I love the long overlap at 17.50 from the back of the train going from night to morning. Thanks, nice video - it's on the ever increasing bucket list now.
These sleeping cars were used in Denmark as well during the early 90's. It was quite fun to see them sandwhiched between the larger standard-UIC cars that DSB were using on that route. But I remember the british sleepers very well. They were extremely comfortable and a good replacement for the aging german sleepers that we were used to =)
Great video. These sleeper cars have been replaced with new ones introduced from 2019 and looks completely different. It is a shame that apart from the Caledonian sleeper there is only one other night service (GWR riverira) left in this country there should be much more
Hey doc7, Nice video. Despite some snippy comments below (You'll always get those no matter if you post a "Ten Commandments" epic on here) you catch the essence of riding this service quite well. I have ridden the sleeper several times since 1990, to as late as June 2017, on the Inverness as well as Glasgow/Edinburgh routes, in both directions. I've ridden sleepers in a lot of places. The Scottish/UK sleepers, despite their age, are very comfortable compared to some of the cramped sleepers I've been on. I have always partaken of the food and drink in the lounge car, and it has always been very good and I have always enjoyed it (Albeit one journey in the mid-90's, it seemed it was microwave burgers as something was amiss). The staff have always been courteous and attentive. The beds are very comfortable, and yes I've done the two and one person cabins as well. Both were fine. The only sleeper trains I have ever been on that were more roomy and comfortable were The Canadian, The Ocean and The Chaleur here in Canada, which all ran 1955 refurbished Budd rolling stock. However, 1955 means that you have room, and lots of it. I was disappointed when the new renaissance rolling stock came in to VIA Rail. These were to be Eurostar units for a night Chunnel service, but that service never got off the ground, so VIA Rail snapped them up. They are now on The Ocean service, Montreal - Halifax. These are no where near as comfortable as the Caledonian Sleeper, nor the other Canadian sleeper units. I have been on a Hungarian sleeper from Vienna to Munich and it was horrendous. No lounge car, very cramped accommodations and very rude staff. You were lucky to get a coffee in the morning. The same goes for Germany (The staff were okay), and last year, I was on an absolutely appalling night trip from Paris to Milan, where the air conditioning was not working and it was brutally hot. We had 1st Class tickets, but were stuffed into a 2nd Class couchette car with 6 beds, so no room to move, and that air conditioning was iffy. Staff were very nonchalant about it all, and it was the worst night trip I've ever taken. We got no sleep at all. To top it all off, we couldn't even get a coffee or anything in the morning, even though we had vouchers for a 1st Class breakfast. So, to those that are complaining below, you don't know what you have. I know they are replacing these Caledonian sleeping coaches this year with new units. I hope they keep with the space, because if they go with the European style, everyone is going to feel like a canned sardine rather than a pampered traveller. As the old saying goes - you don't know what you have till it's gone! Again, much enjoyed your video! Cheers!
Anthony Parker On trips to Scotland, the train splits at Edinburgh and three shorter trains travel to Inverness, Aberdeen, and Ft, William. They join up again on the reverse trip back to London so a very long train arrives at Euston.
The longest platforms at London's Euston Station can accommodate a maximum of sixteen carriages, plus the electric locomotive on the front. Even then the Lowland and the Highland Sleeper trains only fit onto the platform because the seated coach and the lounge car are both Mark II's, which are 19.8 meters long, compared to the 23-metre long Mark III Sleeping Coaches.
Each Sleeper train conveys a Lounge Car, to which First Class (Single Berth) passengers have priority access and can reserve a table in advance, where reasonably-priced hot meals, cold snacks and a range of alcoholic and soft drinks are available. Standard Class (Twin Berth) Sleeper customers can access the Lounge Car when, or if, space becomes available ... which, in my experience, is most of the time. If you travel First Class a hot, microwaved breakfast is included in the ticket price and served to your cabin.
No, there isn't. You can bring your own USB internet access dongle, of course, and there are three-pin 230V sockets for charging your laptop in the Lounge Car.
that is no longer necessary now as they may well be holding another independence referendum and if they get it this time then scotland will apply to stay in the eu or reapply if the referendum is not competed in the 2yrs
You think it's a bad idea to leave a corrupt dictatorship where all your laws, banking, farming, immigration, currency and human rights are decided upon by a bunch of self-serving, unaccountable, unelected, faceless bureaucrats in the murky corridors of Brussels? A union where first world countries like Italy, Spain and Greece are teetering on the brink of bankrupsy, where unemployment is sky high. You think leaving that chaos is a bad thing, do you? How odd!
