Luxury Overnight Sleeper Train in the UK - The Caledonian Sleeper

Mmmm...Black Pudding. When perfectly crispy on the outside and melt in your mouth on the inside, it's the hallmark of a great British breakfast

Hi Jeb, I thought I'd provide at least some explanation of why London has so many dead end, ie terminal stations. When railways reached the London area, legislation forbade them from extending through the city from one side to the other (this is why it's in 2022, the first full loading guage railway to go from East to West and vice versa across the Capital opened,with Crossrail, aka Elizabeth Line). The station that's closest to the actual City of London, is Charing Cross station, which serves Kent, Sussex and South Eastern suburbs of Greater London

Scotland is beautiful I love it.

Me, my wife and two kids took the Caledonian sleeper from Euston to Fort William the other week. It was a noisy bumpy nights sleep but we all enjoyed it so much it will be a treasured memory for me.

It's worth noting that many US cities actually had multiple major rail stations: Boston (North and South Station), New York City (Atlantic Terminal, Penn Station, Grand Central Station, all the former Newark terminus stations), Philadelphia (Market Terminal, 30th Street station), Chicago (Union Station, Dearborn Station, Lasalle Station, Wells Street Station). For a lot of cities, most of these stations were demolished or converted to other uses as the passenger rail service was nationalized, creating more consistent networks. It's a real shame because so many of these buildings are insanely significant and we're only now starting to appreciate what once was.

We travelled from London to Edinburgh via high speed train, 4.5 hrs from city to city. Booked early (6 months in advance) and got a great deal on business class. Plenty of gin and tonics, hot meal, high speed internet. Nothing tops coming out of the train station in Edinburgh and seeing the castle.

Really enjoy your narration. Your voice and use of inflection is perfect. Easy Listening

Chicago has Union, Lasalle Street Station, Millennium Park station and Ogilvie stations.

London has so many stations because they were each built by different competing companies Waterloo - LSWR - London and South Western Railway Charing Cross - LCDR - London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Cannon St - SER - South Eastern Railway Fenchurch St - LTSR - London, Tilbury, and Southend Railway Liverpool St - GER - Great Eastern Railway Moorgate - GNCR - Great Northern and City Railway Kings Cross - GNER - Great North Eastern Railway St Pancras - MR - Midland Railway Euston - LMS - London Midland and Scottish railway Marylebone - GCR - Great Central Railway Paddington - GWR - Great Western Railway Victoria - LBSCR - London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway

What an adventurous and memorable trip.

Chicago has multiple stations even today (Millenium-ICRR) (Ogilvie (C&NW), (LaSalle (Rock Island) Union Station (PRR/Milwaukee/CB&Q). Grand Central (B&O) was torn down and Dearborn (Santa Fe, Grand Trunk) still stands, but no tracks connect it.

I've been on this!!!! Even the bunk beds are great and the service is great. The feeling of the train going along puts you alseep and it is probably the best night's sleep I've had.

I've travelled on the Caledonian Sleeper a few times up to Aberdeen. That coastal section between Edinburgh and Aberdeen is some of the best countryside in this country. Especially between Dundee and Stonehaven and not forgetting St Andrews as well. It has had a troublesome past, especially when the new train came onboard. But, it's good to see that they've put that behind them now and you had a good trip. But, i hear that the Edinburgh to Inverness section is breath taking.

I traveled Edinburgh to London on this train service several years ago. I had booked far in advance and the new carriages were supposed to have been in service. Alas, they were much delayed and my trip was on the very old and run-down consist with broken toilets, a horrible breakfast (I sent it back), and lackluster service. Looks like you had a much better experience, Jeb. Thanks for the review.

This train actually looked more fun than taking a plane. If I have the time, the train is more enjoyable as you can see the area that you are going through.

Even though there are lots of vids on the Caledonian sleeper already, this is one of the first vids I’ve seen where someone goes to Aberdeen and not Inverness and fort William! Thanks for the review Jeb!

Great choice of getting an early breakfast in the club car and watching the scenery go by. If you go to Glasgow and Edinburgh the train leaves later so (as I did) you can go to a West End show beforehand. Ps I’d recommend Fort William or Inverness for scenery…..plus always go northbound (breakfast through London suburbs is not the same as highlands) plus winter might be good for snow but daylight hours mean you see much less

Each second was very interesting. Thank you very much, Jeb, for sharing your wonderful documentary with us.

Congratulations, Jeb on another wonderful video and your first European rail trip. The Caledonian Sleeper is on my bucket list and you showed the train at its best! I am even intrigued by the menu and want to try everything. British rail was my first experience with high speed intercity rail and it was great!

That breakfast looks more or less exactly like the ones I had during my latest stay in England a couple of years ago. Nice even though black pudding is not on my list of favorites. But it was ok.