Great Western Hotel offers good-quality en suite rooms, opposite Worcester Shrub Hill Rail ... more
Station and within walking distance of the city centre.Breakfast is served in the hotel's next-door Xpress Cafe from 07:30 until 15:00 (Monday to Friday). Continental breakfast available from 08:00 until 09:00 at weekends (on request).The hotel has a warm and friendly atmosphere and is within easy reach of Worcester Cathedral, the cricket ground, racecourse and the M5.The Great Western has a free secure car park with 24-hour CCTV monitoring. The hotel's bar is open until 23:00.
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Advantages: It gets you there Disadvantages: may be delays, pricey, sullen staff
get a free glass of wine between 1500 and 1900 on Fridays. You are also plied with free newspapers. There are first class lounges at Paddington, Bristol Temple Meads and Cardiff Central.
The First Class stewards work until 19.00 hours, Monday to Friday. After 19.00 hours and at weekends, First Class customers should present their ticket to the steward at the Buffet, who will serve their refreshments. Complimentary items are not normally served at seat on journeys between Plymouth and Penzance, but can be obtained from the Buffet. A mobile phone and personal stereo free area is available in the First Class Coach G, of High Speed Trains. The staff are great 'Hello there...would you like a hot bevarage madam or a newspaper? There you go...'
Quiet Carriages and Family Carriages: Quiet zones where mobile phones and personal stereos cannot ...
I guess most reviews come from the fact that people either have something really great they want to tell people about, or really bad that they want to moan about. To be honest I would love this to be a big rant about GreatWestern, but I'm going to keep my comments fair, because although they do a lot of things wrong, there are also some things that I do actually like about the way they run their service.
I started getting First GreatWestern trains from Reading a couple of months ago. I generally get the rush hour trains in and back, but I do also have experience of using their trains during off-peak hours as I used to travel a lot on them at the weekends last year. Generally I am travelling between Reading and London Paddington, but I have also taken trains to other stops around the area such as Oxford.
~~An average day ...
Advantages: Clean trains and facilities, helpful staff Disadvantages: The seats are so comfortable you are in danger of sleeping past your stop.
's stations along the network. I have yet to see a station where there are no facilities for the disable person. Where there are toilets on a station or train, there is always a disable toilet too. Also there doesnt seem to be anywhere that doesnt have a step free access point, or a life of some sort. As well as this, there is always someone happy to help, for example, with a portable ramp, beween the train and the platform egde. FGW have done really well on this score.
RELIABILITY OF THE TRAINS.
There is where FGW let themselves down. This is why they have a lot of delays. I think this is also why they have earned their name of "Worst GreatWestern". The trains are forever experiencing some problem or other. I mean I cant really count the times where I have been on a train, only for us to stop in the middle of nowhere, because of a red ...
smcclt3006 12.08.2007 (24.12.2007)
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Product details
Long Name
The Great Western
Type
Hotel
City
Cornwall
Country
United Kingdom
Manufacturer's product description
The hotel offers magnificent views over looking the Great Western Beach. In a great location for exploring the attractions of Newquay and the surrounding areas. The hotel is traditional in style and offers simple but clean andcomfortable accommodation. There is a public lounge and bar area for guests to relax and enjoy a light lunch. All guests will have use of the hotels in-door swimming pool with small Jacuzzi. A good standard of hotel for those on abudget.
