Journey to Bedworth 8th March

First Essex Buses

10.02 PL to 10.23 SNF

Service: 80A - Bus Reg/Fleet No: YX13AKK 44547

Pulled into PL @ 10.05

Pulled out of PL @ 10.07

Pulled into SNF @ 10.26 (3 Minutes Late)

Temp: 18.3 to 19.8 C

Humidity: 43 to 45 %

Notes: Dirty floors, clean seats.

Abellio Greater Anglia

10.41 SNF to 11.14 LST

Train: 321359/312 Carriage: 78061 (First Class)

5th of 8 Carriages

Pulled into SNF @ 10.40

Pulled out of SNF @ 10.42

Pulled into LST @ 11.14

Temp: 18.1 to 20.5 C

Humidity: 44 to 45 %

Notes: Dirty floors, even in First Class! Heating not on, but not an issue today, I had First Class to myself, but looking at it's condition, it's no surprise that people aren't stupid enough to book First Class on AGA trains.

London Underground

Got Central Line from LST to Bank and Northern Line from Bank to EUS, both trains were clean and tidy and not overly crowded.

Virgin Trains (West Coast)

12.20 EUS to 13.22 COV

Prebooked Seat Coach H, Seat 24 (First Class)

Train: 390040 Carriage: 69540

7th of 9 Carriages

Pulled out of EUS @ 12.20

Pulled into COV @ 13.16

Temp: 21.1 to 23.1 C

Humidity: 42 to 46 %

Notes: Superbly clean and tidy! As you'd expect from Virgin Trains (West Coast)

London Midland

13.46 COV to 13.57 BEH

Train: 153365 Carriage: 57365

Single Carriage

Pulled out of COV @ 13.47

Pulled into BEH @ 13.58 (2 Minutes Late)

Temp: 20.1 to 22.4 C

Humidity: 42 to 49 %

Notes: A little bit of rubbish but otherwise clean.

General Notes:

It was a relatively relaxing journey to Bedworth, First Class was a good choice, for the Virgin Trains leg anyway. It cost me an extra £3,55 compared to a Standard Class ticket, which was well worth it as I got to use the First Class Lounge at Euston, which has complimentary snacks and drinks, I also got the snack box on the train, as pictured above, which was worth the extra money in itself. And that's not forgetting the additional complimentary can of Pepsi Max on the train and free use of the WiFi on the train and in the lounge.

Train Station/Bus Stop Codes:

PL = Pondfield Lane Bus Stop, SNF = Shenfield, LST = London Liverpool Street, EUS = London Euston, COV = Coventry & BEH = Bedworth.