Does Lumo offer First Class?

When you're travelling such a long distance, you'll want to know whether or not your seat will be comfortable. With LNER, we're just going to look at Standard Class – as Lumo doesn't have a First Class option at all!



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Our Priority Seats have extra legroom so our Passenger Assist team will book these seats, where available, for you and your dog.

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Launched in 2021, Lumo is a train company that runs between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh via the East Coast Main Line.

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The seats are pretty firm, we'll be honest. While legroom is good, they won't be winning any awards for comfort. You'll also find a tray table for each seat that'll pull out to make some more room for a laptop. Under your seat you'll see that there's a four-pin socket each.

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However, the trains will not be stopping at any Yorkshire stations due to competition rules with other rail services. Helen Wylde, managing director of Lumo, said: ?We are sorry we can't stop more often. Our main aim is to encourage air and coach passengers travelling long distances to choose rail.?

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That's why you can still go with the flow when you buy food onboard any Lumo journey. Simply select from our range of delicious snacks and drinks from our on-board catering trolley. Where can I find allergen information? We are committed to ensuring everybody can enjoy our delicious food.

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The trains are fairly fast — roughly four-and-a-half hours from London to Edinburgh — though admittedly not as fast as the fastest LNER trains, which travel London-Edinburgh in four hours and 20 minutes.

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To recap, here's a list of the most luxurious trains in the world:
  • Venice Simplon-Orient-Express.
  • Palace on Wheels.
  • Eastern & Oriental Express.
  • The Deccan Odyssey.
  • The Flying Scotsman.
  • Golden Chariot.
  • Belmond Royal Scotsman.
  • Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express.


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Aside from the lack of First Class the key features of the coaches on a Lumo train are: There are only two sets of table seats per coach, so most of the seats are airline style.

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Lumo trains at a glance Our fleet of five, five carriage trains built by Hitachi Rail Ltd., procured through Beacon, is an entirely new Cl 803 electric only train based on the Hitachi AT300 platform.

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