What's it like riding with TfW in FIRST CLASS?

[@SteamboatWilley]

A cup of tea and a biscuit is always essential.

[@TransportVloggerIan]

9:27 Hey, now we are not going to grumble at that

[@GLovesTrains]

Not at all!

[@dennisgoulding6185]

Great way to travel the train looked very comfortable the porridge and coffee mmm could have eaten it myself what a great way to spend your time your video's are amazing ✅✅👍👍

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks 😀

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Thanks for the train ride G,definitely worth the money and looks very clean, shame about the toilet door!!😎🚃🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧❤️

[@GLovesTrains]

Haha thanks a lot!

[@78Alcione]

Just started watching your videos; we love watching train riding journeys in the UK. You do a lovely job hosting these videos. Very happy New Year to you. Cheers from the US.

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@ReecesTrains]

Wow! The interior looks really nice, very much like the LNER InterCity 225's! I gotta love the door open beep, one of my favourite features on these sets! Great video, G!

[@oldtechnobodycaresabout]

They are the same trains

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks Reece!

[@NaenaeGaming]

Grand Central kept the seat shells on their Class 180 when they refurbished them and didn’t even replace the cushions and coverings in standard class for years after acquiring the sets, what made you think they’d replace the seats on the Mark 4s! 😂

[@michaelhopkification]

I did try First Class on Cross Country once, I have also travelled First Class lots of times on Avanti West Coast and Great Western Railway, also back when it was Virgin Trains and First Great Western.

[@seandoherty6199]

Your videos are excellent.

[@martinworsley6147]

Absolutely fabulous🎉! Could only find them running once a day to Holyhead. Thought that was it until your cracking video! Now planning a trip to Shrewsbury and may even try first class too! 🎉 Thank God for great vloggers like you who do the railway marketing for the train industry!! Cheers G❤

[@GLovesTrains]

Aw thanks Martin! Make sure you get a good price!

[@nigelh3253]

Your videos are infectious! In the nicest possible way. Only G can get across the excitement of a large cup and a train toilet! Keep up the good work

[@GLovesTrains]

Haha thanks!

[@citled]

I have ridden First Class in a MK4s several times but not under TfW. You are right, they are huge inside and I am over six feet tall. The porridge looked great! Always start my day with a huge bowl of the stuff , made from rolled oats and not the instant stodge most people eat. Sometimes it is worth the little extra to travel First Class especially on the busier routes. Great vlog G. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! , Ray xx

[@GLovesTrains]

Great! Happy New year Ray!

[@mikewood142]

Hiya my lovely, Devon Mike here, just wanted to ask you, if you've ever ridden on the "Robin Hood Line" yet by any chance? It's a nice industrial/countryside Railway journey and goes from: Nottingham to Worksop every hour. If you get a chance to look at Worksop Railway Station it's very nice, has an old signal box which is now preserved at the end of the platform and the station is painted to look like the old Great Central livery. And the service is operated by EMT and usually have class 170 Turbo Star units with the occasional class 158. Anyway unless you've already done it recently? If not have a look into it, you may like the journey? Anyway all the best for the new year keep up the good work and hope to see some more of your enjoyable videos soon.

[@BeakersAreCool]

Hi G, That was well worth the upgrade, looked very comfortable and as for the porridge I could do with a bowl right now. Looking forward to the next one, stay safe.

[@markeaston7353]

Happy new year G and to Lucy too!! Thanks for another nice video.

[@KempSimon]

I'm so glad that you enjoyed your bowl of porridge!

[@nicksavill6617]

Wow! That's amazing! I used to travel between Stockport and Shrewsbury back in about 1990, and it was a two carriage 156 Super Sprinter. Two carriages was never enough, and sometimes people couldn't even get on the train. That is such an upgrade.

[@KempSimon]

Something similar would be appreciated on the Cardiff Central to Portsmouth Harbour route, where we have to make do with Standard Class-only Thames Turbo commuter trains!

[@paulrb894]

Good video, hey beautiful, next time your in Crewe on a Saturday, visit the heritage centre. It's great 😃

[@titanbengal]

This is definitely one of the best vlogs you have made apart from the caledonian sleeper of course. Me and my family all enjoyed viewing this tonight. Many thanks for making and sharing with us.