Despite its history and folklore, probably the most uncomfortable and least hospitable train journey anywhere. Outdated equipment, lousy food, the re-positioning/shunting in Edinburgh, USB ports in all the wrong places (unless you bring 3m cables), a First/Second class that aren't, Just awful. Easy Jet to Inverness is like The Ritz in comparison, frankly.
At which point the price of a ticket will go through the roof to pay for the 75 new carriages from Spain. As I'm too old for a 16-25 Railcard, and too young for a Senior Railcard, that will be the end of my time as an occasional user of the overnight Caledonian Sleeper trains.
That's quite harsh. I loved the food in the lounge car, and breakfast was good (but not great, especially having to eat it from a cardboard box...), can sleep reasonably well in it, they at least have USB ports unlike most other trains... We'll have to see how the new equipment compares, but I will miss the Mark IIIs.
convict13 It's only one night, you're sleeping most of the time, and you only have to share a berth with 1 other person at most. Check out long-distance Indian or Chinese trains--this is a Hilton by comparison.
As you'll be asleep for most of the time that you are occupying one of them, does the attractiveness (or otherwise) of the Sleeping Compartments on the overnight Anglo-Scottish CS trains really matter?
'London to or from Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William, Perth, Dundee, Aviemore single-bed sleeper: Fixed Advance: From £150 Flexible: From £180 Reclining seat: Fixed Advance: From £40 Flexible: From £60' 'from' means: 'minimum price'
The Class 92's, with their sophisticated electronics, couldn't handle the Voltage spikes in the Overhead Line Equipment which occurred North of Preston. So they've undergone an expensive refurbishment programme and are now providing sterling service, each one putting down as much pulling power as two "Deltics"
I love the long overlap at 17.50 from the back of the train going from night to morning. Thanks, nice video - it's on the ever increasing bucket list now.
Beautiful scenic view of City of Inverness , Scotland. Excellent train service. And of course the busy and beautiful London. Thank you for sharing.
These sleeping cars were used in Denmark as well during the early 90's. It was quite fun to see them sandwhiched between the larger standard-UIC cars that DSB were using on that route. But I remember the british sleepers very well. They were extremely comfortable and a good replacement for the aging german sleepers that we were used to =)
Great video. These sleeper cars have been replaced with new ones introduced from 2019 and looks completely different. It is a shame that apart from the Caledonian sleeper there is only one other night service (GWR riverira) left in this country there should be much more
Very nice video. Thank you for uploading. Got a good feel of what the compartment and journey was like.
Hey doc7, Nice video. Despite some snippy comments below (You'll always get those no matter if you post a "Ten Commandments" epic on here) you catch the essence of riding this service quite well. I have ridden the sleeper several times since 1990, to as late as June 2017, on the Inverness as well as Glasgow/Edinburgh routes, in both directions. I've ridden sleepers in a lot of places. The Scottish/UK sleepers, despite their age, are very comfortable compared to some of the cramped sleepers I've been on. I have always partaken of the food and drink in the lounge car, and it has always been very good and I have always enjoyed it (Albeit one journey in the mid-90's, it seemed it was microwave burgers as something was amiss). The staff have always been courteous and attentive. The beds are very comfortable, and yes I've done the two and one person cabins as well. Both were fine. The only sleeper trains I have ever been on that were more roomy and comfortable were The Canadian, The Ocean and The Chaleur here in Canada, which all ran 1955 refurbished Budd rolling stock. However, 1955 means that you have room, and lots of it. I was disappointed when the new renaissance rolling stock came in to VIA Rail. These were to be Eurostar units for a night Chunnel service, but that service never got off the ground, so VIA Rail snapped them up. They are now on The Ocean service, Montreal - Halifax. These are no where near as comfortable as the Caledonian Sleeper, nor the other Canadian sleeper units. I have been on a Hungarian sleeper from Vienna to Munich and it was horrendous. No lounge car, very cramped accommodations and very rude staff. You were lucky to get a coffee in the morning. The same goes for Germany (The staff were okay), and last year, I was on an absolutely appalling night trip from Paris to Milan, where the air conditioning was not working and it was brutally hot. We had 1st Class tickets, but were stuffed into a 2nd Class couchette car with 6 beds, so no room to move, and that air conditioning was iffy. Staff were very nonchalant about it all, and it was the worst night trip I've ever taken. We got no sleep at all. To top it all off, we couldn't even get a coffee or anything in the morning, even though we had vouchers for a 1st Class breakfast. So, to those that are complaining below, you don't know what you have. I know they are replacing these Caledonian sleeping coaches this year with new units. I hope they keep with the space, because if they go with the European style, everyone is going to feel like a canned sardine rather than a pampered traveller. As the old saying goes - you don't know what you have till it's gone! Again, much enjoyed your video! Cheers!
