As someone who uses this exact route at least once a week I would never recommend first class on this train it’s basically standard but with curtains and a light the leg room and layout in standard is the exact same and the seats aren’t much different first class usually is pretty empty tho so that’s the only bonus I see
Years ago back when piggies were used on the route, you'd just about always get someone eating fish & chips on the train as there used to be a fish & chip shop right next to Weymouth station
Window blinds in First Class? If they have to be raised or lowered in the vertical plane they are definitely blinds, but if they open and close horizontally then they are curtains! You might have mentioned the very steep climb - much of it graded at 1:50 - which takes the South-Western Main Line from sea level at Weymouth to the top of the Ridgeway at Bincombe Tunnel!
There are still a few visitor attractions in Weymouth, including the mid-Victorian Nothe Fort, but it's a shame that the track used by the Channel Islands Boat Train to traverse Custom House Quay was lifted some eighteen months ago!
Awww hearing the seagulls sometimes makes me emotional, farewell Weymouth
As someone who uses this exact route at least once a week I would never recommend first class on this train it’s basically standard but with curtains and a light the leg room and layout in standard is the exact same and the seats aren’t much different first class usually is pretty empty tho so that’s the only bonus I see
Good to see you back mate
Years ago back when piggies were used on the route, you'd just about always get someone eating fish & chips on the train as there used to be a fish & chip shop right next to Weymouth station
Window blinds in First Class? If they have to be raised or lowered in the vertical plane they are definitely blinds, but if they open and close horizontally then they are curtains! You might have mentioned the very steep climb - much of it graded at 1:50 - which takes the South-Western Main Line from sea level at Weymouth to the top of the Ridgeway at Bincombe Tunnel!
I would like to visit Weymouth one day. Never been to Weymouth. I have been on the Class 444 Desiro and they are very nice trains built by Siemens.
There are still a few visitor attractions in Weymouth, including the mid-Victorian Nothe Fort, but it's a shame that the track used by the Channel Islands Boat Train to traverse Custom House Quay was lifted some eighteen months ago!
I went to Weymouth a few months ago on clan line and not all tracks from the old harbour tramway are gone there are some by the cinema
Make sure it's not closed on the day you want to visit! ;-)
The line has been closed for 23 years but some track is still there
@@KempSimon We always have a look at the sand sculptures along the promenade
I would like to visit Weymouth by train 🚊
I'm going there in April
These are built in germany not austria !!!
Nope, they were built in Siemens' Vienna plant, and tested at Wildenrath in Germany.
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