The Decline and Fall of Restauant Cars

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laresThu 14/04/11 09:22

"EAST Coast will abolish its last restaurant cars later next month, ending a tradition on the route which dates back to 1879, but apparently they won't be greatly missed.

The route, then owned south of the border by the Great Northern Railway, saw Britain's first restaurant cars introduced on Leeds services in 1879, although on-board catering spread only slowly until after the turn of the century.

Full on-board meal services have been declining since the 1950s, although GNER was still maintaining restaurant cars on more than 90 trains a day until 2006. Its successor National Express trimmed the service slightly after inheriting the franchise, but most trains soon lost their dedicated dining areas in favour of at-seat meals in First Class. These, however, were not free.

Next month's reforms will remove the last cars, which have survived until now on a handful of peak hour trains.

Meanwhile, the British restaurant car still survives – just – on four First Great Western trains each day. The company said it had no plans to withdraw them."

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metamaticThu 14/04/11 09:26

My paternal grandfather was a chef on the Pullman trains in the 50s and 60s, he was one of the chefs on Winston Churchill's funeral train fact fans! He also worked on the trains that visiting overseas royals etc travelled on.

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