点评:Don't waste your money! I went on what was supposed to be a festive trip to Newcastle on a train pulled by the Flying Scotsman from York. According to the promotional material we were to have 3 hours in Newcastle to enjoy the Christmas markets. On the day the timings had changed leaving only 2 hours planned in Newcastle. In reality we spent 2 hours sitting in York, not leaving till 4 pm, half an hour after we should have arrived in Newcastle! By then it was dark so we could see nothing of the engine or the views on the journey. As soon as the train arrived in Newcastle the Flying Scotsman was detached and the train left to return to York pulled by a diesel locomotive, leaving no time in Newcastle. It was almost impossible even to get a picture of the engine as the platforms in both York and Newcastle were crowded with non-travelling sightseers who had come just to see it. We'd had enough by then and paid for tickets on a fast train home. An expensive waste of a day.
翻译:别浪费钱!我原本计划乘坐由“飞翔的苏格兰人”号蒸汽机车牵引的列车,从约克前往纽卡斯尔,享受一段节日之旅。宣传资料上说我们会在纽卡斯尔停留三个小时,好好逛逛圣诞市场。结果到了出发当天,行程时间却变了,只剩下两个小时。实际上,我们整整两个小时都待在约克,直到下午四点才出发,比原定到达纽卡斯尔的时间晚了半个小时!那时天已经黑了,我们既看不到机车,也看不到沿途的风景。列车一到纽卡斯尔,“飞翔的苏格兰人”号就被卸了下来,换成了柴油机车牵引返回约克,根本没时间在纽卡斯尔停留。想拍张机车的照片都难,因为约克和纽卡斯尔的站台上都挤满了只为看机车而来的游客。我们实在受够了,只好买了快车票回家。真是浪费了一天的时间,而且花了很多钱。