The first class carriage between Bristol and London served free sandwiches, fruit, papers - and wine on a Friday evening. How civilised it was sitting amongst j

The first class carriage between Bristol and London served free sandwiches, fruit, papers - and wine on a Friday evening. How civilised it was sitting amongst judges and bankers with my discount short haul ticket with a pocket full of free food and a gratis glass of plonk to console me when I got to Reading and the interminable wait for the Blackwater line