Review of the IET from an unconnected source / "Business Traveller"

grahame

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Review of the IET from an unconnected source / "Business Traveller"

« on: January 23, 2019, 18:56:17 »

Review of the IETs^▸ from a regular traveller ... long article on Business Traveller

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I am sitting on a GWR^▸ Azuma^▸ train from Bath to Paddington in Standard Class as I type this. The Azuma trains came into service in December 2017 and as far as I know, GWR are the only operator though I understand that LNER^» will also operate it. In that time, I have not seen any reviews of the train and so I thought I would fill that gap with a review of my experiences over the last year or so. Where relevant, I will compare and contrast with the HST^▸ 125 trains that most of us will be familiar with.

Much of the comment is what we've seen on the Coffee Shop before (and perhaps I should point out our presence to the author as he says "I have not seen any reviews of the train") but it does add some angles and perspectives ...


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Re: Review of the IET from an unconnected source / "Business Traveller"

« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2019, 20:08:45 »

Many forums included personal reviews of IEPs^▸ long before the first one was ever delivered. He must have looked in the wrong places, or didn’t go back far enough...

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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2019, 20:53:50 »

He is probably referring to a review in a business or general interest publication, rather than the ream sof reviews in specialist rail forums.


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tomL

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« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2019, 12:23:04 »

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I must confess I have come to prefer the trolley service and I don’t miss the buffet car.

Controversial for some. Tongue

A good review though. Interesting point about the practicalities of 2x5 vs 9.


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« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2019, 15:29:11 »

Urgh I hate the misconception VTEC (now LNER^» ) have created by hyping up their sets as 'Azuma^▸ 's' and GWR^▸ IETs^▸ now being called the same thing... Undecided


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