Lumo! Britain's first low-cost rail operator!
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2021
- Today, we take a look at the new service launched by Lumo, who are Britian's first low-cost rail operator!
Date of Travel: October 2021
Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class)
Rolling Stock: Class 803 Hitachi AT300
Type of Service: Express Passenger
Train Number: 1E82
Origin: Edinburgh Waverley, United Kingdom (Scotland)
Destination: London King's Cross, United Kingdom (England
Cost of Ticket: £13.10 ($18.05, €15.55; including railcard discount of ⅓)
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The family saying “bye-bye Edinburgh” and the little kid copying when the train departs is so wholesome
And the cude that said ‘Were going to: London!’
It was so wholesome
Btw, it was at 6:55 where they say were going to london
The best about Lumo is not only offering low cost prices or comfort but encouraging people use rail instead of flying. I have to say I'm impressed with the bright light above the tray. I believe Lumo will be a hit in the long run as rail travel is far more environmentally friendly than air travel.
I believe this is the intention - to compete with the air in terms of both time and money. It's one of the reasons why it doesn't stop at many intermediate stops: the other reason being that it doesn't challenge LNER's franchise. (Morpeth doesn't affect them, but York, for example, certainly would!)
Amen!
Who gives a f about the environment
@@JackJackProductionsShortsanyone with a brain
@@parshakamarsh you mean absolutely no one? If it isn't broken why fix it? There is no need to worry about the environment
Lumo are definitely doing something right! Their tickets are all sold out until December! Can't blame people for booking, that price is absolutely outstanding value for the distance you're travelling.
This price works out about the same each way as a standard off peak capital card from my town's station which is less than 40 miles from Kings Cross and uses those same tracks. If they stop some of these in Stevenage(or Peterborough) then I'll be popping up to Edinburgh every winter for a couple of days.
I think they do stop at Stevenage! The website said they do anyway. They're allowed to stop there, but not at Peterborough, York, Doncaster or the like. Doing so would put them at direct competition with LNER, so I don't think they can do that.
@@thebcplayer they do stop at Stevenage but the service is bad their as it only stops once in each directions but the the service to kings cross only allows drop off meaning you can’t get on at Stevenage but can if your going towards Edinburgh
Yes being sold out until December means the £15 tickets for people with railcards quoted in all these vlogs are no longer bookable. Cheapest fares will be starting at £30 now for most non railcard passengers and those are capacity controlled. If you can get a bargain and times suit then go for it.
Yesterday, I booked tickets for travel in 3 weeks time for KGX NCL, both at £19.90, so there is still availability, and definitely not all sold out!
It's nice that a new operator shows itself and it's a good low-cost operator.
True. I was kind of concerned this would be like Ryanair, but with trains (Ryanrails?).
Not new. It is a rebranded first group
How long can they hold these prices. It will be interesting to see. No longer than two years unless they can dislodge other operators short term. Then they could hold them for maybe 4/5 years. Get a seat while they're hot
I'm a car nut and would drive anywhere but £15 Edinburgh to London is more than cheap enough
Apparently the £15 fare just runs for 4weeks then the actual cheapest fare will be £30.
it's great you've gone over to voice commentary - it leaves me free to actually watch the video - and you have a lovely voice XX
As someone who frequent travels from London, it’s really good to finally see a well done low cost operator. Paying dozens for tickets is certainly irritating so the ability to get to Scotland for just £13 is fantastic!
Gotta say, I don't think I've ever heard your voice before, but you certainly seem to be a natural!
У него есть ещё несколько видео с озвучкой.
Ruski lol
@@goatgamer001 why?
@@victorastakhov7839 you just ruski not anything
You must be new to the channel as he's done a number of narrated videos
Great to hear your voice, without having to read all those subtitles. Many thanks.
Nice to actually be able to hear the PA announcements instead of a faint mumbling, leaving you worrying that you may have missed an important message.
we never had announements in the 60s or 70s.and we got on with it, people are like kids today and cant think for themselves
@@petersmith4455 Thank you for your disparaging response. At 67 years old, I like to know if my train is running late, or if I need to get off at another station in order to catch my next connecting train, or if I need to make alternative arrangements with people waiting to collect me at my destination. This happens regularly on my trips to and from Scotland. Back in the 60s and 70s trains were more reliable apparently.
@@franceswatts4001 hi,thanks, i am 69 so we were both children in the 60s, i remember the trains were more reliable in the 60s and 70s and had decent seating ! and a dining car on long journeys.stay safe.
