Great North Eastern Railways (GNER)

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% discount on all First and Standard Advance Fares, plus no postage and no booking fee for all purchases. I quite often use this rail line, either from Newcastle to London or Newcastle to Inverness. The trains are normally quite clean and do run on time. The staff are helpful and there are usually buffet and or trolley services ...  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 their staff with every vengeful bone in my body. I’ll provide evidence of why this is, if you’ll bear with me. About GNER GNER are an old-fashioned railway company, embracing the traditional values of the British railway. They still seem to believe that rail services should be comfortable, reliable and that they ...  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, there had been a thick covering of snow in Scotland. There were 3 reasons I hadn't noticed :- 1. I hadn't been anywhere near Scotland on that day. 2. No-one had provided the passengers with any information whatsoever. 3. The 'thick covering of snow' didn't exist. I was told by the passengers ...  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 King's Cross, have a night in London, get the Eurostar to Lille (see my op 'Why We're Going off Eurostar') then get the TGV to Marseille (see my op 'TGV So Much Better Than British Rail'). - Great North Eastern Railway (GNER) Background (from my own personal research!) - When British Rail was ...  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 www.qjump.co.uk You can book tickets in the station, online or over the phone either way you will still get the tickets. Uusally you can pick where to sit and they will have it marked for you. I didn't want to be right near the front or end but I was given carriage B. I always get a table when I am travelling ...  Read the complete review