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks!

[@MichaelSebastianTodd]

First Class on TfW looks amazing & im loving the TfW class 67s & i wouldnt mind riding one one day hopefully in the future & ive only seen a few at Cardiff Central back in May last Year awwesome vlog

[@ShrewsTrains]

Love travelling to Manchester from my hometown of Shrewsbury. Not done it for a while..... might have to go again soon.

[@ElijahsTransport]

That porridge looked delicious ngl

[@djtraxxehv1058]

First of all, best wishes for the new year! Hope you had a good start of the year. I have to say, that porridge looked very good and it is another great vlog.

[@slimi1969]

wow that looked so comfy in there !

[@jeremyclarkson5548]

Got to sit 1st class in one a couple months back as the conductor wasn't feeling well and she said I could take a seat as she wasn't going to come round so I did and it was honestly the best. Seats are so comfy you've got enough space and its quiet. I was only riding from Cardiff Central-Cwmbran which is only 2 stops but it was brilliant. Unfortunately the service was cancelled at Hereford as she was taken into hospital(I caught up with her a couple weeks later on her first day back and we started to chat and she's actually quite a nice lady)

[@camotech1314]

Yum love porrige, so glad you could try it

[@TheSouthWalesRailGuy]

I've been in Standard Class on a MK4 set once between Cardiff Central and Abergavenny, it was a very lovely experience in my opinion, in future i'll have to try first class for myself!

[@MrGreatplum]

Looks like a great first class offer - especially for that price! The porridge looks epic too. I’m always a fan of loco hauled stock!

[@clevm002]

Love the Doctor who umbrella

[@SamsVlogstrainsmore]

Great vlog G. I’ve travelled with TFW on the Class 67 sets but not in first class just standard class. It does look quite nice. I enjoyed watching as always.

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks Sam!

[@John-r6o8g]

Happy new year thank u for u videos your videos are great thank you from John I’m new Cumnock Kilmarnock

[@michaelbruchas6663]

Happy 2024! Damn! That’s GREAT LOOKING porridge!

[@geoffbrookes4594]

They are nice trains when they run, but they seem to spend more time in the carriage sidings at Crewe, being either repaired or maintained ,than they do in service. Love the end shot …hair blowin in the wind and…oohh …those railings. 😜. 🚂🚴‍♂️👣🇺🇦

[@chrishope9896]

Love the constant Doctor Who accessories.❤

[@Andrewjg_89]

I bet you are going to miss the Class 175 Coradia. As they have been your friend. I hope that they don’t get scrapped and to be used elsewhere. Nice to see you in 2024. Keep on going G. 😊

[@roddersfiftynine]

Happy new year. Another brill video.

[@jacobporrett]

Glad you enjoyed your porridge G 😊 it looked good. Not a clue where 175109 is at the moment. Looks like you had fun.

[@countludwigvonnippeltassel]

You have a 7th doctor umbrella! I'm so jealous! Happy new year, and here's to another 12 months of excellent content 😊

[@theshowmanuk]

Great fun and entertaining. Happy New Year.

[@GLovesTrains]

Happy new year!

[@theshowmanuk]

Nice carriage, posh porridge. Nice.

[@Rollin-Rant]

I like your umbrella 🌂, didn't you get any chocolate bourbons, and wow what a porridge 😋 and a brilliant video again, and a happy new year 👍

[@mbradfield53]

Love Shrewsbury station remember getting platform 5 to Birmingham

[@andiecurtis3511]

Porridge 🥰🥰🥰 Video was super relaxing as ever. Thank you for calming me down if I'm having a difficult day! You have a lovely relaxing manner.

[@stuartrawson5057]

Happy new year G I hope you have another amazing year of travel ❤that porridge does look very nice the interior of the carriage doesn't seem much different to the ones still on the east coast

[@GLovesTrains]

Happy new year!

[@ianbolton9309]

Happy new year G and Lucy, fantastic Vblog nice journey in that first class looked very posh nice big seats too and very good choice of breakfast stuff plus the coffee's. Looked like u had a very relaxing ride there G 👍🤗

[@wallydug2256]

Happy New Year and New Travels.