@@petersmith4455 they also disregarded wheelchair users to the gaurd van or refused them completely don't pretend the past was better for everyone,
I agree bright lights in coaches are annoying assault on the senses . When I was Amtrak conductor I always turned off the upper cove lights while leaving indirect lower cove lighting on to create a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere. A few passengers complained now and then, but the vast majority of my riders loved it.
You might find interesting the reason why - the bright lights 24/7 on British rail services are a result of a court ruling saying that CCTV/security cam footage is only valid evidence if the brightness is above a certain level; they need that for their system not to be useless
@@WatchMeDoMath What a stupid law 😅
Looking good to have some competition on the route. If you didn’t know lumo in Finnish language translates to English as “charm”. And it looks like they have charm of their own.
Well done Dylan, it was an absolute pleasure to watch your video. It's a breath of fresh air to watch your contents compared to other similar videos from other UA-camrs. Also, thumbs up for changing to voice over in your videos. Good contents, nice information, and we get the perfect feeling that you love and are passionate of what you do !
Not gonna lie i wasn’t expecting much from Lumo, but their trains look fantastic and excellent value for money, it opens up so many opportunities for people with the low cost travel. Great review mate, thoroughly enjoying this wee midweek treat from you!
Their trains are no different to that off LNER's, TPE's nor GWR's 8xx
Lumo seems to be well on top of their game! Thanks for the video, Dylan!
The simple all-blue livery somehow feels like the best livery for a high-speed trains
Ah, the fightback against ironing board seats starts here! Cheers Dylan 🙂
When I used to commute from Retford to King's X, I always used the tip-up vestibule seats. The seats in the saloon were nearly all reserved for passengers getting on at Peterborough, only 50 mins from The 'Cross. Anyway, those seats were no more than hard plastic with a piece of cloth over them! At least in the vestibule one could stretch one's legs and get up now and then to avoid 'opera bottom'.
These trains are by far the best class 800 so far. Nice seats, reading lights and extendable tray table. Oh and the carriage lights are not that harsh white colour. Just goes to show how good the other class 800 could have been.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the ride "quality" be as poor as on other 800 series trains?
I prefer white lights to warm lights on trains, much more of a modern feels and doesn’t make you want to nod off
@@Thomashorsman I can easily fall asleep on any train regardless of the brightness of the lighting 😉
thats if you like airline type of seats instead of the mk 1 open plan. personaly we think the whole lot can be put in a skip
@@jimmenycricket4598 idk why people always complain about that. I personally don’t mind it much, and I think the older HSTs / Class 91s had way worse ride quality than the 800 series
You need to send this to Lumo. Then they will feel rally good about this for good reason.
& maybe fix their seat rearrangement. You should get what you asked for since you got on at the start of the ride. They should upgrade their snacks, too.
@@shirleynitka5030 I agree, but overall it was a great product.
most people probably do. they were probably all booked.
Amazing you’ve gotten this up already! Gonna be a great video
Dylan, thank you for the good video. Like I said before, I'm jealous of the train design in the UK and Europe compared to the ones in the USA. I honestly think yours are better designed than the ones over here. Keep up the good work.
Wasn’t expecting to see you in my subscriptions this morning, a good surprise! Lumo look great and for that price, you can’t beat it!
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Really nice review Dylan. Love the ingenious reading light above the fold down table!
Great video Dylan, good fair honest review. Having the voice over really helps, good improvement, also your shot of the ECS arriving in Waverley was excellent and very professional. Train well loaded which is good to see.
Showing how a train operator should work and how much tickets should cost. This may give LNER a kick up the back side to improve and get better seating installed. Thanks a nice video.
Really ? At least do some research! If a service costs for example £100 you cannot sell it for £30 for too long ...unless of course there are some gov approved shady deals, you know the CHUMS brigade.
@@andrewcoupe9528 smaller overheads mean you can sell your services lower.
Personally a ticket from Doncaster to London can cost over 200 return plus parking. Plus connecting travel. That's not cost effective. And I cannot book in advance!
@@andrewcoupe9528 I said a similar thing. Around 400 capacity at £13.10 gives just over £5000 to run this service. Finger in the air guess for costs would be around £8000 and thats before profits so these fares are going to go up a long way over the next few years.
I'm all for attracting customers but it seems a lot of people think this is a long term model which it can't be unless someone likes throwing money away.
@@sparkmeister4706 There is nothing "smaller overheads" about a fully staffed 800-class. Where do you think they saved money? On the paint scheme?
