Economy Class & Beyond

East Midlands Railway reveals the seats for their new trains

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Let's turn to trains and East Midlands Railway, who are in the awaiting their new fleet of bi-mode trains. The Class 810 "Aurora" will feature new seating on its new units. East Midlands Railway Class 810 "Aurora" - Image, East Midlands Railway East Midlands Railway will install a variant of the FISA Lean seat. The company claims it has refined it to offer enhanced … [Read more...]

Grand Central Railway and Hull Trains suspend services again

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With the National lockdown in effect in England, the open-access rail operators are again shutting down their services. Both Grand Central Railway and Hull Trains have suspended their services. Grand Central operates services from London Kings Cross to Sunderland and Bradford Interchange, whilst Hull Trains operates services from London Kings Cross to Hull … [Read more...]

Heathrow Express bids farewell to the Class 332, Hello Class 387

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Heathrow Express has stood down its stalwart Class 332 trains that it uses to connect London Paddington to the Heathrow Terminals. Farewell, old expensive friend. The trains were introduced in 1997, built by Siemens and CAF, initially operating "Heathrow FastTrain" to Heathrow Junction in January 1998 and then operating the full "Heathrow Express" service later in June … [Read more...]

Southern and Gatwick Express trains to get updates

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If you live in the area operated by Southern, Gatwick Express or Great Northern trains, there may be some good news ahead as the Govia Thameslink Railway is planning to update its fleet of trains. Southern Class 377 at Clapham Junction - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The upgrade will be completed on two classes of trains: Class 377 trains, which are used by … [Read more...]

Eurostar to skip calling at stations in Kent

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It seems the fall in demand in travel has forced Eurostar's hand, with the UK - Europe train operator suspending stopping services in Kent. Eurostar Trains at St Pancras International - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Both Ebbsfleet International (serving North Kent, Essex and the M25 area) and Ashford International (serving South Kent) will not be served by Eurostar … [Read more...]

Avanti West Coast introduces at-seat ordering for onboard catering

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Avanti West Coast is to launch a new service onboard their trains - where they can have food and drink delivered to their seat.  At seat ordering with Avanti West Coast - Image, Avanti West Coast The train company is to trial at-seat ordering on selected Pendolino trains. Currently, First Class have always had at-seat catering service, this will enable customers in … [Read more...]

Enter the Arterio – The name for South Western Railways new commuter trains

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Commuter trains are by their nature, well... how can I put this nicely? Boring as heck. They're designed to get you from one station to another station, normally crammed to gills (well, not so much at the moment), without any niceties. However, it seems that South Western Railway is trying to inject a little excitement in its new fleet of Class 701 trains - naming them … [Read more...]

Eurostar confirms return journeys from Amsterdam to start in October

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There's one Eurostar service that is... a little odd - many due to immigration rules and it's the London to Amsterdam route. Whilst passengers can travel from London to Amsterdam, passengers could not travel from Amsterdam to London, without first taking a Thalys and clearing immigration in Brussels. Well, things will change on the 26th of October, with Eurostar being … [Read more...]

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