The NEW Caledonian Sleeper - London to Edinburgh in a classic room 

You don’t know how happy it makes me that you don’t put stupid music on all your videos

Love it. The way to travel. Club room. Private and safe, clean and so friendly staff..

What a beautiful train. The design team really did an outstanding job.

I just discovered your channel and I am so glad! Your video is informative and shows all the little details with amazing text descriptions. The camera work is quite well done. No irritating music or nonsensical chatting. I really enjoy your video method so I subscribed immediately. Thank you. Looking forward to your videos.

11:49 The sleeper is very popular with business people and Scottish politicians, so they want nice shiny shoes.

I was always told to never book the rooms at either end (1 and 10) on VIA Rail Canada's Renaissance equipment because they are right over the wheels and are therefore noisy. Clearly the same holds true for these cars, which, incidentally, have a very similar layout, with 1 through 6 having showers and 7 through 10 having a bathroom but no shower. I think on this train I would only go for room 7 or 8 assuming I went with a "classic". I always chose 4 or 5 on the VIA Rail trains and they were pretty well silent - the rooms with showers don't cost any extra on VIA and I'm guessing it's because they aren't so great just like these - but at least they usually have hot water. On a side note, the older VIA equipment has no issues re showers. The showers are pretty well always good.

Thanks for the bicycle info, always very useful. Great film as always, thanks.

I LOVE that livery! BEAUTIFUL!!! I also like the tweed panels in the room and the tweed headrests in the club car. Very classy! I suppose there is no way to get away from the narrow corridors but all in all an amazing sleeper train. Nice job! Thanks for sharing...

Took a sleeper train some 30 years ago from Carlisle to Euston. The deco has changed and the price is way more expensive. They used to have conductor to wake you up when it arrived. Thanks for the video

I like the rattling sounds 9:00 it helps me fall asleep on trains

I was surprised that such a new train would be so noisy. Still, likely it is something that will be addressed quickly. Overall, that looks like a wonderful service, easily the equal or superior (as far as comfort and amenities) of my own Amtrak. And I wholeheartedly agree about the underestimation of the night train market in the UK and throughout Europe. There was a time not so long ago when analysts were saying that the days of the sleeper train were done thanks to high speed rail and cheap airlines, but that's simply not true and never was. I too hope that services like this expand once more; I could easily see a demand for, say, a London to Holyhead sleeper to meet the morning ferries crossing to Ireland (they've even got the name ready: The Irish Mail, revived from the old London & North Western Railway). And if these new Mk.5 coaches prove themselves, how about sleeper services through the Channel Tunnel, overnight runs to Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, even as far afield as Berlin, Venice, and Vienna. A sort of modern revival of the Orient Express. Granted, that might be a little trickier politically now that Brexit is sadly a thing...

Glad to see you enjoyed your journey, I took a trip on this train in October last year and had a fantastic time!

Great video (another one), I'm glad I came across your channel.

It looks very comfy! I used to take the sleeper to London from Edinburgh when I was a student in the early 70’s. I think it cost about 12 pounds in those days! I love trains, and really enjoy your channel....thanks!

Another great video Thibault. 👍 The rattling you heard seems to be an common issue with all the CAF trains which have been delivered to the UK recently, Mk5A coaches & 397 EMUs for TransPennine Express & the 195 DMUs & 331 EMUs for Northern, so it's more than just a teething issue with the Caledonian Sleeper Mk5 coaches. Glad to see you had a good experience though. I've been wanting to try them, but have been holding off as a result of the other teething issues that have previously been reported.

You’re right in saying that Euston doesn’t look great anymore! But I’ve always been fond of sleeper trains. I always take LNER to Edinburgh but I’ll be taking a sleeper next time for myself to see what it’s like 😀 great video

:) another cool video and great adventure! greetings from Poland :D

The sound of a train like that is very soothing 😊❤

Love your video. So advanced train coach. Really this will be a happy journey . 50% tiredness will go off due to the cozy and modern facilities of this train coach . 👍👍👍

Next time you come to Scotland you should review some of our more scenic routes like Fort William-Mallaig, Inverness-Kyle of Lochalsh or Kilmarnock-Stranraer.

The Mk5 coaches are very clean, modern, air-conditioned and have a Scottish feel to it. Would like to go ride on it. And my Dad’s friend works at London Euston.

That rattling noise would drive me around the bend!

One of your best videos. I particularly liked the blind bit.

Congrats on 12,000 subs! :D

I love your videos. It’s not very likely that I’ll travel in Europe but it is wonderful to see all the possibilities. Thanks a lot!

Took it 5 years ago from Fort Williams to London. Great experience and the food was delicious. I remember they had a very large selection of beers/Scotch. Will definitively try it again in the future :-)

In the video I see the train is beautiful, is not very dirty, the train is on time go. The room is very good. This is the best train that I have seen travel by train video. This is a good train!

The Class 66 at 4:06 is pushing the RHTT, Rail Head Treatment Train, another Class 66 is pulling it.