[@ewanmarshall2010]

A first class video from ya G 😁

[@MiltBrady]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[@tsr207]

Another marvellous, cheery video ! -know what you mean about Cardiff central - it does remind you of it ! Looking forward to more excellent content in 2024 !

[@tonypritchard1345]

lovely vlog G cant wait for the warmer weather to get out again our next trip is a cheshire day ranger hopefully feb cheers

[@sterlinghartley2165]

I've always wondered about them trains, use to frequent Shrewsbury when I was going to Aberyswyth Uni, but I was always on a packed Class 197. I hope this train give the much needed capacity upgrade between Cardiff and Manchester. That said, this does remind me I need to book some time off and go back to Cyrmu, I miss it so much.

[@ChristopherPin]

Wow them 1st class seats are so nice they are like gamer chairs, I do believe the table folds is to make it more accessible to passengers, Happy new year to you as well 🥳

[@alanshelly7068]

A very good Tuesday evening gloves trains from Alan in Lowestoft and a Happy New year 🎉 😊❤

[@jaseinclee]

In first class G, very nice. Happy New Year

[@Sim0nTrains]

Heard that Transport for Wales are to introduce a new class of travel, branded “Standard Plus” (basically just Business Zone/Standard Premium) on the 197s on certain routes. But a epic vlog G and not a Porridge person but even I agree that did look nice!

[@GLovesTrains]

Oh yeah? Will have to check that out, thanks Cyber!

[@rhysrobertstransportationa1668]

@@GLovesTrainsit’s only on 197 115 at the moment as far as I’m aware

[@dylanallman6194]

Yep, and the upgrades are supposed to be very cheap to buy onboard as well!

[@funnygallie7863]

Wait, how was the comment posted 9 days ago when the video came out two days ago

[@Sim0nTrains]

@@funnygallie7863 Since I'm a Patreon supporter to G, I get access to videos a week before they go out public.

[@martinsmith9947]

The River Severn looks really high! I've got a caravan down that way, right next to the river. When I first had it, the site only flooded once every 5 years or so (the caravans are up on stilts). Now it's flooding every year 😬

[@aaronsmith9209]

Looks like a solid experience, you did very well on the price! I want to ride with Transport for Wales all the way from Holyhead to Cardiff in 1st class at some point. Doing this with a 1st class all line rover later this year. Good to get an idea of what 1st class is like on TFW. They get a little better each time I use them, seem to be one of the better companies now.

[@TransportTech]

Couldn't agree more they have deffinatly improved over the years they have ran

[@bobbythedesertwalker594]

Such a perfect day for a cozy ride in first class! That bowl of porridge looked delicious!!! 😎

[@JettTyler17]

I did a Cross Country service from Bournemouth to Southampton in First Class recently and I was quite happy with the snack service and nicer seat. It was quite a good deal for only £8.40p one-way for a 50 minute journey.

[@AmsterdamMotorTour]

Interesting video! Greetings all from Amsterdam🇳🇱

[@GLovesTrains]

Greetings Amsterdam!

[@lanodramallama]

Great vid, exactly what I was looking for - travelling Newport to Manchester in a few days and had no recollection of 1st class with Arriva Trains Wales. Looks like a good setup with TfW and in this case hardly any more expensive than standard class either.

[@GLovesTrains]

Thanks, you can get a great price for first class on these trains 😀

[@lanodramallama]

​@@GLovesTrains I think I was offered five complimentary brews during my journey, which alone has to be worth the extra tenner I paid to be in first class! Keep up the good work with the channel. Your passion is infectious 😊

[@michaelhopkification]

I've never travelled on the loco hauled Transport for Wales Services.

[@allanmorton6022]

Bet that was a quieter trip than the usual noisy units you go on. I did mk4 first from Kings Cross before the Azuma years started. Enjoyed it a lot. Also enjoy the better picture from your new camera! Keep travelling G!

[@missjamie-lee79]

You've got a 7th Dr Who umbrella! Love your videos sweetheart😊

[@ianzthingz1]

ooo, that's a bit posh, nice. another lovely vlog tfs x

[@bobsrailrelics]

I see these quite often in Cardiff and in the cameras, interesting to see inside one and get a glimpse of First Class. Can see what you mean about Stockport looking like Cardiff, but no shiny tiles 😁 Thanks for this, great fun.

