Cross Country trains

 Newcastle to Reading

This was the easy part of the day. The Crosscountry train left on time and for a short time at least was one of the fastest I've travelled on in the UK, reaching 133mph at one point.

My reserved seat was not facing direction of travel nor did it have much window and virtually all seats were reserved from York to Birmingham, I wonder what was happening there this weekend. This train only scored 25% in my appraisal.



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