First Class Carriages on Trains...GRRRR!

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a guy I know (let's call him "biff") had some kind of free train ticket thing because his dad was a big exec at scotrail or whatever

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

don't believe in first class, though

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

yes I bought some tickets from Cambridge to Plymouth for my non-internet-using sis from thetrainline.com and was surprised to find that it's cheaper to buy two singles ie iy contradicts something *everyone ever has always known* about train tickets.

Only for advance tickets though. I went to Reading on Saturday to play some music and got a lift there which cost me £5 petrol money donation, but I got the train back yesterday which cost £12.90 single, with a day return costing £13. A Network AwayBreak (5 days to make the return journey) costs £19.90 so I saved £2 by getting a lift.

I did first class a couple of times a few years ago, Manc-London on a Virgin HST which was great on the way down (Friday afternoon), ok food, loads of room, seemingly endless booze, not so great travelling back on a Sunday - not so much room, I had to share a table with some people, no booze, not even a paper. Pah.
Virgin XC has rubbish 'Club Class' where you get a packet of bombay mix and some virgin cola.
Pendolini have too many first class seats, not that much less uncomfortable than in standard.

― Bocken Social Scene (jona), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link

On South West trains commuter service, the first class carriages in the newest stock (2 per 8-car train) are available for all.

??? You mean that there's no first class tickets on this commuter service??

I noticed that some faster trains on my line DO have a different 1st class that you're not allowed to sit in, but I take the "slow" train (i.e. it stops at every station between me - Barnes - and Waterloo) and that's always standard class as far as I can tell. However, only the latest trains (the blue ones) have first class carriages in any case.

― It's Teatime in Buttercup Land (Maaarghk C), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:56 (seventeen years ago) link

i only ever travel by train with work and they won't let us use first class. On the plus side we do have our own ticket printer for booking cheap advanced tickets.

― Ste (fuzzy), Monday, 19 February 2007 15:57 (seventeen years ago) link

Because they bring down all their other costs too. Ryanair don't use computers to check you in, fly into cheap airports where they have cheap deals for takeoff and landing, don't give you back your travel taxes if you don't get on the plane, don't feed you, don't bother printing magazines, don't have cleaners clean a plane between flights, and so on and so on. They also sell a whole bunch of other ancillary stuff.

Also they only use one type of aircraft therefore negating the need to train dudes up on maintenance of more than one type, also costs of parts = cheaper.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 19 February 2007 20:57 (seventeen years ago) link

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