{"id":213,"date":"2014-06-12T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/?p=213"},"modified":"2014-08-06T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T09:22:02","slug":"i-am-loving-grand-central-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stuffbysofia.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/i-am-loving-grand-central-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"I am loving Grand Central trains"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend I went to Stockton for a bit of RnR which, believe you me, was sorely needed. I had a really lovely time observing the weather up North which is even weirder than London’s. Deluge of rain and then sunny. A bit cloudy and then sunny. Then back to the rain… Ah, Britain, how I love you.<\/p>\n

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I booked with Grand Central<\/strong> which was equally expensive with another company I could have used. \u00a3120 return strikes me as a bit steep from London to Eaglescliffe. Just saying.<\/p>\n

However, Grand Central has two things going for it. Space and food.<\/p>\n

First of all I have never been in such a spacious train<\/strong>. Seats are wide. Leg room is designed for people and not cattle. Take a look at this photo. I am sitting cross legged, the tray table is down and my knees don’t even reach the end of the table, let alone the seat in front of me. By the way I am not tiny, I am 1,63m (convert it. I am continental).<\/p>\n

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I really do hope that they are not ready to ‘modernise’ and go for trains which\u00a0make the journey an experience from hell.<\/p>\n

Second thing – very surprisingly – is the food<\/strong>. Now, I use trains quite often and the sandwiches are abysmal. Even the First Class food leaves a lot to be desired. But the Grand Central sandwich I had was surprisingly nice. I went for a B.L.T. before remembering I usually avoid them cause the bacon is vile, cold with coagulated fat which you couldn’t cut with a cleaver. This however was fresh, without any fat in sight and with a good dollop of mayo. They should congratulate their sandwich provider.<\/p>\n

All in all a great train to take if you’re headed up North.<\/p>\n

Check em out:\u00a0<\/strong>Grand Central<\/a><\/p>\n

P.S. I am very grateful to Nik Morris (van Leiden) and his amazing photo, uploaded under Creative Commons right here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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