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Title: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: grahame on December 05, 2019, 19:32:12 From the Suffolk Gazette (https://www.suffolkgazette.com/news/london-underground-introduces-first-class-carriages/) ... to be moved to "the lighter side" when confirmed as a joke.
Quote The news was revealed exclusively to the Suffolk Gazette after an alert reader spotted a sign at Holborn this evening. While anyone with money will enjoy the new posh commuting experience, to be introduced first on the Central Line, not everyone is happy, describing it as elitist and Victorian in nature. City worker Lorraine Fisher, 34, was furious: “Traveling on the Tube when it’s busy is difficult enough, but knowing these snobs in the next carriage are lounging around quaffing champagne is too much. Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: Bmblbzzz on December 05, 2019, 19:52:00 I think some Coffee Shoppists are going to start campaigning for LU stock to be used on GWR services. The buffet looks very stylish. :D ;D
Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: Oxonhutch on December 05, 2019, 21:00:41 It has been done before ... :D
(https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/custom/assets/aimages/L2559.jpg) https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/custom/assets/aimages/L2559.jpg (https://www.railwayarchive.org.uk/custom/assets/aimages/L2559.jpg) Quote Metropolitan Railway Pullman car GALATEA Side view of the Metropolitan Railway's Pullman car GALATEA, photographed between 1909-1922 in its original livery of umber and cream with a white roof. The Metropolitan was the only Underground line to operate these specially appointed coaches. Note the decorative stained glass side lights at each end of the car. Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: MVR S&T on December 05, 2019, 21:27:22 I for one would like there to be a fast service, say Basingstoke to say Cambridge, with NO stops, my geograpical knowledge of the other side of London is a bit sketchy, for the very reason, that I avoid London at all costs.
Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: Surrey 455 on December 05, 2019, 21:30:09 FAKE - There's a website somewhere where you enter your choice of text and it will print it onto a pretend LUL whiteboard.
Edit - Forgot to mention I am referring to the photo in the Suffolk Gazette link Edit No 2 - Having taken a closer look, the whole website is a spoof news site and I fear I have been fooled by Grahame. :'( Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: broadgage on December 05, 2019, 22:51:54 Outrageous, LUL now to get better trains than so called inter-city services to Cornwall. :)
Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: grahame on December 06, 2019, 06:37:19 Definitely a move to "Lighter Side" ... see [here] (https://www.suffolkgazette.com/about/)
Quote About Suffolk Gazette You couldn’t make it up. Suffolk is full of strange and wonderful stories, and our tales explode across social media and get repeated by gullible mainstream media, including Sky News and national newspapers. "You couldn't make it up ... but we do" Every day is 1st April. Title: Re: London Underground introduces First Class carriages Post by: lordgoata on December 09, 2019, 15:42:04 A colleague in Chicago just asked me about this, apparently doing the rounds on the news over there!
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