[@DanMartinez-qu2iw]

Just had an interview to work on this first class carraige so this video was a mahooooosive help 😂❤

[@macstyle2012]

Must be good to be able to ride on trains, i used to do it quite a bit when i lived in the UK, but now my nearest train station is 1,500km away! So not been on a train for quite a few years. Last train i ever rode was from Doncaster to Manchester airport.

[@davejoey]

Great video as usual G! I thought you were actually walking on the water at the start LOL! Happy New Year

[@GLovesTrains]

😂😂

[@andylaws4247]

I once saw a dead pigeon on Shrewsbury railway station.

[@andystreet1479]

will definitely be trying the 1st class service now that I have a railcard seat value and that porridge look delicious

[@GLovesTrains]

So yummy!

[@charlo90952]

That's a funny looking biscuit.

[@Duncan1974]

Happy New Year G! Another item ticked off the bucket list! Still cant believe you've never taken a poo in Crewe though, surely 2024 is the year it's gonna happen?!

[@GLovesTrains]

Surely!

[@Steggs]

Can always relate when there's a dash of energy on the premise of riding trains to keep me up despite being sleep-deprived 😂

[@michaelkobylko2969]

It's not that I want you to be sleep-deprived, but I sincerely hope you're not depraved!

[@Steggs]

@@michaelkobylko2969 There's me thinking that was the past tense of sleep-deprive 😅 🚪🚶‍♂

[@GLovesTrains]

Haha! 😀

[@Doug-y2v]

Hi G. Great video. I think I spied an Osmo pocket 3. Just wondering if you filmed the entire episode on it as the footage looks really clear. I currently have a Osmo 2 and I'm thinking of upgrading. Many thanks.

[@GLovesTrains]

I did yea 👍

[@iana6713]

Oooo... That first-class carriage looks really swish, I have to say - as does that impressive-looking station at Shrewsbury. For the price of that ticket, it really was a no-brainer to go posh when you had the opportunity. Oh, and a quick question - I recall you visiting the Railway Museum in York - I take it you'd recommend? (I've been offered a trip to York at some point so of course I want to go.)

[@ianr]

Check before you go to the NRM as I'm pretty sure it is closed long term for refurbishment throughout 2024. However, it may be that part of it is open to the public.

[@iana6713]

@@ianr Thank you for the heads-up there. It'd be a shame to go all the way down there in expectation only for it to be shut.

[@dannypaulread1023]

It's not closed only parts are closed. You need to walk to the old entrance after the tunnel.

[@GLovesTrains]

Yes id recommend!

[@iana6713]

@@GLovesTrains Cheers, G!

[@FeoragForsyth]

I used to travel between Manchester and Shrewsbury regularly when I was a teenager in the early 80s, and those trains look so much plusher! What I got was old even then, and a little worse for wear, though pretty comfortable.

[@davidsnapebrcrosslane8782]

There was from memory back in the early 80s some loco hauled services on this route. Class 33 and 37 would of both featured on these trains, durring the mid 80s class 33s actually ran to Manchester Piccadilly .

[@Trond_travels]

That breakfast looks good 😮

[@littlemissie7978]

First of all, I'd like to say happy new year, and hope you get to travel and show off more lovely train journeys for 2024. :) Secondly, awww.... when I started watching this video at first, I was half expecting you were going to travel to a rather nice part of Wales. It is called "transport for wales" after all. :p Trust my silly judgement **shakes head** :p Ahh well.... no worries at all. :) I'm a little bit curious if you might use tfw to travel to Wales at some time in the new year though, would be nice to see, if you might. This first class train looks very nice and posh, lovely comfy seats too. I imagine if anyone else was using it on any regular journey, it could be quite expensive. Looks like you're having fun with it right now though. That's nice to see. :)

[@GLovesTrains]

I was coming back from Wales, I make lots of videos with tfw 👍

[@SavingPrivateBob]

😘😘 Impressive

[@OfficialGTV]

197s may get first class soon so seeing that you enjoyed this, why not come back to Shrewsbury or Wales soon for a 197 first class review?

