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1  Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / Re: First Class from PAD to Oxford on: January 17, 2010, 13:33:56
Quote from: bignosemac on January 16, 2010, 19:33:52
The timetabled Mon- Fri services that are operated by High Speed Trains (Inter City 125, in old money!) that should* have at seat service in 1st class are:

From PAD» (Paddington (London) - next trains). 0822, 1022, 1122, 1551, 1722, 1750, 1822, 1922, 2020, 2148.

From OXF» (Oxford - next trains). 0627, 0656, 0733, 0751, 0805, 0851, 1531, 1631, 1736, 2031.

Complimentary items include hot drinks, fruit juices, pastries, fruit, nuts and crisps.

There are other services operated by HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units))'s that may have a catering trolley service for the whole train but I'm not sure whether these have dedicated 1st class Customer Hosts.


At weekends on HST services with an open buffet you can present your 1st class ticket at the buffet for complimentary items.

* I say should because, as you may discover from this forum, the services I have listed are to and from Worcester and beyond and they are occasionally subject to replacement by Class 165/166 Turbos which have very poor 1st class accomodation compared to the HSTs.

Oh, and welcome to the forum drairways!  Cheesy


Thank you so so much for the information above, I am going to book the 1122 train, just for this reason alone.

Plus; I just wanted to say "Thank you" to everyone who so kindly took the time to write me a reply, This is a fantastic little community.

Once again thanks for all your help Smiley And thank you for the warm welcome!
2  Journey by Journey / London to Didcot, Oxford and Banbury / First Class from PAD to Oxford on: January 16, 2010, 13:31:40
Hey everyone..

Im planning a trip to Oxford.. and was going to take the First-great western train from London Paddington to Oxford.

I was going to buy a first class ticket... I was just wondering what services they provide for their first class passenger? Will they have refreshments on the train for free etc??

Thanks a million....I have never travelled on First great western.. so i would love to hear your insights..
Cheers Smiley
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