Caledonian Sleeper: Room vs Seated Coach
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- A comparison of Caledonian Sleeper's Classic Room and Seated Coach products.
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I touched on it in the video but if you are traveling in a club room, then you will gain access to the Caledonian Sleeper lounge where available. Other lounges that Caledonian Sleeper Club Room passengers are granted to include but are not limited to, the Avanti West Coast lounge at London Euston and the LNER first class lounge at Edinburgh Waverley. The club rooms also feature en-suite toilet and showering facilities. The top class of club room even features a double bed, although you do need to be willing to part with over £400!
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Thank you so much for this. I'm autistic so it's super helpful to be able to see exactly what the train will look like before boarding. Unfortunately all the classic rooms had gone at time of booking, so I'm prepared for a night on a hard bed with cold air being blown at me! Thanks for doing this super helpful review.
Thank you for an excellent review and comparison ! I plan to use the service next year, and will definitely book a room !
A great video. This is far superior to anything we have in Australia.
Thanks!
Thanks for the video. So disappointing that CS's brand new Mark V coaches are noisy. People I know who've travelled on CS also say they ride quite roughly too. So much for progress in 40 years since the Mark III coaches they replaced - I always got a good night's sleep on them!
Yes agree, the old Mk2/3s were much better.
Another great video Dylan, thanks.
Thanks!
Thank you for the report Dylan. You never mentioned whether or not all the amenities were working. There have been so many guests reporting faults of one sort or another. For the seated coach the lighting seemed too bright.
Hi! This is more a general guide of what to expect from the two products. I go into more depth regarding any faults with the trains in each product's own dedicated review.
WC is occupied, I love that :-)
I do not how you manage to get around so much but a great thanks for these videos.
Excellent reviews. It's amazing how comfort seems to be regarded as an irrelevance by TOCs. The seats are too hard and too tall, but we're told that is for safety. Cold air blowing at you all night is ridiculous, and the noise level came though on your film too. The Azumas that you have covered also seem to be designed by someone trying to drum up business for an osteopath.
I like a lot of the small details: card access, door locks, overhead locker instead of open bin ... on the other hand, the room itself seemed claustrophobic, maybe it's the direction of the room orientation which seems turned 90 degrees from most sleepers minimizing the size of the window. The cold air blowing in the seated compartment would make me sick by the end if the trip. Were those cars built by Alstrom? Their air handling is bad like that on the Chicago buses. Finally, did I understand that your food is delivered to your seat instead of eating in a dining car? I don't like that concept as the seated compartment will fill with various food smells. The rail companies seem intent on eliminating the gracious dining car everywhere! p.s. is it just me, or do others feel uneasy leaving your large luggage unguarded on the racks in the vestibules? I use them, but I'm always expecting something to go missing someday. Another nice thorough review!
These new coaches were manufactured by CAF in Spain. They have had endless teething issues despite being tested for many months and entering service late.
Yes the food is delivered to your seat in the seated coach as opposed to eating in the club car. I wouldn't feel too uneasy about leaving your luggage in the vestibule on this train; crime is unheard of on this train!
I travel with not much of values other than camera and phone which are always near me. Hasn’t Amtrak delivered to sleeper?
I’ve been on two long haul super liner coast to coast routes so I’m learning. Despite 40% discount I declined sleeper because Amtrak coach is okay for me.
AS FAR AS THE NEW CEO of Amtrak Richard Anderson who should be run out of town on a rail - who knows with push back hopefully the dining cars will return. I’m old school and felt guilty I didn’t have a jacket to wear for dinner on the super liner Table cloth = jacket!
In sleeper it appears you are ostracized LOL and coach it’s open!
In 2017 my mom passed away and the Chicken Fricassee I had on the Lakeshore LTD was just like hers. She used the Fanny Farmer cookbook a two hundred year old classic.. I’ll bet Amtrak did too. The food I just had on the Lakeshore was very bad - crusted burnt to the bottom.
And the technical issues persist. Last night (Friday) the Edinburgh-London Cal Sleeper was cancelled for this very reason.
Just seen that last night's southbound Highlander service suffered problems with the motive power. A rescue engine had to be sent. Pax saying via Twitter that a lack of power led to a cold train, no flushing toilets etc. @ramanavenkata talks about having to endure a long delay. Another passenger said it didn't reach Euston until after 1400 hrs.
Dylan due to the sad life I have I am now missing your trip reports. Could you do one of you walking around your garden and then one walking around your garden the other way. Take care may you your family, friends and subscribers be safe.
Maybe 😂. Don't worry though, it'll once again be Friday soon enough 😁
I want an interconnected classic room to go with my family
If travelling as a pair it makes room much more viable
I agree!
You mentioned standard cabin passengers can access the club car but club class cabin passengers take precedence. How does that work if all tables are taken by standard class passengers? 🤔.
I'm confused it says breakfast is free when I booked my tickets in a club.room
I prefer the bed
Omg when I saw his pants and his hand I taught a lady was filming
Informative, but from what stations did you leave and arrive?
I left Inverness and arrived at London Euston on both trips. That said, other routes are offered.
