To Cobham And Back
After Southwark Cathedral, I took the Tube to Waterloo to get the train to Cobham and Stoke D’Abernon station. Being a little bit early, I sat and had a cup of tea in Carluccio’s on the balcony in the station.
Is This The Best Place To Wait For A Train?
Waterloo station must have the most comfortable place to watch for your train to be allocated a platform.
The journey out and back were in two very clean Class 455 units. For trains built in the 1980s, they’ve scrubbed up well. in fact Wikipedia states this.
This refurbishment was so comprehensive that many passengers thought the refurbished units were new trains.
They almost fooled me, but I knew the age of the design, as you see similar trains elsewhere in the UK.
It probably says that rather than buy expensive brand new trains, which often provide jobs these days for overseas companies, why not rebuild some of what we’ve got?
Coming back, I was unlucky to just miss a train, so I had to wait half-an-hour for another train.
Another good point about the trip, was that I paid just £3.30 for my return ticket.
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