Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) Reviews

Great North Eastern Railways (GNER) GNER now National Express East Coast http://www.nationalexpresseastcoast.com This rail service runs from London to Inverness on a regular basis. They claim their website is: Still the best place to buy your tickets for travel on the East Coast with 10% ...  Read the complete review

You know, I can tell you for nothing that I’m going to enjoy writing this review far more than you will probably enjoy reading. Over the last twelve months plus, you see, I have developed something of a love / hate relationship with GNER. I love their services (particularly when benchmarked against the other UK rail companies) but I hate ...  Read the complete review

Some of the comments on my previous op reminded me that not all GNER journeys went as smoothly as the one I described. (I'll describe it again later). I was travelling from Newcastle to Durham and noticed that there were considerable delays. I asked what the reason was and was rudely told that, in case I hadn't noticed, ...  Read the complete review

- Introduction - I travel with GNER several times a year, mainly going from Newcastle to London King?s Cross, though sometimes going from Newcastle to York. This year, however, we were travelling to London King's Cross, as were doing a holiday to the south of France differently this year. We would catch the GNER to London ...  Read the complete review

I used GNER on my first trip down to London. It was something around £30 the fair and it last 4 hours only stopping at Newcastle and York. The train took me from Edinburgh Waverley to London King's Cross. GNER are the main servie from London to Scotland. They do regular journeys daily. For more information on time go to ...  Read the complete review

I'm a regular weekend traveller on GNER lines to Leeds, Newcastle and Scotland, and I can honestly say that I've never had a journey that's gone satisfactorally. First off there is the matter of the trains running on time. Generally, on a Friday evening, the trains do leave on scheduled time from Kings Cross station, ...  Read the complete review

Well, I think that's the longest title I've ever given an opinion. GNER (Great North Eastern Railways) are the main operator on the London to Scotland route, travelling as far North as Inverness from London Kings Cross. Now, I'm not going to make this quite the rant that my title suggests, there are certain ...  Read the complete review

Why fly to London? Ok, well maybe you're located in Scotland and need to visit England for work on a regular basis. Most business peeps here in Edinburgh can regularly be seen dragging their mini trolleys and their laptops out to the airport - convinced that the one and a bit hour flight down to London town is going to save ...  Read the complete review

I found myself, at short notice, having to travel from Glasgow to Peterborough for a Residential school with the OU. I called National rail enquiries and was given a long convuluted journey with a couple of stops, and a fare of about £60. Although expensive, probably equivalent to car fuel, and at least I could work on the way, I ...  Read the complete review

I used to travel between Edinburgh/Glasgow to Leeds on average twice a month to visit my (ex)boyfriend. I found that the cheapest way for me to do so was by train - National Express and other coach services were slightly more expensive and didn't run nearly as frequently so going by train seemed the best option for me. At ...  Read the complete review

My reviews are normally very positive but I'm afraid my experiences with GNER over the last few years have not been. The most common problem I have encountered is delays. Maybe I have just been unlucky but it seems that more than half the time I travel there is a delay at some point. A couple of times I have missed the ...  Read the complete review

Even in the continuing weeks of train 'problems' GNER seem to have overcome most of the problems, even though it was one of their trains which derailed at Hatfield. Travelling from Peterborough to London 3 times since the delays I have found the train times to have already returned to normal, this acctually occured ...  Read the complete review

I can see that a lot of people have written good reviews, but I like to stray from the pack. Normally GNER provide an adequate service, but over that last few months they have gone down and down. We go to Leeds roughly every other week, and I was not impressed at all by the service of the trains. You may say I have no ...  Read the complete review

I have travelled with GNER twice, both times from London to Leeds. I have always been very happy; once when they had overbooked their manager was very helpful. They have a buffet car, where food is available, though it is rather expensive. Many people say that since the railways have been privatised that things have got worse. I totally ...  Read the complete review

I travelled to London recently on the train and was very impressed with the service I received. On the outbound journey I had no complaints, but on my return leg I found the service very good. As usual the train from London was very busy so I sat on the coach designated as 'StandardPlus' (which is reserved for those ...  Read the complete review

You know it's absolutely years since I last went long distance on a train...with the avaiablity of inexpensive flights trains just seemed a bit of an irrelevance. So there I was standing on the station at Victoria one day and thetrainline.com were running a competition to win a pair of tickets (1st class no less!) to ...  Read the complete review

GNER is probably the best way to travel from Scotland down to London. The journey is usually very pleasant. If you remain awake you will notice that a great deal of the journey is on the coast, and the scenery is worth paying attention to. Seating is quite comfortable, although it could be better, and I would say one of the most reliable ...  Read the complete review

The Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) operates the high speed train service between London, Yorkshire, North East England and Scotland, known as the East Coast Main Line, and are clearly one of the best privitized rail operators. I have no reason to like this company as they only operate one train per day in each direction between my ...  Read the complete review