Excellent video sir.I really enjoyed that.
Excellent ! Thank you for sharing ! :):):)
A Shed and a 73 for haulage!! Nice one!
great video
The Black Isle Bar.... My favourite pub in the town
Nice video thanks
And, beautifully spookey. All those far northern stations....
Thanks
Nice video, perhaps the best bit being great views of London
We went August 2017, Euston - Inverness first time overnight. What a great experience on the Caledonian.
Amazing channel, congrats!
Who, who would ever leave Inverness for London??
Best video of the caledonian I have seen great
how many carriages was there on this train looking at the length and where the last carriage was on the platform it looked like around 21 carriages
Anthony Parker On trips to Scotland, the train splits at Edinburgh and three shorter trains travel to Inverness, Aberdeen, and Ft, William. They join up again on the reverse trip back to London so a very long train arrives at Euston.
The longest platforms at London's Euston Station can accommodate a maximum of sixteen carriages, plus the electric locomotive on the front. Even then the Lowland and the Highland Sleeper trains only fit onto the platform because the seated coach and the lounge car are both Mark II's, which are 19.8 meters long, compared to the 23-metre long Mark III Sleeping Coaches.
@@KempSimon I think there are either 14 or 16 when they are all joined up
Nice visuals, but captions would have helped. This left me with many questions.
What's the max speed of these trains? Felt like it was traveling above 160 kmph.
the max speed for the sleeper is 80MPH however it can do 100MPH if its running late
I wonder if you had any form of dinner aboard The Caledonian Sleeper, such as Haggis, Neeps and Tatties?
I want to travel in this train
God bless the British people.
Thats very kind of you - thank you!
Where are you from ... ?
Hey guy. What's the camera you use?
i think gopro
+islam bounabi it was an iPhone 6s
Ios is goood
I wanted to see more than one brief glimpse of the lounge car. Good video otherwise.
went on it for the first time in July and was so loud couldnt get to sleep and only feel asleep when in a station lol. I also fell out of the beds
Oops! Were you in the top bunk when you fell out?
Went on it from London to Carlisle and only woke up in the stations
Thats rubbish, you can tell from the video sound how quiet it was , the new rolling stock mk5 built by a spanish firm are much noisier
no meal in the train ?
Each Sleeper train conveys a Lounge Car, to which First Class (Single Berth) passengers have priority access and can reserve a table in advance, where reasonably-priced hot meals, cold snacks and a range of alcoholic and soft drinks are available. Standard Class (Twin Berth) Sleeper customers can access the Lounge Car when, or if, space becomes available ... which, in my experience, is most of the time. If you travel First Class a hot, microwaved breakfast is included in the ticket price and served to your cabin.
You missed Falkirk Grahamston pal
do we have to pay for food in sleeper
yes, we had to pay for the breakfast
Is there free wifi on board?
No, there isn't. You can bring your own USB internet access dongle, of course, and there are three-pin 230V sockets for charging your laptop in the Lounge Car.
22:48. Mcr Piccadilly?
I go to 2020 inverness to London
+Noah Maclean-Ferguson by then, there will be newly Spanish-built sleeper cars plying that route from London to Scotland
Am I going insane but does the footage at Edinburgh Haymarket look like it's going away from Edinburgh Waverly then we cut to arriving there.
the carriages are shunted into different direction in Edinburgh
doc7austin I know they are shunted together but why does it go from leaving Edinburgh to cut to arriving at Edinburgh.