Nice comparison between the two products! Personally, for such a length of time, I'd be going for the sleeper option, even if it is substantially more expensive. You get your own room to yourself. I'd be wary of leaving valuables in the luggage racks...
Honestly, these trains are pretty safe when it comes to storing luggage.
I feel like these trains are so bad compared to Amtrak's long distance trains, even though there are cars are 40 years old. I've ridden Amtrak many times in a Roomette and they're super comfortable and really nice. They can be pricey but I love going in them! For me the train is part of the journey. Especially with the great views. This just doesn't seem to be as comfortable!
I agree. The Amtrak roomette is much better.
WC? Water Closet?
Yes!
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I thought all CS customers could use the lounges?
At some smaller stations they have their own waiting room that all CS passengers can use but the actual lounges are reserved for those with club rooms.
Why don’t you talk instead of just pointing and putting what you should be saying in print. Silent movies are so yesterday!!! 😉
Good question! I'm trying to offer a "raw" experience and I feel that adding voice overs could take away from that. That's not to say I don't like videos with voice over narration, just not my style atm. A lot of other reviewers do it as well!
Please subtitle why you don't speak it's freaky
It is not freaky at all. It's rather pleasant not to hear someone chattering.
Ok it's your chanel freedom of speech to talk or not have you subscribed to my channel and when I go live would you like to be on it ,where are you from just the country I'm in Australia if you watch Joshua Bartley coin pusher live jeff is wearing a Australian T shirt I sent him
Good to get a seat if doing short Journey. Definitely get a room for long journey.
I can almost hear the female recorded voice saying, "Kindly remain confined to Coach" as someone tries to open the door to the Club Car.
😂
I was on the train a couple of weeks ago and was in the berth nearest the accessible toilet and got sung to sleep by the repetitive voice of susan calman confidently stating that the 'WC Is occupied' every time someone went In there 😂
@@wilfbm9067 Here in North America we only have a little teeny panel that lights up to say OCCUPIED. This weird British thing got me to imagining hearing "The occupant is now having a good bowel movement" or, "The occupant is now squeezing a blackhead" or "The occupant is now trying to flush her adult diaper down the WC - which she knows full well is not a nice thing to do". Or even, "It has been fifteen minutes without an occupant".
@@cerberus6654 that should be arranged 😂
I don't think the voice is hers...?
Something else to add to my bucket list, but I will book myself a sleeping berth as opposed to a seat when I do a trip like this
Dylan, if you don't mind me asking. Do you travel for work a lot which is why you're able to film on a bunch of different trains or is it your full-time job to give us 5 star train content?
Neither. Although I guess you could say this is slowly becoming at least a part time job. That said I still have to save hard and work a regular job to be able to afford to travel as much as I do.
@@DylansTravelReports Ha. Don't we all. Keep it up!
Thanks Dylan! Another lovely video! I suppose if one could only afford coach, it seemed pleasant enough though not entirely very comfortable. Getting a room...extremely more comfortable! I couldn't see the menus well but is it the same food that is available? Thanks again!
Glad you enjoyed!
Always like to see a caledonian sleeper video. Thanks for posting
Thanks for the video! Why not take seated coach and bring a pillow or an inflatable sleeping pad to make the seat more comfortable and something to tape over the blowing air vent?
Could do! Would be a lot to carry around with you though.
12 inches of strong tape, half towel cut lengthwise, and half a Z-Rest pad (folds up). Total volume: 2"x5"x20". Weight: 1 pound.
@@alwaysuseless That sounds like a kidnapper's accessories to me. Or an obsessive compulsive way to travel.
@Jim Bruce - Do you usually have a morbid imagination? :-) Cut the 12 inches of tape into 4 3-inch pieces to tape the towel securely over the forced air ventilation. Half a Z-Rest pad is enough to pad your thighs, butt, back and shoulders. In this way you take care of all the aspects of being in coach that made it difficult for Dylan to sleep well. It's light-weight and compact, because the Z-Rest folds up, when you're not using it.
@@alwaysuseless I am proud to say that I ALWAYS have a morbid imagination.
The window view in the classic room is not really great, so you miss out a lot of the scenery..
Thank you. Must say, though, the lounge doesn't look ".. stunning... " to me. It looks more like Austerity Chic. Functional only, with all traces of welcoming sucked out of it.
Thanks for this video, do the seats feel bigger than a standard airline seat?
Seat is usually £30 Glasgow to London. Room is over £100 now both with railcard . I'd pay £60 for room
Good idea!
@@DylansTravelReports did find the seat hard , we didn't leave Glasgow till 2am and got to Euston at 10am
Yes, a bit on the hard side. At least with a delay like that, you will have got your money back 🤷♂️
Hi, thank you for making this video, very helpful as I am planning to take the train end of August. Can I just check if there water fountain or something similar on the train that I can refill my water bottle?
This is another beautiful description of a train and its details..
Thanks!
2:06 Dylan throws away the safety card in anger, and starts growling. Demonic possession?
Airplane regional premium economy
How are the showers?
In my experience freezing!