Yeah, I've saw the 07:04 before when I went down to York for a uni open day and it was a Class 91. Shame really but never mind.