We took an Abellio Greater Anglia trading from Liverpool street train statiom in London all the way to Norwich in Norfolk. It was Friday afternoon, we arrived at the station rather early and as a first class ticket holders sat down at the First class lounge. There was no one there to check our tickets hence there was a random elderly lady who was talking on the phone and drinking without being a first class ticket holder. There is a funny sign calling to people's consciousness. There were lovely fresh flowers, coffee machine with rubbish coffee and a water cooler. I would be actually quite ashamed to call it a "first class lounge".
The air conditioner was the most profound feature that we really appreciated in the summer heat. So seating in a pleasantly chilly room we were reading some periodicals and waiting for the platform number to be available. All the trains of Abellio Greater Anglia are conveniently located next to the first class lounge which was great as we did not have to walk literally any distance in 30 degrees C.
The train was called Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson. On a Friday afternoon first class was packed with elderly people whose generation lead to the credit crunch we are now experiencing and who blame bankers for tricking them into getting mortgages.
Seats were wide however the car was very old and everything inside was quote outdated. We had complimentary soft drinks, tea and biscuits. The wi-fi is complimentary for the first class but you have to register to use it (one-off but still rather annoying). The wi-fi was also not so stable.
Having written that I have to say that the price of standard and first class is not that different. The price is huge anyway so it is slightly more pleasant to travel in the first class due to the less seats on a square meter. Other than that there is no difference at Abellio Greater Anglia train.
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