@@carloallen5295 the train goes OUT and then back IN again during shunting.
@@OlanKenny the train doesn't leave Edinburgh just for shunting, it stays in Waverley, might have just been the editing.
Great video! At 5:53, you do realise that you're in Scotland and not England, don't you?
He also said "numbered by letters" so he might not know the difference or what you mean.
IScreamer a. H. U
+Brian Buckley too bad Scotland is leaving the EU in 2 years
that is no longer necessary now as they may well be holding another independence referendum and if they get it this time then scotland will apply to stay in the eu or reapply if the referendum is not competed in the 2yrs
You think it's a bad idea to leave a corrupt dictatorship where all your laws, banking, farming, immigration, currency and human rights are decided upon by a bunch of self-serving, unaccountable, unelected, faceless bureaucrats in the murky corridors of Brussels? A union where first world countries like Italy, Spain and Greece are teetering on the brink of bankrupsy, where unemployment is sky high. You think leaving that chaos is a bad thing, do you? How odd!
nice but half of the video has nothing to do with trains
TREM 10X5 AVION
this food in the box does not look very appealing to me! more like german Currywurst for to go or a cheap delivery service does deliver the food
Why this video is not FHD?
youtube needs some time to convert the uploaded video; check back in 2 hours, then it should be 1080p by
First Class for one person and Second Class for 2 people. Errrr I doubt that very much.
That's people per compartment.
11hrs without a cigarate nightmare
Barnem13 I feel you
11 hours away from nasty smokers? Sounds like heaven
Well done, Someone actually knows how to use a camera
L
Despite its history and folklore, probably the most uncomfortable and least hospitable train journey anywhere. Outdated equipment, lousy food, the re-positioning/shunting in Edinburgh, USB ports in all the wrong places (unless you bring 3m cables), a First/Second class that aren't, Just awful. Easy Jet to Inverness is like The Ritz in comparison, frankly.
yes, the trains interior is very shabby; luckily, new coaches will arrive in late 2018
At which point the price of a ticket will go through the roof to pay for the 75 new carriages from Spain. As I'm too old for a 16-25 Railcard, and too young for a Senior Railcard, that will be the end of my time as an occasional user of the overnight Caledonian Sleeper trains.
That's quite harsh. I loved the food in the lounge car, and breakfast was good (but not great, especially having to eat it from a cardboard box...), can sleep reasonably well in it, they at least have USB ports unlike most other trains... We'll have to see how the new equipment compares, but I will miss the Mark IIIs.
Clearly you've never travelled on Arriva Wales Crewe to Swansea absolutely horrific journey standing all the way to Newport
They are not very attractive compartments are they.
A lot better than roof sleepers from Calcutta to Mambai.
convict13 It's only one night, you're sleeping most of the time, and you only have to share a berth with 1 other person at most. Check out long-distance Indian or Chinese trains--this is a Hilton by comparison.
As you'll be asleep for most of the time that you are occupying one of them, does the attractiveness (or otherwise) of the Sleeping Compartments on the overnight Anglo-Scottish CS trains really matter?
Convict13 Have you ever slept in a cabin on a cross channel ferry? No, thought not.
Yes a bit tough for nookie no?
Can people sto p putting cameras out the door window it's annoying all we can here is wind and the train rattleing
Dur, that's what we want.
Harrison Vlogs and more na we train enthusiasts like doing that, also your face is weird
150-180£ pp. OMG! British prices are so funny!
How?
'London to or from Inverness, Aberdeen, Fort William, Perth, Dundee, Aviemore
single-bed sleeper:
Fixed Advance: From £150
Flexible: From £180
Reclining seat:
Fixed Advance: From £40
Flexible: From £60'
'from' means: 'minimum price'
Quite a big price difference lol, i managed to get first class back in july from Fort William to london from £50
Ok. Maybe you got a discount? I just have checked prices on their site ;)
You get a discount on the all line rovers haha
thks for the video. I'm surprised watching it to see a class 90, the class 92 were supposed to replace the 90 weren't they ?
The Class 92's, with their sophisticated electronics, couldn't handle the Voltage spikes in the Overhead Line Equipment which occurred North of Preston. So they've undergone an expensive refurbishment programme and are now providing sterling service, each one putting down as much pulling power as two "Deltics"