Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\02\28 16:29, Neil Williams wrote:
On 2015-02-28 12:53:55 +0000, Basil Jet said:

Wow. I don't think you've mentioned that. That's a scandalous flaw.
In the bus, not in you!

I would be interested in what the precise cause of that is. I have a
similar thing with trains - the awful suspension and failure to bolt the
seats to the wall on the Class 180s means I can barely stand a journey
in one.

??

I now have this mental picture of a train with a load of swivel chairs
sliding around on every curve. Wildly swinging chandeliers would complete
the image. And some very annoyed people in waistcoats with twirly
moustaches, playing snooker and shouting "Great Scott!"

I must say, that was one of the nice things about the Caledonian Sleeper
when I travelled on it (which was, as I mentioned before, about 15 years
ago) - the bar car had proper tables and chairs you could move. It was
quite a novelty!

It also had ashtrays - ahh, those were the glory days...


Romanian sleepers don't have the movable furniture in the dining car, but
joy of joys you can get an ashtray (or more accurately, ash saucer) if you
ask nicely :-).

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:19:32PM +0000, Clank wrote:

I must say, that was one of the nice things about the Caledonian Sleeper
when I travelled on it (which was, as I mentioned before, about 15 years
ago) - the bar car had proper tables and chairs you could move. It was
quite a novelty!

It still does!

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In article ,
(David Cantrell) wrote:

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:19:32PM +0000, Clank wrote:

I must say, that was one of the nice things about the Caledonian Sleeper
when I travelled on it (which was, as I mentioned before, about 15 years
ago) - the bar car had proper tables and chairs you could move. It was
quite a novelty!

It still does!

Until the present stock is replaced under the new franchise, presumably.

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On 2015-03-02 12:36:54 +0000, David Cantrell said:

It still does!

Except the Fort William portion which is a Mk2 buffet first with fixed seating.

Neil
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On 02/03/2015 12:36, David Cantrell wrote:

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:19:32PM +0000, Clank wrote:

I must say, that was one of the nice things about the Caledonian Sleeper
when I travelled on it (which was, as I mentioned before, about 15 years
ago) - the bar car had proper tables and chairs you could move. It was
quite a novelty!

It still does!


Indeed (with the caveat that Neil gives).

I wonder why the Cornish sleeper didn't follow suite (it has fixed First
class 2+1 seating in the bar car).

In article , (Mizter T) wrote:

On 02/03/2015 12:36, David Cantrell wrote:

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 07:19:32PM +0000, Clank wrote:

I must say, that was one of the nice things about the Caledonian
Sleeper when I travelled on it (which was, as I mentioned before, about
15 years ago) - the bar car had proper tables and chairs you could
move. It was quite a novelty!

It still does!

Indeed (with the caveat that Neil gives).

I wonder why the Cornish sleeper didn't follow suite (it has fixed
First class 2+1 seating in the bar car).

More to the point, what will Serco's new stock have?

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On 2015-03-03 01:51:52 +0000, said:

More to the point, what will Serco's new stock have?

2+1 fixed seating...not aligned to the windows. Sheer madness.

Neil
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(Neil Williams) wrote:

On 2015-03-03 01:51:52 +0000, said:

More to the point, what will Serco's new stock have?

2+1 fixed seating...not aligned to the windows. Sheer madness.

When will these idiots notice about the windows? I think Roger Ford has got
onto this.

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On 03/03/2015 08:15, Neil Williams wrote:

On 2015-03-03 01:51:52 +0000, said:

More to the point, what will Serco's new stock have?

2+1 fixed seating...not aligned to the windows. Sheer madness.

Is that just for the seated carriages though?

On 2015-03-04 16:19:23 +0000, Mizter T said:

Is that just for the seated carriages though?

The seating carriages are misaligned, but as they are all airline seats
this is not all that surprising. The one that is really surprising is
that the windows in the *lounge car* are not aligned.

Neil
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