[@leightongoss6147]

Glad you had a good experience on TFW. I noticed the carriages were quite old and pulled by a DB train. A leftover from the previous franchise.. First Class is very rare and normally only reserved for the routes the N Wales AMs take to the Senedd. Normally for example what I deem 'the train from Hell' i.e. Milford Haven to Manc Picc. is a 2 carriage affair with little food and a toilet which is nearly always broken by the time you get to the end of the line. IF you are lucky enough not to be offloaded at Crewe as the train is so late. With the exception of the electrified Cardiff Valley lines, I find TFW an absolute joke for the rest of Wales.

[@JoeMyers-no8kb]

What video are you planning to make next

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

You might as well do TfW Class 231 FLIRT and Class 756 Tri-mode FLIRT since TfW have ordered these new trains from Stadler. As well the Class 398 City-link tram-trains which they are to enter service sometime in 2024.

[@evangaines2303]

Great video G, when do you plan to visit the U.S?

[@lyonnesse100]

Can't get over the size of that cup! Even the spoon looked bigger than average. Mind the old DJI in that rain, not waterproof I hear.

[@GLovesTrains]

(Wet muff)

[@lancerohancoulston2824]

Absolutely fantastic, loved the first class, happy new year, cheers from Australia

[@JB-ek4yx]

You shouted 'squishy boobies' near my house, but I didn't hear you live when you were there on Friday 12th! I go from Shrewsbury to Cardiff & back once a fortnight for hospital visits so I've worked out the cheapest way to use 67's & mkIV's, but I've not used first class

[@carlwilson1772]

Great film like always G. Always have to compliment the 7th Doctor Brolly. I have high hopes of you becoming a spoon person.

[@GLovesTrains]

Never! 😂

[@peterdnreynolds777]

The product onboard looks great. Amazing to see the coffee and porridge served in a proper cup and bowl. Was this the service from Carmarthen/Cardiff??

[@GLovesTrains]

Cardiff - Manchester

[@duncanlewis5706]

You really enjoyed that porridge didnt you. It looked so filling and hot.

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

I’d love to see TfW doing direct trains from Manchester Victoria to Holyhead, even better if in First Class for SailRail in dedicated loco-hauled trains - but in the meantime, what’s your best advice for looking for info and for the cheapest fares?

[@GLovesTrains]

I use trainpal

[@therealmasonicbwe]

Amazing video as always G, when was the last time you ever rode 175109?

[@GLovesTrains]

Cant remember it was the last video I made of it

[@DadgeCity]

Fun to see the DB loco, and that made me think: have you ever been to Germany? It'd be really interesting to see you do a train journey there. So if you haven't got your 2024 hols sorted yet...

[@stephenpinder9567]

Very classy Gloves. I too am a fork person. I do eat cereal with a spoon, but only with a small one.....I find trying to eat with a large spoon, like the one in your video, is repulsive. Great video.

[@GLovesTrains]

Team fork!

[@erelpc]

What's your choice of cutlery for soup?

[@Tobyree]

I think 175109 is in crew area

[@andrewbutler6477]

It's a lottery if a 67 set turns up been replaced by a unit many times recently t f w services are a shambles lately in South Wales !!!

[@iandixon2201]

Love the enthusiasm, through I am slightly concerned about what you have done to Sylvester McCoy :)

[@JoeMyers-no8kb]

I like your videos by the 😊

[@gzk6nk]

What happens if you book 1st and rattly old 2-coach 150 turns up (as they often do on this service, which is ridiculous for a journey that could be up to 7 hours!)?

[@GLovesTrains]

You can only book first class on specific services where they run these trains

[@gzk6nk]

@@GLovesTrains Thanks, But if a Mk4 train fails, and they substitute a 150?

[@GLovesTrains]

@@gzk6nk I've never been in that position, if I was I'd try get a part refund through wherever I booked my tickets from

[@davidsnapebrcrosslane8782]

Very unlikely now, TFW have more 197s in service which are backed up with 158s,

[@andrewbutler6477]

Was on a 150 last year on a Cardiff to Holyhead service with the loo out of order glad I was only on it Cardiff to Newport !!!

[@andybray9791]

Wouldn’t it be great if the line to Holyhead had ohle

[@michaeljohndennis2231]

A classy young lady like you should always be travelling in First Class ❤❤❤