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I'm a big fan of the seated sleeper train - generally around 70ish both ways, bike bookings very easy via their website. Trade off is a night of intermittent sleep /back pain, but anyone who has audaxed should be able to cope.
It's also fully refundable up until something like a week before, so worth booking anyway while looking for cheaper options.
I would love to be able to afford the actual compartments with beds, but think the days of any bargain ones being available are long gone.
I wish they had some sort of no-frills bed option like sleeper class in India with triple decker bunk beds with no bedding supplied.
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Back in the 80s - when the overnight train was called Nightrider - there were reports of people improvising bunks out of the overhead luggage racks.
Never tried it myself - not sure what weight they would take. And how to get up / there -
Why does it let you pick Sat when they don't run services on a Sat?
(I hate software engineers)It's full this weekend so it's no use anyway.
£173 to Inverness for both of us some time in the future, for seats. I'm not sure starting a long audax/adventure already sleep-deprived is the best move. £705 for the same trip with beds though is just stupid.
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Anyone know any tricks for getting to Inverness cheaper than what it costs to fly to India? Or is it a case of booking 3 months in advance and that's your lot? The prices for a weekend up there are making me consider the sleeper train again and that's mad pricey but you save a hotel night.
Maybe something dumb like riding out of London and going from an in between station?