What are CrossCountry's Classic InterCity 125s like?

Up this week, we take a ride aboard one of CrossCountry's Intercity 125 HST sets from Bristol to Leeds. These trains typically have a good reputation in the UK but be prepared to pay out of your ears for this one! Date of Travel: September 2020 Class of Travel: Standard Class (2nd Class) Rolling Stock: Intercity 125 (2x Class 43 locomotives with Mk3 coaches) Type of Service: Express Passenger Train Number: 1S51 Origin: Bristol, United Kingdom (England) Destination: Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom (England) Cost of Ticket: £82.65 ($110.65, €96.45; including railcard discount of ⅓) Menu: https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/media/5437/oct-2021-cateringmenu.pdf Have a question? Please comment and I will try to provide you with an answer. A massive thanks to my $5+ Patrons: Austen McKenna @NonstopEurotrip Anonymous Grinchy Lilli Squillace Matthew Barry Stephen N Taksler Andrew Morgan Ken Malone Arrival Unknown Sashreek Dammu Jean Nelson Steve Ignots Thomas Alfred Roell Kami W Stephen Kelly Jean Buckley Rob Cross William Malecki Robert Deuel Matt Fuller Christopher Tilley Welshboy007 Robert Vandiver John Michael Dornoff Johannes Urbanski Frank Schmidt Gerry Cavanaugh Wayne Kline Linda Vainomae-Hoffmann Dave Manning Douglas White duke spencer Simon Ellison Josh Powell Larryvilledude Ross Payne Mika Hellbach brian rosson John John Kirkman Chappers Photography Wasim Reza Steve Hornsby Amanda Robinson Simon Boendermaker Peter Harrison David F. Bird Steve Brittain Sxorpion Adam Evans Anonymous Donor Link to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dylanstravelreports Join them on Patreon and get AD-FREE early access to all of my content for as little as $1 per month! Want to tip me? https://www.paypal.me/dylanstravelreports (100% of all tips goes towards creating new videos!) Follow me on Instagram(@dylanstravelreports): https://www.instagram.com/dylanstravelreports/ Twitter (@DylanReports): https://twitter.com/DylanReports?s=09 Facebook (Dylan's Travel Reports): https://www.facebook.com/dylanstravelreports #hst #intercity125 #class43 --------------------------------------- Credits [1] www.openstreetmap.org under Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL) https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/ https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/summary/ https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/