Enthusiast
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Mrs Enthusiast and I used Lumo from Kings X to Edinburgh and return last week. The trains were full, but the experience was fine. We didn't want luxurious travel. A four hour trip is perfectly endurable in "standard" seats and those on our service were quite comfortable enough. We had a small case each (airline cabin size) which was perfectly adequate for our three night stay and it was easily accommodated overhead. I saw nobody with luggage problems.
We are by no means short of a bob or two and price was not a principle consideration. But the times suited us perfectly and LNER wanted some 40% more for trains with identical journey times and which were only 15-20 minutes away from our Lumo services. We witnessed the scrum for the slightly earlier LNER return journey at Waverley and it was not a pretty sight. In contrast, boarding on our service was a little more civilised.
Yes Lumo could do with longer trains, perhaps with more space for large luggage. But to call for its services to be discontinued shows a somewhat contemptuous approach. My (one and only) experience was perfectly OK and I don't really see how an LNER service with similar stock and identical timings would have been much different - certainly not 40% different.
We are by no means short of a bob or two and price was not a principle consideration. But the times suited us perfectly and LNER wanted some 40% more for trains with identical journey times and which were only 15-20 minutes away from our Lumo services. We witnessed the scrum for the slightly earlier LNER return journey at Waverley and it was not a pretty sight. In contrast, boarding on our service was a little more civilised.
Yes Lumo could do with longer trains, perhaps with more space for large luggage. But to call for its services to be discontinued shows a somewhat contemptuous approach. My (one and only) experience was perfectly OK and I don't really see how an LNER service with similar stock and identical timings would have been much different - certainly not 40% different.