点评:The team of volunteers at the Strathspey Steam Railway are highly motivated and do a top job.
We had reserved seats for a Saturday at the beginning of October and storm Amy happened to sweep across Scotland the night before. ScotRail came to a total standstill until Saturday evening and had extremely reduced services until Monday morning. Weather conditions on Saturday were still very windy and rainy. All that had no effect on the Strathspey team! We had to take a taxi to get to Aviemore, but the steam railway was running as usual.
I love steam trains and had reserved the full monty: first class seats and a light lunch during the journey. The first class compartments were perfectly prepared and the in-train staff were very friendly and efficient. The "light lunch" (soup followed by sandwiches and tea or coffee) was more than enough for us (but we are not big luncheoners, I have to admit). The toilets in the first class carriage were clean and perfectly functional. The locomotive crew were also highly responsive to people asking questions or looking for photo opportunities. It was clear that all the behind-the-scenes staff / volunteers were doing great jobs (for example washing dishes or running the souvenir shop). Because of Amy, there was no electricity at the last stop station, so the itinerary was adapted: the train stayed at Boat of Garten station for a long time to allow passengers to use the station toilets and visit the locomotive.
翻译:斯特拉斯佩蒸汽铁路的志愿者团队热情高涨,工作出色。
我们预订了十月初一个周六的座位,结果前一天晚上“艾米”风暴席卷了苏格兰。苏格兰铁路公司(ScotRail)的运营完全停滞,直到周六晚上才恢复,周一早上也大幅减少了班次。周六当天天气依然狂风暴雨。但这一切都没有影响到斯特拉斯佩团队!我们不得不打车前往阿维莫尔,但蒸汽铁路照常运行。
我热爱蒸汽火车,所以预订了全套服务:头等舱座位和旅途中的简餐。头等舱车厢布置得非常完美,列车上的工作人员也非常友好高效。“简餐”(汤、三明治和茶或咖啡)对我们来说绰绰有余(不过我得承认,我们平时不太吃午饭)。头等舱车厢的洗手间干净整洁,功能齐全。火车乘务员对乘客的提问和拍照需求也反应迅速。很明显,所有幕后工作人员/志愿者都做得非常出色(例如洗碗或经营纪念品商店)。由于艾米的缘故,最后一站停电了,因此行程进行了调整:火车在博特加滕站停留了很长时间,以便乘客使用车站洗手间并参观机车。