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[Jimbob]

Been down the smoke myself today for a meeting with IBM
do my best to avoid London, the underground, and trains in that order 

London...as it always is
Tube, as it always is
not that ive been there for 10 years 
Trains from Chester to London....impressive, much nicer than any ive been on in the past, these penalino things I think.

that train i got up to stoke when i met pete and daz was the cheapo one for 16 quid, looked like an old nunderground metroploitan line train, stopped at every stop going and was more uncomfortable than sitting on a pineaple with piles

This picked up in Milton Keynes, stopped in crewe, and then chester
2 hours euston to chester, i was happy with that

[Dishevelled Den]

Well, there would have been, save for the women who kept screaming "My cream boots! I've got cream boots on and you're getting dirt on them! I need to get off! I'm getting claustrophobic!" as she stared out of the glass in the doors

   

  Absolutely outstanding - well reported. 8-) 8-)

[Dishevelled Den]

I think you lot are spoilt with your trains now

Do you remember the 'slam door' 1970 stock on the southern?  Now that was noisy, very drafty (most windows didn't shut properly), often very cold when having weather like we are having now, stiffling in the summer, very dirty, and even better often had seat cushions missing so you couldn't use the seats if you wanted to!!

You load of softies!  

I remember that stock very well Lizzie as I had a regular commute (from the Lord's own county of Surrey) into Waterloo on the occasions when I was back on the mainland.

[aaronjb]

Well, there would have been, save for the women who kept screaming "My cream boots! I've got cream boots on and you're getting dirt on them! I need to get off! I'm getting claustrophobic!" as she stared out of the glass in the doors

   

  Absolutely outstanding - well reported. 8-) 8-)

I thought I'd accidentally got on the train with Paris Hilton or something.. "My shoes! My shoes!"

On the way back I did think, for a moment, that I'd got on the underground with Emma Watson but after a second (or third or fourth) look I realised it wasn't actually her.

[TheBoy]

Now that was noisy, very drafty (most windows didn't shut properly), often very cold when having weather like we are having now, stiffling in the summer, very dirty

Yup, the mat I was sat on was wet and dirty (as my Henman's will attest to), it was blooming cold due to the draft, and the noise from the rattles was driving me insane.  Ironically, this was the designated 'quiet' coach...

[TheBoy]

Sorry TB, it has just clicked with me (getting bloody old!!) I mean the Class 168 which I used to travel on, which Chiltern Railways call the "Clubman"



 

That looks far more modern than anything I have traveled on, says me trying to think back to when I last traveled by train....

As I'm sure Tunnie will confirm, every time I get on the Slug, I always swear it will be the last.

[TheBoy]

Been down the smoke myself today for a meeting with IBM
do my best to avoid London, the underground, and trains in that order 

London...as it always is
Tube, as it always is
not that ive been there for 10 years 
Trains from Chester to London....impressive, much nicer than any ive been on in the past, these penalino things I think.

that train i got up to stoke when i met pete and daz was the cheapo one for 16 quid, looked like an old nunderground metroploitan line train, stopped at every stop going and was more uncomfortable than sitting on a pineaple with piles

This picked up in Milton Keynes, stopped in crewe, and then chester
2 hours euston to chester, i was happy with that

The MK line into Euston is a much better service. Even the local trains (what used to Silverlink) are 45m from MK to the useful end on London. The fast trains are just over 30m