Virgin Trains East Coast

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Newcastle to Kings Cross 
and return 
(First Class only) 

www.virgintrainseastcoast.com 

Poor Jeremy Corbyn. This week he bought a Standard Class ticket on a Virgin train from London to Newcastle without a (free) seat reservation. 

Didn’t he know that he’d have to spend the entire journey sitting on the floor? Or at least long enough to be filmed by a conveniently placed film crew. Now he wants to re-nationalise the railway: that’ll teach ‘em. 

The Labour leader wouldn’t consider upgrading to First Class, even though the air-conditioned coaches had empty seats aplenty. So, sadly, Mr Corbyn couldn't sample Virgin’s culinary treat: a Tasty Journey with James Martin.

East Coast Trains [CLOSED]

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Newcastle, Berwick, Alnmouth, Morpeth, Durham, Darlington and King's Cross stations

www.eastcoast.co.uk 

Open: Every half hour, every day. 

Meals only with first class travel. 

Accessibility: Yes 

Not long ago, dinner on a train was an event. 

In a dining car with white tablecloths you could eat hearty fare served by jolly staff while the world whizzed by at a hundred miles an hour. It didn’t matter whether you were travelling first or standard class, everyone was welcome and it cost around £20 for three courses. There was soup, steak and school pudding or a generous plate of cheese and biscuits. 

That was then. Now we have East Coast Trains.