Nice to see the Pullman Dining shown. Not, I guess a guarentee it will be provided yet?

'Twas ever thus. The renowned Victorian/ Edwardian photographer Gibson produced a memorable series of photos showing the increasing despair of passengers on the original Scillonian as they head west wards into the open ocean!

Maybe a uniformity of seat comfort, levelling up by refitting GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) slab board seats to a comfort standard enjoyed elsewhere in the country.

Sorry I just saw a flying pig.

I travelled PAD^» (Paddington (London) - next trains)- PNZ last week, and was most impressed with the  staff service, cleanliness and all precautions.

And the Penzance sleeper is still running so not ALL though Paddinton-Cornwall trains have been withdrawn.

"The only "fly in the ointment" is passenger comfort. IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train)▸ supporters both in GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) and informed persons on these fora have gone to a great deal of trouble to persuade us that IETs are lovely trains, ideal for GWR routes, and that only a few old farts consider them to be a backward step.
Use of old stock, whether HSTs^▸ (High Speed Train) or other even older trains will involve a certain amount of loss of face. If significant numbers of passengers actually prefer the old trains and say so in the media or on trip advisor and the like, then very considerable loss of face will result."[/i]

So true. On Sunday I went up to London on the SWR^» (South Western Railway - about) Waterloo service. The seats were lovely, soft, deep, comfortable and brought into sharp focus how truly awful are the rigid board seats that the GWR IETs have.

With such difficulties I find it strange that GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) is not giving any advice on the use of the Waterloo Exeter route, nor much encouragement to people to use the sleeper. The Sunday night service from Paddington was nearly empty because the GWR website had removed any mention of it running!

Given that Exeter -Waterloo provides a perfectly adequate route to London in the current GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) IET^▸ (Intercity Express Train) fiasco, it is incredible to me me that neither GWR or the National Rail Information apps give any easily accessible advice on travelling from Devon and Cornwall to London via the Waterloo route. All you get from National Rail is a list of the cancelled GWR trains, and all GWR gives is their lengthy Exeter-Bristol- Swindon- Reading - Paddington contingency. Anyone would think the Waterloo route did not exist!

Timetable K1... Sleeper now to run nonstop from Newton Abbot to Liskeard??

Flooding of the track is one of the most common causes of cancellations on the Looe branch. The East Looe River runs  close alongside it for nearly the whole way

As it is in reality the Okehampton branch, the best icon would be Okehampton Castle. You dont get to see much of Dartmoor from the train!

A great pity. They even built a secure compound at Laira which I believe was to hold the Plymouth- Paris set.

Yes indeed the sleeper des have good political clout, but there is also a fair deal of political support  in Devon and Cornwall for the  Pullman.  Hopefully the Golden Hind title might return as well.

Many people assume all trees are protected. In fact relatively few are and land owners are free to fell any others without consultation.

I meant to flag up the new half hourly through service from Looe to Okehampton!