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New £150m Caledonian Sleeper trains

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Old 11th April 2019, 14:20
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New £150m Caledonian Sleeper trains

New £150m Caledonian Sleeper trains 'are hotels on wheels'.

The new £150m fleet of Caledonian Sleeper trains has been unveiled - with travellers being promised an overnight stay in "a hotel on wheels".

From June, 75 new carriages will offer en-suite double rooms for the first time.

There will be 484 rooms available, initially on the Lowlander route between London and Glasgow/Edinburgh.

They will be followed by a Highlander route between London and Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William.

The new trains hark back to an era of luxury overnight travel between Scotland and London.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-47887656


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It will be well out of my price range, and a lot of other OAP's price range as well.
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Where are these new carriages being constructed?
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Here is a trip report on the current? Caledonian sleeper in which the blogger mentions the new sleeper train coming soon Caledonian Sleeper Train You Tube
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They have been built by a company called Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF).
Looks like a great way to travel- one day maybe!

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Not a good start.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-48097890
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