Neil Williams wrote:
Adrian wrote:

I'll bet that if you went to the buffet car on an intercity and asked for a
glass of tap water you'd get one for free.

No, because they don't carry any in a drinkable form. I recall a
notice being displayed quite prominently saying (mainly to parents with
babies) that they couldn't supply tap water because it was not
drinkable, as the buffet cars didn't have the correct infrastructure.

Times have changed.

North Country Continental, Gresley buffet car, headed for Harwich,
December 1983:

"Please could I have some hot water to make up my baby son's bottle?"

"Certainly, Sir. That'll be 20p, please"

"You're joking, right?"

"No Sir, 20p please"

And he gave me a receipt for it!


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Regards

Mike