@@siraff4461 For a start Lumo has no cleaners, the train staff are fully responsible for cleaning the train, that's a big cost gone.
Dylan, you're full of surprises! I'm always ready with my coffee on Fridays at 8 A.M. (California time) but now I'm very late indeed. Nice train and full of people, too. Everything was up to your usual standard, very thorough with a nice balance of interior and exterior shots and very smooth narration.
looks really good, hopefully they'll get some routes you can access from Huddersfield. love the lights and sliding table, nice touch. Great video, comprehensive and informative as ever.
Great video report Dylan and so nice to see and hear you with such a good informative commentary.......well done!
Hi Dylan, great video and very interesting. The quality of your films has greatly increased since you started the commentary, really good.
Personally think I would rather have these videos without commentary; I find his voice irritating...
Thanks a lot for this one, Dylan. Excellent topic & photography - I particularly appreciated your spoken commentary / script. It was just right!
It's great to see you and now hear your voice, this is the way forward.
Thank you for a truly excellent review ! I have yet to try Lumo, but will be taking them to Newcastle at the end of November. Delighted that the seats are so much better than in other IETs - how ironic, as First use IETs on TPE and GWR !
A wonderful train ride and as always love the narrated videos
Love these vlog videos Dylan. I hope you do much more of them in the future. 👍
Stunning video as always mate! Keep them coming!
They do look the part. Easy on the eye, and the wallet!
Also, you’re smashing the transition to on-screen and voice over work. Killing it!
It feels very interesting watching the video on-board the Lumo, it's like telling the different between LNER & Lumo.
Almost at 100k mate! 😎 Keep em coming!
Great, that you now talk to the videos. That makes watching much more relaxing. I love it.
another awesome presentation. must admit I do use these for when I make my own travel plans
I always enjoy your videos. Nice relaxing commentary,thanks.
Great report, thank you.
Good luck to Lumo. Hope they do well and extend their service to the WCML.
"Lumo, Britain's first low-cost rail operator"
London Overground: *Am I a joke to you?*
The overground acts more as a rapid transport system than it does a national rail operator.
Wrexham, Shropshire and MaryleboneRailway £20 to London. Sabotaged by Virgin.
Lumo is privately owned ain't it?
London overground is owned by TFL thats ran by the government.
Great commentary with just the right amount of detailed information of the places you pass on the way.
sounds like a great train looks clean and comfortabl e nice sceenery on the way stay safe and well buddy cheers
Beautiful Train, yes, the Livery is Fantastic too, with a nice shade of Blue. A Scottish Piper playing on the departure track... cool...! Awesome Scenery and Landscape... I can imagine this train must smell brand new inside... Excellent video.
I'm happy to see you showed the crossing over the Royal Border bridge. Sat by the river Tweed many a time over the years when visiting Berwick. The East Coast is beautiful. Will definitely keep an eye out on Lumo, sounds good
hi so nice to see the trains full again, i can not see how lumo can fail.great video as always.brian d
I will most certainly give Lumo a go when I travel up to Scotland, it looked like a wonderful ride and the price is unbeatable I would say! Thanks so much Dylan.😉👍🏻
i plan on trying Lumo next year once they've got a more settled service, they certainly look and sound good
Is it Tuesday ? What a treat Dylan....another excellent report and interesting to see fewer facemasks ! Now perhaps for the old like me an awayday Edinburgh and back with Lumo
might be a fun idea !
Brilliant review, Dylan! Very thorough. Thinking of travelling with Lumo in the future.
Great video! I'm excited to see how the other operators respond to genuine competition.
Really? This isn’t genuine competition by any means. I live in Scotland. I go from Aberdeen to Newark Northgate. While I can go into Kings Cross this then means I have to go across to St Pancres station and get another train. Not only is this more expense, it difficult for me to get access to the train at the others stations as I have mobility problems. So unless they increase there stops, this is no use for me. And I’m sure I’m not the only one.
Slick train. Hopefully I'll get there to try it myself. Awesome narration. Thanks Dylan!
Good to Hear you again mate. I am certainly interested to see how Lumo do in the coming future.
Great vid thanks Dylan and great to see your face as well!
Another great video Dylan. Saw this unit passing Northallerton
Such a civilized way to travel. Thrilled to have this new service. Cannot wait to try it. The vast savings on the journey is very attractive. Many thanks indeed for your report. I found it very useful. Cheers
I know it's a high speed service, but it's a shame it doesn't stop in York of Leeds. I mean, if anybody is going to appreciate a budget train service, it's a Yorkshireman like me!