I'm from India.. Awesome journey ND nice seat color.. 👍👍👍

i went on this last week on a one way from Edinburgh to Euston. Brilliant. Only difference to your vid was that you simply go into your cabin as all the doors are open, find your key in the room and then you can lock the door when you leave. Found the lock mechanism is bit tricky though. I think you either had to hold it against the lock for a few moments before it turned red - or double tap it to go red. Very clean toilets. Didn't think much of the club dining car in terms of decor or layout. Other than that, the staff and cabin was great. Fantastic nights sleep.

I’ve tried both the Club Room and Classic - and whilst the shower and toilet are useful I’m not convinced it’s worth the extra cost over the Classic. Also in the Club room you hear the retention tank sloshing with water all night which made me feel seasick! 😂

Always Nice rail trips congratulations

I was on the service to Inverness a little over a year ago and was in the older cars. These new ones look like a nice upgrade. Having more spots to plug in to charge is a much needed upgrade! The lounge car looks more comfortable too. It really is a great way to get from London up to Scotland.

It's only a 4 hour trip by rail - so they park the train by the sidings for a couple of hours. When we took the sleeper from Inverness to London we sat in the station in Edinburgh til 115am.

Very nice and informative video. Thanks 👍

I can't wait to travel on the Caledonian Sleeper once we're done with covid.

13:11 the sticker on the right says what to do ;) nice video, thanks for sharing!

Super 👍👏 Greetings from Vienna🇦🇹

Awesome video😎from 🇯🇵 Although vehicles curry us speedy like airplanes or Shinkansen is needed everyday,spending time with such luxury cabin is what I need now😂👍

2:49 One of the very few cases in the UK of a full UIC number on the side of the carriage.

The train is beautiful.. but the silence.. 😀

The club car looks like a great place so sit and watch the scenery if you're on the Highland sleeper.

Hauled by a GBRf livery one, they also work the sleeper trains often. It depends what is available.

One of my favorites ❤

What a lovely train !!!

Lovely video enjoy your sncf ones too, reason for rattling u get lot is that your classic cabin if 1st one will be positioned over top of the bogies hence u will hear all wheels noise as goes over track joints & junctions. Same applies if u are in seated coach in U.K. sat at ends of coaches. Just about all U.K. trains don’t have articulated bogies like u do in France which gives a smoother ride. Only trains in U.K. with articulated bogies are old E300 18 coach Eurostar sets built by Alstom & Anglia new built Stadler trains from Switzerland that operates London Liverpool Street to Norwich & local lines around Anglia region of U.K. Some are all electric some bi mode with mini coach containing engines

I am a fan of the older slower moving trains. Listening to the clackity clack is what overnight train travel should be about. I find the newer trains on improved tracks take away the ambience of train travel, it makes it hard to focus on the scenery. I suppose though that overnight trains would be more conducive to improved tracking and better sleeping amenities.

Beautiful video, greetings 🚂🔝🔝🔝👍👋

You missed a trick with this one. You should have booked the Fort William service. The earlier departure gives you chance to have a relaxing hour or two in the Club Carriage, where they do a mean haggis, neeps and tatties, but the real plus is waking up and having breakfast on the West Highland Line.

The train at 4:06 was a rail head treatment train (RHTT) - they run in the autumn to clean the tracks from any leaves or debris and spray a mixture on the track to aid traction.

so calm 🌌

Another great trip report the CAL sleeper seems very luxury at 180 pounds it is expensive but definitely worth it compared to other normal train services in the UK

gret video very interesting,even for a non-train buff like me thank you:)

1:37 I can already hear the EMD 710s

Great video report, sorry to hear about the rattles. You should give feedback to Caledonian Sleeper; perhaps they can get this fixed as a snagging issue?

Everyone complains that these trains are very noisy, so it must be a design fault/issue. There were a lot of problems when the new sleeper service was introduced, but they are slowly being sorted out. ( Now I always travel during the day, because of the beautiful views.)

I liked ur effort❗👍👍

I’m a useless sleeper and a rattle or noise like that would do my head in I’d be examining everywhere to try and stop the noise and I love train travel because the train usually makes me drowsy, what I tend to do is use headphones and listen to a radio play or an old favourite film and that helps take my mind off any annoying noise

Salut, Merci Thibault pour ton trip report, j'ai beaucoup aimé. C'est la durée parfaite je trouve pour moi, entre 10 et 15 minutes pour un train. Tu expliques bien je trouve et ça me plait beaucoup. A bientôt.

I had the same rattling noise when I took it in November. Think it is the door between cabins, this is there so that families can book two cabins next to each other and open it into a single 4-bed berth. As for the 92? All the ones on the sleeper are operated by GBRf, they have some in the Caledonian Sleeper livery and are supposed to supply those each night but if there's an issue they can supply one of the others.

The train is so hi tech!

Nice and please do post comparison, unlike many other British dated trains, this one has beautiful new cars with great facilities and look clean and new 👍

Something about some of the Class 92s, some of them are hired from GBRF, which goes back to the days when First Scotrail ran the sleeper.

