Is coffee included?
04 November 2009, 11:42 AM
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Is coffee included?
I see that if you live in Newquay but have to rush up to the Highlands to visit a sick Grannie the 1st Class return rail fare is now £1002 
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04 November 2009, 11:47 AM
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Newquay to Par and Inverness to Kyle don't even have first class accommodation 
If anyone hasn't done the drive or train ride from Fort William to Kyle of Lochalsh - just do it. Has to be a contender for Best Drive in the UK.
If anyone hasn't done the drive or train ride from Fort William to Kyle of Lochalsh - just do it. Has to be a contender for Best Drive in the UK.
04 November 2009, 07:46 PM
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Actually I've just checked and the trip is just over 1400 miles return by road. If my Passat only did 40mpg (and it gets top 40s on a run) and with diesel at 1.10 litre it would cost me £175 ....... oh and 12 hours each way but then how long would the train take, in days ...?
Apparently you can get an 'advance saver', or whatever, for £561 .....
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Apparently you can get an 'advance saver', or whatever, for £561 .....
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04 November 2009, 07:52 PM
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If you book specific trains then you'll save an absolute fortune, and this way first class usually works out a lot cheaper than buying a standard return ticket, believe it or not.
And yes you do get coffee, and meals and beer
And yes you do get coffee, and meals and beer
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04 November 2009, 08:47 PM
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Just checked via 'thetrainline'.
Leave Newquay 06.57 (first train).
Arrive Kyle 11.28 - the next day .......
Stop overnight in Inverness. So over 28 hours. Same for the return.
So unless you sleep on the station overnight there's also the hotel/B&B to add into the equation.
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Leave Newquay 06.57 (first train).
Arrive Kyle 11.28 - the next day .......
Stop overnight in Inverness. So over 28 hours. Same for the return.
So unless you sleep on the station overnight there's also the hotel/B&B to add into the equation.
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04 November 2009, 10:37 PM
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Maybe. From Rail travel | £1,000 fair | Newquay to Kyle, Scotland | Western Morning News
"... And a return flight from the Westcountry to the Highlands – Exeter to Inverness – with Flybe is £372 while the National Express coach journey from Newquay to Inverness costs £124 return or less. Even a Westcountry taxi driver quoted the Western Morning News £200 less for the 1,700-mile round trip from Cornwall to Scotland than the ticket available from the CrossCountry train company ..."
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05 November 2009, 09:56 AM
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The reality is that you arrive at the hospital 28 hours after you left, cold and bedraggled (and broke).
A friendly Doctor welcomes you and in broken English says "Ah, good morning Sir. You must have come to collect the body"
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A friendly Doctor welcomes you and in broken English says "Ah, good morning Sir. You must have come to collect the body"
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