Opinions on 1st class train travel

CountingPennies

Evening all....

I'm doing a marathon in Edinbrough in 6 weeks, so looking to book train tickets now whilst they are cheap. I've noticed that to go 1st class it is only an extra £10 each way. It is over a 2 hour journey, and i'll be going by myself. I just wondered if people thought it would be worth paying the extra money.

Was debating doing it for the return journey simply because there is extra room and i'm gonna be exhausted from the marathon. Might be nice to relax. Never traveled 1st class, so not sure its even worth it!

Opinions please??

notanewuser

CountingPennies wrote: »

Evening all....

I'm doing a marathon in Edinbrough in 6 weeks, so looking to book train tickets now whilst they are cheap. I've noticed that to go 1st class it is only an extra £10 each way. It is over a 2 hour journey, and i'll be going by myself. I just wondered if people thought it would be worth paying the extra money.

Was debating doing it for the return journey simply because there is extra room and i'm gonna be exhausted from the marathon. Might be nice to relax. Never traveled 1st class, so not sure its even worth it!

Opinions please??

I have 2 brothers in law doing the Edinburgh marathon too. You're all insane!


I'd definitely upgrade for £10 each way. You get free tea and coffee and nicer seats/quieter carriages etc.

The_ICT_Engineer

If your travelling East Coast, You find it worthwhile as you will be well fed.

CountingPennies

notanewuser wrote: »

I have 2 brothers in law doing the Edinburgh marathon too. You're all insane!


I'd definitely upgrade for £10 each way. You get free tea and coffee and nicer seats/quieter carriages etc.

Insane, but all for a good cause!

The_ICT_Engineer wrote: »

If your travelling East Coast, You find it worthwhile as you will be well fed.

Yeah its East Coast. Thanks for the tip

Netwizard

CountingPennies wrote: »

Opinions please??

Certainly a no brainer to upgrade for that price. Depending who you are travelling with, Wi-Fi will probably be free in 1st class, so you can take your laptop / tablet (if you have one) to keep you amused.

If you think about it, If you went normal class and paid for your drinks, you would probably spend the £10 each way in drinks and snacks on the train anyway, so you may as well upgrade to 1st class. You will get your drinks and snacks for free, nicer place to sit, papers to read etc

Jeff_Bridges_hair

Do it for that price.Well looked after with East Coast.

thegirlintheattic

Always worth it if you can get it cheap East Coast 1st is very nice, great service and good food and drink.

CountingPennies

Thanks everyone. All booked up :-)

cambridge5000

On some routes the service level is less at weekends (e.g. no at table service).

This said if you're running a marathon it's worth it whatever for the extra comfort!

East Coast looked after me very well in First coming all the way down from Aberdeen to the south - the snacks, coffee, wine, wifi, peace and quiet etc made it well worth it for an almost 7 hour trip!

CountingPennies

Mine is only a 2 hour journey, and to be honest, i've reserved a single seat so no poor soul has to sit next to me first thing on a morning (its a midnight marathon) after doing over 26 miles on foot. Lol. :-)

The_ICT_Engineer

You could at least take a shower before boarding train.