Loved this video. I was walking home from work the other day and the yellow survey 125 train went past me. I agree that the cabins are too sterile. Should have been lots of tartan, maybe a rich red?

Excellent ☺️👌☺️👌☺️👌

in the UK it is named a "biscuit" but we in US would say "cookie" :)

I knew it! I was like "I hear a 66?". It's was hiding

nice cabin of train.

I haven’t travelled on an overnight sleeper train since 1981. Things have improved a lot since then. Great video, very informative and no annoying lift music or narration.

Four years ago I was in these train to Edinburgh. The isle lights were broken so it was totally dark in the coach and heating was so poor (or also broken) that my breakfast turned icy cold in minutes. That's definitely why they need to replace the coaches.

Fantastic to see the British sleeper services, would be perfect for Aus, alas no one is Game to try here (NSW pulling out and QLD now doing “rail beds”. Would love to see a comparison video between this and the Riviera

LOVE IT

If you are able to sleep on a train, this would be a viable choice. Your alternative would be to get to the airport, fly to Edinburgh and get to a hotel, (maybe getting a bit more sleep there). The cost would be comparable, but the train was a more enjoyable experience.

Thanks for a great video. That train is on my bucket list for 2020.

nice sleeper

Amazing train😊

Brilliant Footage, I Will Be Doing This In July

I can see this for Inverness or Fort William, etc., but Edinburgh from London is 4.5 hours. Not really enough time for a sleeper. When I last went to Edinburgh I just got on a plane at Heathrow, since I had just come in from New York, and flew there in 90 minutes. Great transportation from the airport.

The quality of sleep is not bad actually. However the main problem I encountered is the cold bathing water and unable to use hair dryer... other than that the trip itself is good. The food on the train is not bad too!

Nice Video :-) The Mark V stock is nice and new but not very intimate in terms of comfort but certainly a better way to travel--Especially the run to Fort William, sitting in the lounge car eating breakfast and watch the highlands roll by! The Mark V stock will replace the Night Riviera Mark III sleeper stock in due course, priority is currently the Scottish services first the seen "Lowland Services" then the stock will be rolled out for the Inverness/Aberdeen and Fort William routes. It would have been nice to see the suite rooms with the wider double bed, I have the impression the smaller twin bunk cabins were the same size as on the Mark III's, but with the plethora of useful USB and mains sockets and useful cell phone bracket makes a nice touch--especially for travelers who have to plug in their Sleep Apnea devices. I have seen these coaches last year (2019) outside the factory at Beasain, Northern Spain, all on flat trucks for delivery to the UK which was a treat looking forward to these coming into service!

I tried the seats, but not the cabins, on a trip to Aviemore recently. Whilst there were fewer seats in the carriage, and more space, I found the seats were more uncomfortable than the old style ones to try to sleep on. Less cushioning and with light fittings sticking out in the wrong places. There was another person who remembered the old carriages who also found the seats more uncomfortable. I tried to reserve a cabin but none were available. I have not yet tried the cabins on the new carriages, they look great, and could easily be an improvement, but in my opinion the seated service is not as good.

Very nice compartments and almost soundless but it gives the impression of being cramped. Please also advise the class and fares. Great job 👏👏

I'd like to see you go all the way to Fort Williams on the Highlander with a detailed overview of your Full English (Scottish?) breakfast lol. Ahhh good stuff :)

I don't know if it has been mentioned elsewhere in the comments, "Caledonian Sleeper" is just a branding for the service, the TOC (franchise holder) is SERCO (or may not still be due to general funding issues caused by the Covid crisis). Serco are an outsourcing specialist much loved by the current UK government. As such they also operate prisons and immigrant detention facilities, so they have plenty of experience with catering for a captive consumer......sorry valued clients. It may also explain why the locos used sometimes carry a different branding, e.g. GBRF.

Nice content Friend!

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train journey is adventurous..

Yes, I’d like to watch a comparison presentation between the two services 👍🏻. Question ... what differences separate the standard cabin vs. club rooms vs. suites?

Doesn't Via Rail Canada have in storage old Nightstar (Renaissance) coaches in brand-new condition that could be used for new UK sleeper trains? Fun fact: the Via Rail Nightstar (Renaisance) coaches still have British Rail logos inside.

Nice video,, love from India

I personally think that rattling noise may help me sleep! Always use the ear plugs provided if you are a light sleeper!!

Expensive ! That’s Britain.

The rattling is caused by wheel flats they have been an issue on the new coaches The old mk3 coach's might be getting renovated and placed on a wick / Thurso to glasgow / edinburgh sleeper

3:47 the Class 92 is GBRF as GBRF drivers operate the service which allows them to use their GBRF traction

13:46 nice noise of the doors

4:15 the 66 there hauling track cleaning wagons

4:06 theres a oil pump so yes its a freight train but not for maintenance

13:22 well stocked and cleaned

Nice

Travelling on the 29th just wondering if the corridor space is quite well or cramped as I have a large suitcase to travel with?