Ditto as i said already george hudson would turn in his grave knowing trains do not stop at york.Fellow yorkie too.
York seems a more logical stopping point than Morpeth
From Leeds, take the short hop to Doncaster, then jump on to Grand Central.
Yes
I really enjoyed this bonus video!
I have travelled by train between London and Edinburgh and London and York several times on my trips to the UK and I absolutely would take Lumo. Seems a very comfortable experience, the light above the tray is brilliant, you can't beat the exceptional cost and I actually love the sleek look of the train, coupled with the blue color.
Thanks for the excellent review, as always, Dylan!
Lumo is really comfortable, and it can also be used for the latest discounts, which can help Sheng qian
Love these new videos. The voice over and seeing your face makes it more personal and I think friendly. Plus I think your video content is much better now too. Keep up the good work. I travel on lner from Doncaster to kings cross occasionally. But the ticket cost is astronomical.
I will look into Lumo next time I visit the UK. Thanks Dylan for highlighting this brand new 🚆 train.
Travelling on the same train in May, really helpful tips and seems like the best option from edinburgh to london. Looking forward to our train journey now
Loving these vlog ones now thanks Dylan
Excellent cost-benefit ratio, good equipment .. thanks for the ride.
It's worth noting that in order to pass the Department for Transport's tests to ensure they don't abstract revenue from LNER, Lumo's competitors are officially easyJet and British Airways. Seems like they're doing a good job there in terms of both price and comfort!
The railways were privatized to create comptetion and drive fares down, but now Lumo isn't allowed to compete with LNER! Crazy.
Why doesn't it stop at Doncaster? There's an airport there. Just checked on a return flight £435. Sure LNER will be beating flight prices even from Edinburgh and Newcastle.
@@dudleyserious9985 maybe we simply just wait and see what the future holds.
Never seen you before. Excellent video. Subscribed!
Thanks 😁
Excellent report and very good commentary.
What a great video. Not seen any of your other content, but I'm looking forward to taking a look. Your video has made me want to book with Lumo and visit Edinburgh.
Great video as usual Dylan. Those standard class seats look much better than the rest of the Class 8xx seats which will be a massive selling point in my opinion.
Thanks, Dylan, for a nice little trip.
Very well explained. Thanks.
Great to see you unmasked. I have never been up to surface level at Waverley, always just been passing through.
Great video mate. Normally, LumO trains use to call at Stevenage but yeah that's very strange through and so many people are on lumO
Excellent Video! I like it!!!
Great vlog Dylan and nice to see you. Would be great if you could review more first class train journeys sometime, budget permitting, just to compare.
Plenty of railfans for the first trip between London and Edimburgh.
Great video. I'm not even interested in trains but I loved it!
Oh and brilliant video very well done thank you 👍
Great Video As always Dylan they look a great operator 👍
Haven't watched your videos for months but I'm back
very good review thanks for sharing 🏴
Wooow great video👍, Greetings from London 🇬🇧
i had no idea this new company existed and now I am going to plan a trip on one!!
Great review and Lumo looks great 👍👍🇦🇺
just viewed again. really enjoyable
Amazing! I hope to travel on them someday
aww am glad the voice overs are still going great video
You managed to get this edited quickly - nice one! I'll be uploading mine later this week, maybe today. Glad we've drawn the same general conclusions on this service - well done Lumo!
Oh, and I too booked a window seat and found it was an aisle seat... Must be an issue in the reservations system I guess.
To overcome this, you probably have to book an aisle and get a window seat.
When you're going over the River Tyne is that fog in distance 🤣
I came here about 2 months ago when lumo wasent there it was brilliant
Good job. Perfect. Wonderful information. Have a nice time.
Great video Dylan. Might try get on one of these soon 😄
Fun to see a Tuesday (US) Inaugural Service bonus edition 🙂
GWR/LNER/HT and TPE may all be looking at those seats and thinking ''DAM IT!!''
7:03, BYE BYE!!! I WEELY MISS YOUW... XD Wow what a nice dad.
Excellent vid!
Excellent video ; will definitely need try the trip 👍👍
I saw a guy put this same vid up but for the inaugural test or whatever.
Im due to go scotty next month and i have the lner ticket already booked outwards, but i defo gotta try and get this iet back, looks like a beauty!
Thank you, this has really been helpful! I will probably move to Edinburgh next year and the only people I know in the uk are based in London, so getting cheap prices while studying in Edinburgh sounds good!